1st Edition

English Classics in Audiovisual Translation

314 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

314 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

314 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Description

This collection explores the translation of dialogue from the adaptations of literary classics across audiovisual media, engaging with the question of what makes a classic through an audiovisual translation lens. The volume seeks to fill a gap on the translation of classic texts in AVT research which has tended to focus on contemporary media. The book features well-known British literary texts... Read more

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Contributors

Irene Ranzato & Luca Valleriani

Introduction: Audiovisual Translation, Film Studies and Adaptation Studies:

A Healthy Cross-pollination

Part 1

«bastante tolerable…pero no tan hermosa para tentarme» ("thoroughly tolerable…but not handsome enough to tempt me."): Austen in audiovisual dialogue

Chapter 1

Noemí Barrera-Rioja

The challenges of making Austen accessible for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences

Chapter 2

Annalisa Sandrelli & Veronica Bonsignori

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice from the Page to the Screen: A Diachronic Analysis of Source Texts and Italian Translations

Chapter 3

Irene Ranzato

Linguistic prejudice and regional pride: US voices for Austen’s classic

Chapter 4

Judit Sereg & Márta Juhasz-Koch

Screen adaptations as part of audiovisual translation training: Teaching different types of adaptations through films based on Jane Austen’s works

Chapter 5

Agata Hołobut & Monika Woźniak

Rewriting Gender and Social Hierarchies in Cinematic Adaptations of Pride and Prejudice and Their Polish and Italian Translations

Chapter 6

Luca Valleriani

(In)Elegant language in Emma (2020) and its Italian dubbed version

Part 2

«Beni notte iscurosa…»** (“Come, thick night...”): Shakespeare in audiovisual dialogue

Chapter 7

Margherita Dore

Adaptation and sur/subtitling for the theatre: Macbettu as a Case in Point

Chapter 8

Vincenza Minutella

Dubbing Romeo and Juliet in Italy: A journey across time

Chapter 9

Yuki Nakamura

Translating Thick Description: Throne of Blood, its subtitles in two versions

Chapter 10

Fabio Ciambella

“...and you can’t even speak properly”: AVT Strategies in Romeo and Juliet’s Singaporean Multilingual Adaptation Chicken Rice War (2000)

Part 3

«ヒスクリフを愛してる。その愛は大地の岩のようなものなの。»** ("My love for Heathcliff is like the eternal rocks beneath."): Other English authors in audiovisual dialogue

Chapter 11

Francesco Vitucci

Catherine Earnshaw in Japan: An analysis of women’s language in the subtitled and dubbed versions of William Wyler's and Mary Soan - Peter Kosminsky’s feature films

Chapter 12

Valentina Vetri

When adaptations disappoint expectations: Scrooged (1988), A Christmas Carol (2019) and Charles Dickens’ textual afterlife

Chapter 13

Denise Filmer & Paolo Bugliani

“Omit: a reference to the unspeakable vice of the Greeks”: Maurice’s Audiovisual Journey in Italy

Index