<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The translation of elements of formulaic language is extremely difficult in subtitles or voice-over due to time and space constraints. Besides, it is very difficult to provide a comprehensive definition of formulaic language as its sequences exist in so many forms. Traditionally, 6 basic formulas are distinguished: polywords, phrasal constraints, meta-messages, sentence builders, situational utterances, and verbatim texts. The analysis of subtitles and a voice-over version of a film shows that differences in the procedures applied for the translation of formulaic language are insignificant, and the strategies used are distributed almost evenly between preservation of content, transformation and localisation.</p></abstract>

The translation of elements of formulaic language is extremely difficult in subtitles or voice-over due to time and space constraints. Besides, it is very difficult to provide a comprehensive definition of formulaic language as its sequences exist in so many forms. Traditionally, 6 basic formulas are distinguished: polywords, phrasal constraints, meta-messages, sentence builders, situational utterances, and verbatim texts. The analysis of subtitles and a voice-over version of a film shows that differences in the procedures applied for the translation of formulaic language are insignificant, and the strategies used are distributed almost evenly between preservation of content, transformation and localisation.

On formulaic language in subtitling and voice-over

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The translation of elements of formulaic language is extremely difficult in subtitles or voice-over due to time and space constraints. Besides, it is very...

On formulaic language in subtitling and voice-over

Publié en ligne: 23 sept. 2017

Pages: 71 - 82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/tran-2017-0004

Mots clés
audio-visual translation, subtitles, voice-over, elements of formulaic language

© 2017 Greta Danilaviciene et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

On formulaic language in subtitling and voice-over

Publié en ligne: 23 sept. 2017

Pages: 71 - 82

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/tran-2017-0004

Mots clésaudio-visual translation, subtitles, voice-over, elements of formulaic language

© 2017 Greta Danilaviciene et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
audio-visual translation, subtitles, voice-over, elements of formulaic language