2014/2015

2015/2016

DM270

L-LIN/12 (ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

THEORETICAL AND APPLIED LINGUISTICS; LINGUISTICS AND MODERN LANGUAGES

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

2nd semester (22/02/2016 - 28/05/2016)

6

36 lesson hours

English

ORAL TEST

PAVESI MARIA GABRIELLA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Erasmus students should have a B2-level competence in Italian

Students will develop an advanced awareness of major issues relating to cross-linguistic contrast, translation or English second language acquisition.

Film translation: contrasting English and Italian in dubbing

This course introduces the two main modalities of audiovisual translation, dubbing and subtitling to later focus on spoken language and the language of screen dialogue investigated from the viewpoint of transfer processes from one language into another in multimodal contexts in dubbing. The course will consider various features of spoken language, with special reference to personal and demonstrative pronouns, address modes (tu and lei pronouns and vocatives), marked word orders (i.e. cleft sentences and dislocations). The analysis of the translations of contemporary films will be carried out in class through hands-on activities. The course includes students' seminars and workshops on writing taught by a cel (native English expert).

Lectures, seminars and workshops. Attending students' presentations during the course will replace part of the final examination.

Attending students

Studenti frequentanti

1. Pavesi M., Formentelli M., Ghia E. (eds.), 2014. The languages of dubbing. Mainstream audiovisual translation in Italy. Bern: Peter Lang.
2. Garzelli, B., Baldo, M. (eds.) 2014. Subtitling and intercultural communication. European languages and beyond. Pisa: ETS, 4 chapters.
3. Remael, A., Orero, P. , Carroll, M. (eds). AVT and Media Accessibility at the Crossroads. Media for all 3. Amsterdam, Rodopi. 1 chapter.
4. Pavesi, M., 2013. This and That in the language of film dubbing: a corpus-based analysis. Meta.

Non-attending students
1.Pavesi M., Formentelli M., Ghia E. (eds.), 2014. The languages of dubbing. Mainstream audiovisual translation in Italy. Bern: Peter Lang.
2. Garzelli, B., Baldo, M. (eds.) 2014. Subtitling and intercultural communication. European languages and beyond. Pisa: ETS, 6 chapters.
3. Toury, G., 1995. Descriptive translation studies and beyond. Amsterdam: Benjamins. Part two, Ch. 2.
4. Chaume, F. 2012. Audiovisual translation: dubbing. Manchester, St. Jerome: 1 chapters.
5. Pavesi, M., 2013. This and That in the language of film dubbing: a corpus-based analysis. Meta.

Students are required to write a paper presenting a critical evaluation of one of the chapters/articles in the reading list together with a short analysis of a film or TV series. The final assessment will be based on the evaluation of the essay together and the performance of the oral examination on the content of the course and the required readings. Papers should not exceed 6-7 pages (circa 2500 words).