The Concepts of Ambiguity and Equivalence in Interlingual Japanese-Italian Subtitling

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_795
dc.title	The Concepts of Ambiguity and Equivalence in Interlingual Japanese-Italian Subtitling. How the Semiotic Coexistence of Iconic Elements, Soundtrack and Written Language Influences the Interlingual Translation Process
dc.contributor.author	Vitucci Francesco
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/elle/2017/1/the-concepts-of-ambiguity-and-equivalence-in-inter/
dc.description.abstract	This study focuses on the concepts of ambiguity and equivalence in the field of interlinguistic subtitiling of feature films from Japanese into Italian. Feature films often present us with a context that is revealed not only through language, but also through various iconic components (such as different geographic locations, local symbolic signals, body movements, urban environments, social and historical trends); this illustrate how complex is the relationship between the original spoken dialogues and extraverbal elements. In particular, given the increasing demand for Japanese films subtitled in languages other than English, this study underlines how the intercultural and interlingual translation of the above assets requires the future subtitlers’ generations to have a solid AVT theoretical background.
dc.relation.ispartof	EL.LE
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 6 \| Issue 1 \| May 2017
dc.issued	2017-03-01
dc.dateAccepted	2017-03-19
dc.dateSubmitted	2016-12-13
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2280-6792
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/2280-6792/ELLE-6-1-17-7
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	AVT (audiovisual translation)
dc.subject	AVT (audiovisual translation)
dc.subject	Ambiguity
dc.subject	Ambiguity
dc.subject	Equivalence
dc.subject	Equivalence
dc.subject	Interlingual subtitling
dc.subject	Interlingual subtitling
dc.subject	Japanese
dc.subject	Japanese

Research Article
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How the Semiotic Coexistence of Iconic Elements, Soundtrack and Written Language Influences the Interlingual Translation Process

Francesco Vitucci Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, Italia

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abstract

This study focuses on the concepts of ambiguity and equivalence in the field of interlinguistic subtitiling of feature films from Japanese into Italian. Feature films often present us with a context that is revealed not only through language, but also through various iconic components (such as different geographic locations, local symbolic signals, body movements, urban environments, social and historical trends); this illustrate how complex is the relationship between the original spoken dialogues and extraverbal elements. In particular, given the increasing demand for Japanese films subtitled in languages other than English, this study underlines how the intercultural and interlingual translation of the above assets requires the future subtitlers’ generations to have a solid AVT theoretical background.

Published

March 1, 2017

Accepted

March 19, 2017

Submitted

Dec. 13, 2016

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Keywords: Ambiguity • AVT (audiovisual translation) • Japanese • Interlingual subtitling • Equivalence

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