Dealing with Difference in Audiovisual Translation

Ever-increasing technological advances and growing demands for accessibility have been evolving new audiovisual translation practices and shaped the development of the field within the discipline of translation studies. This chapter provides a brief survey of state-of-the-art audiovisual translation practices, with particular focus on the ways growing demands for accessibility have been met within models of integration and inclusion of people with disabilities. It briefly reviews initiatives toward universal design and accessibility thinking in the preproduction of audiovisual content. Finally, audiovisual translation is framed within a wider user-oriented model of accessibility intended to inform the planning and development of digital infrastructure toward inclusion and reduction of social inequalities.

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De Marco, Marcella. 2012. Audiovisual Translation Through a Gender Lens

Target ◽

10.1075/target.27.1.08des ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 108-114

Author(s):

Louisa Desilla

Keyword(s):

Audiovisual Translation ◽

Gender Lens

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Translating the gay identity in audiovisual media

Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics ◽

10.1075/resla.19006.ple ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 201-225

Author(s):

Antonio Jesús Martínez Pleguezuelos

Keyword(s):

Translation Studies ◽

Original Version ◽

Gay Identity ◽

Time And Space ◽

Audiovisual Media ◽

Audiovisual Translation ◽

Cultural Turn

Abstract In this study we analyse different linguistic elements in the TV series Will & Grace that shape the gay identity of the main characters of the show. We will base the analysis on the inclusion of the cultural turn into the field of audiovisual translation studies and on the technical time and space constraints that may emerge when conveying the message in this type of texts. Therefore, we will focus on the treatment of cultural references associated to the LGBTQI community that are shown on the series, as well as the linguistic variant of gayspeak and the comic elements included in the dialogues in order to observe whether the information that viewers of the Spanish dubbed version receive regarding gay identity is the same that is portrayed in the original version in English.

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