1st Edition

Translation goes to the Movies

By Michael Cronin Copyright 2009
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

This highly accessible introduction to translation theory, written by a leading author in the field, uses the genre of film to bring the main themes in translation to life. Through analyzing films as diverse as the Marx Brothers’ A Night at the Opera , The Star Wars Trilogies and Lost in Translation , the reader is encouraged to think about both issues and problems of... Read more
List of film stills, Acknowledgements, Introduction: the full picture, 1 Translation: the screen test, 2 The frontiers of translation: Stagecoach to Dances with Wolves, 3 Translation howlers: A Night at the Opera to Borat, 4 The long journey home: Lost in Translation to Babel, 5 The empire talks back: translation in Star Wars, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Michael Cronin