Translation of Culture-Specific References in Asterix Animated Films Dubbed into Sinhala

Samanthi Jayawardena

Makale detayları

Translation of Culture-Specific References in Asterix Animated Films Dubbed into Sinhala

Yazarlar:

Samanthi Jayawardena

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi:

Dilbilim Issue 42, pp.15-33

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001335953

pISSN:

0255-674X

Anahtar kelimeler:

Özet:

 Culture-specific references CSR in audiovisual texts are countless. Their identification, classification as well as translation pose numerous challenges to translators and scholars. The objective of the study is to identify the strategies used to translate them in audiovisual texts and to examine the effect created by the choices of the translators. Three Asterix animated films and their Sinhala dubbed versions are chosen: Asterix in Britain 1986, Asterix Conquers America 1994 and Asterix and Cleopatra 1968. Peter Newmarks classification 1988 is employed to select the CSRs. To identify and analyse the translation strategies used in the dubbed film, the taxonomy proposed by Tomaszkiewicz 1993 is applied. A sample of fifty examples is selected and then compared with the solutions provided by the translators. The findings indicate that the dubbed version is overwhelmingly domesticated with strategies such as omission, adaptation, generalization and equivalence being used frequently. Foreignization strategies such as borrowing was employed only once. The domestication strategies bring the dubbed versions closer to the target audience, popularizing it in the target language. At the same time, the dubbed audiovisual texts are simplified making them easier to understand to a young audience.

 Culture-specific references CSR in audiovisual texts are countless. Their identification, classification as well as translation pose numerous challenges to translators and scholars. The objective of the study is to identify the strategies used to translate them in audiovisual texts and to examine the effect created by the choices of the translators. Three Asterix animated films and their Sinhala dubbed versions are chosen: Asterix in Britain 1986, Asterix Conquers America 1994 and Asterix and Cleopatra 1968. Peter Newmarks classification 1988 is employed to select the CSRs. To identify and analyse the translation strategies used in the dubbed film, the taxonomy proposed by Tomaszkiewicz 1993 is applied. A sample of fifty examples is selected and then compared with the solutions provided by the translators. The findings indicate that the dubbed version is overwhelmingly domesticated with strategies such as omission, adaptation, generalization and equivalence being used frequently. Foreignization strategies such as borrowing was employed only once. The domestication strategies bring the dubbed versions closer to the target audience, popularizing it in the target language. At the same time, the dubbed audiovisual texts are simplified making them easier to understand to a young audience.

 Culture-specific references CSR in audiovisual texts are countless. Their identification, classification as well as translation pose numerous challenges to translators and scholars. The objective of the study is to identify the strategies used to translate them in audiovisual texts and to examine the effect created by the choices of the translators. Three Asterix animated films and their Sinhala dubbed versions are chosen: Asterix in Britain 1986, Asterix Conquers America 1994 and Asterix and Cleopatra 1968. Peter Newmarks classification 1988 is employed to select the CSRs. To identify and analyse the translation strategies used in the dubbed film, the taxonomy proposed by Tomaszkiewicz 1993 is applied. A sample of fifty examples is selected and then compared with the solutions provided by the translators. The findings indicate that the dubbed version is overwhelmingly domesticated with strategies such as omission, adaptation, generalization and equivalence being used frequently. Foreignization strategies such as borrowing was employed only once. The domestication strategies bring the dubbed versions closer to the target audience, popularizing it in the target language. At the same time, the dubbed audiovisual texts are simplified making them easier to understand to a young audience.

 Culture-specific references CSR in audiovisual texts are countless. Their identification, classification as well as translation pose numerous challenges to translators and scholars. The objective of the study is to identify the strategies used to translate them in audiovisual texts and to examine the effect created by the choices of the translators. Three Asterix animated films and their Sinhala dubbed versions are chosen: Asterix in Britain 1986, Asterix Conquers America 1994 and Asterix and Cleopatra 1968. Peter Newmarks classification 1988 is employed to select the CSRs. To identify and analyse the translation strategies used in the dubbed film, the taxonomy proposed by Tomaszkiewicz 1993 is applied. A sample of fifty examples is selected and then compared with the solutions provided by the translators. The findings indicate that the dubbed version is overwhelmingly domesticated with strategies such as omission, adaptation, generalization and equivalence being used frequently. Foreignization strategies such as borrowing was employed only once. The domestication strategies bring the dubbed versions closer to the target audience, popularizing it in the target language. At the same time, the dubbed audiovisual texts are simplified making them easier to understand to a young audience.

Makale detayları

Translation of Culture-Specific References in Asterix Animated Films Dubbed into Sinhala

Yazarlar:

Samanthi Jayawardena

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi:

Dilbilim Issue 42, pp.15-33

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001335953

pISSN:

0255-674X

Audiovisual

culture

domestication

foreignization

strategies

Sayı

Makale detayları

Translation of Culture-Specific References in Asterix Animated Films Dubbed into Sinhala

Yazarlar: Samanthi Jayawardena

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi: Dilbilim Issue 42, pp.15-33

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 12/2024

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2001335953

pISSN: 0255-674X

Audiovisual

culture

domestication

foreignization

strategies

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Samanthi Jayawardena

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi:

Dilbilim Issue 42, pp.15-33

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

12/2024

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2001335953

pISSN:

0255-674X