Film Translation

This paper seeks to examine two current forms of film translating; dubbing and subtitling. The paper compares these forms together, and come up with some tentative conclusions. It also indicates that dubbing and subtitling by virtue of their importance and apparent necessity to one of the modern fo...

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Main Author: Fook Khoon Wong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaya 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Modern Languages
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Online Access:http://jummec.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/4080
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description This paper seeks to examine two current forms of film translating; dubbing and subtitling. The paper compares these forms together, and come up with some tentative conclusions. It also indicates that dubbing and subtitling by virtue of their importance and apparent necessity to one of the modern forms of art, that is, film production, can no longer be left to a vague existence. Rather, as two very specialized modes of translation, they should be given their due share of attention.
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spelling doaj-art-3e78e354851a424390e25da7adc116c72024-11-24T18:59:25ZengUniversiti MalayaJournal of Modern Languages1675-526X2462-19862017-07-0141Film TranslationFook Khoon Wong0University of Malaya, Malaysia This paper seeks to examine two current forms of film translating; dubbing and subtitling. The paper compares these forms together, and come up with some tentative conclusions. It also indicates that dubbing and subtitling by virtue of their importance and apparent necessity to one of the modern forms of art, that is, film production, can no longer be left to a vague existence. Rather, as two very specialized modes of translation, they should be given their due share of attention. http://jummec.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/4080film translation; dubbing; subtitling
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Film Translation
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film translation; dubbing; subtitling
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topic film translation; dubbing; subtitling
url http://jummec.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/4080
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