Translating Popular Film [electronic resource] /
O'Sullivan, C.author.
A ground-breaking study of the roles played by foreign languages in film and television and their relationship to translation. The book covers areas such as subtitling and the homogenising use of English, and asks what are the devices used to represent foreign languages on screen?
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half title; Title; Content; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Mimesis and Film Languages; 2. The Dream of Instant Translation; 3. Before and Beyond Subtitles; 4. Subtitling and the Ethics of Representation; 5. Where Are the Subtitles? Metalepsis, Subtitling and Narration; 6. Translating Multilingualism on Screen; Notes; Filmography; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
A ground-breaking study of the roles played by foreign languages in film and television and their relationship to translation. The book covers areas such as subtitling and the homogenising use of English, and asks what are the devices used to represent foreign languages on screen?
Motion pictures—History.
Linguistics.
Literature—Philosophy.
Culture—Study and teaching.
Semiotics.
Cultural studies.
Film History.
Linguistics, general.
Literary Theory.
Cultural Theory.
Semiotics.
Cultural Studies.