Representing translation : the representation of translation and translators in contemporary media /: the representation of translation and translators in contemporary media. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Dror Abend-David.
• Editors: Abend-David, Dror, 1966-
• Contents: Introduction, Dror Abend-David (University of Florida, USA)Chapter 1: Imagining Translation and TranslatorsAn Introductory NoteThe Evolution of the "Universal Translator": Technical Device and Human Factor in Doctor Who and Star TrekFrom the 1960s to the Present, Erga Heller (Kaye Academic College of Education, Israel)GlossaryChapter 2: The Translator as ProtagonistAn Introductory NoteIn search of a Chinese Hamlet: Translation, Interpretation, and Personalities in Postwar Film-Cultural Exchange, Ying Xiao (University of Florida, USA)GlossaryChapter 3: Translators as Social (Double) AgentAn Introductory NoteMediating Violence: Three Film Portrayals of Interpreters' Dilemmas as Participants in Conflict, Kayoko Takeda (Rikkyo University, Japan)GlossaryChapter 4: Translation and Translators in New MediaAn Introductory NoteReactions to Audiovisual Adaptation on Social Media: The Case of How To Get Away With Murder, Chiara Bucaria (University of Bologna, Italy)GlossaryChapter 5: Translation and/as Global CommunicationAn Introductory NoteCross-Languaging Romance on Screen, Delia Chiaro (University of Bologna, Italy)GlossaryChapter 6: 'They have eyes, but they [could see better]'An Introductory NoteAudio Description for All? Enhancing the Experience of Sighted Viewers through Visual Media Access Services, Iwona Mazur (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)GlossaryChapter 7: Translating TranslationAn Introductory NoteTranslating Multilingual Films in a South African Context, Zoë Pettit (University of Greenwich, UK)GlossaryChapter 8: Translation and Localization in AdvertisementAn Introductory NoteLocalization Strategies in English-Chinese Advertisement Translation, Ying Cui (Shandong University, China) and Yanli Zhao (Shandong University, China)GlossaryChapter 9: The 'Non-Translation'An Introductory NoteYiddish, Media and the Dramatic Function of Translation - or What Does It Take to Read Joel and Ethan Coen's film, A Serious Man?, Dror Abend-David (University of Florida, USA)Glossary List of Contributors Index.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY London : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 418/.02; Translation & interpretation; Translating and interpreting; Mass media and language; Motion pictures -- Translating; Dubbing of motion pictures; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Multi-Language Phrasebooks; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Readers; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling; Communication studies; Social Science -- Media Studies; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Translating & Interpreting; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Communication Studies; Media studies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781501333880; 1501333887
• Related ISBNs: 9781501333873
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 21, 2018).
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