Vocabulary of crime series 3304-1DX3O-PNJF-JS28
During the course, students will learn about the basic techniques of audiovisual translation.
a) Vocabulary: Using examples of existing translations, students will
- become familiar with certain frequently recurring expressions related to law, crimes, the judiciary, the prison system, police and military ranks, and criminal investigations;
- learn some expressions used in spoken language, slang, and “argot”;
- also master the rules of French punctuation.
b) Audiovisual translation techniques: Students
- will practice techniques for condensing text (for subtitles) or expanding it (for voice-overs, narration, or dubbing);
- will learn the basics of timing a film for subtitles (i.e., creating so-called time codes according to industry standards) and the basic principles of “whisper dubbing.”
c) Cultural Context: certain cultural differences and strategies for addressing them will also be presented (particularly in the case of cultural references, wordplay, profanity, jokes, and onomatopoeia).
Students will be encouraged to propose their own creative translations within the industry standards that will be provided to them.
Course coordinators
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Assessment criteria
Two unexcused absences are allowed.
The final grade consists of the following components (each of which carries equal weight, i.e., 33% of the final grade):
- Active participation in class
- Test on vocabulary and acquired knowledge
- Translation of subtitles (including spacing) for a short video (30 s–1 min), submitted at the end of the semester
The following grading scales apply:
≤50%: 2
51–65%: 3
66–70%: 3.5
71–80%: 4
81–85%: 4.5
86–100%: 5
Bibliography
• Arkadiusz Belczyk, Film Translation, “Dla Szkoły” Publishing House, Wilkowice, 2006
• Paulina Burczynska, Multimodality and Audiovisual Translation: Subtitling Humor. Lambert Academic Publishing, 2012
• Francisco Javier Díaz-Pérez, “Translating Swear Words from English into Galician in Film Subtitles: A Corpus-Based Study,” *Babel*, vol. 66, no. 3, June 2020, pp. 393–419, https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/babel.00162.dia [accessed November 23, 2024]
• L’écran traduit. Journal of Audiovisual Translation and Adaptation, Special Issue No. 2, Glossary of Professional Audiovisual Translation, 2014, https://www.ataa.fr/documents/ET-HS2-complet.pdf [accessed November 23, 2024]
• Teresa Tomaszkiewicz, Audiovisual Translation, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warsaw, 2006
• Catarina Xavier, “A Three-Layered Typology for the Subtitling of Taboo: A Corpus-Based Proposal of Methods, Strategies, and Techniques,” Babel, vol. 68, issue 4, November 2022, pp. 586–609, https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/babel.00283.xav [accessed November 23, 2024]
and
• Instructor’s own materials