Film Translation: Subtitling vs. Dubbing

Authors

  • Balsam Awny Mustafa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35167/muja.v0i56.662

Abstract

The present paper is an attempt to investigate and compare two methods involved in translating films from one language to another: subtitling & dubbing in a field known as audiovisual translation (AVT).The characteristics of both methods are examined in terms of their advantages and disadvantages. Furthermore, different factors that control the choice of whether to subtitle a certain film or to dub it in a certain society are also highlighted with various examples.

   

 

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Published

2018-09-23

Issue

No. 56 (2012)

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