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The Effects of Translating Culture-Bound References : A Study of the Translation Strategies Used Regarding Culture-Bound References in the Swedish Translations of the 1994 Movie The Swan Princess / Effekterna av att översätta kulturella referenser : En studie om de översättningsstrategier som använts rörande kulturella referenser i de svenska översättningarna av filmen Svanprinsessan från 1994

The ever-changing practice of translating movies evolves along with living languages and media development. Dubbing a movie broadens its reach adequately when the primary audience is younger children with little knowledge of the movie’s source language and culture. Dubbing is a form of audiovisual translation where much of the original dialogue can be kept since the time restraints are ruled by the original dialogue. In this study, culture-bound references from the children's movie The Swan Princess (1994) have been analyzed with the purpose of identifying the translation strategies used. The study is qualitative, and the analysis is based on audiovisual translation theory. This study has shown that the cost of subtitling instead of dubbing a movie, for children, is its culture-bound expressions and references. Dubbing has many advantages for audiences who cannot read fast enough for the subtitles to contain something of substance.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:liu-186914
Date January 2022
CreatorsFägerman, Cecilia
PublisherLinköpings universitet, Institutionen för kultur och samhälle
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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