"Subtitling on the Intersection of Theory and Practice: Pedagogical Research-Based Approach to Subtitler Training" by AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies

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Subtitling on the Intersection of Theory and Practice: Pedagogical Research-Based Approach to Subtitler Training

AWEJ for translation & Literary Studies (2017)

AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies, Arab Soecity of English Language Studies
Mohammad Ahmad Thawabteh, MAT

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Abstract

The present article investigates our proposed approach for subtitler training namely a Pedagogical Research-Based (PRB), defined as a professionally-oriented approach utilised in Audiovisual Translation (AVT) translator training to theoretically and practically strengthen the subtitling skills of trainees. The data of the present study is derived from an Egyptian television hard-edged drama entitled Firqit Naji Atallah (lit.Naji Atallah Team), Episode 1 (2012), subtitled by a sample of twenty MA translation students, ten of whom enrolled in the second semester for the academic year 2013/2014 and the rest (also totalling ten) did the same, a year later, namely for the school year 2014/2015. The article clearly reveals that before PRB approach is introduced in actual translation classroom, translator trainees (i.e. experimental group) are faced with tremendously difficult problems linguistically, culturally and technically which may hindercommunication, thought to be crucial to retain for the target audience. The PRB approach is then introduced whereby the other translator trainees are equipped with some theoretical insights apropos of subtitling norms, well-envisaged in two scholarly AVT works by Karamitroglou (1998) and Schwarz (2002). Being aware of the PRB approach, the translator trainees could therefore do the translation task with minimal linguistic, cultural and technical problems. The study concludes with some pedagogical implications that will hopefully help translator trainees do translation tasks with minimal communication breakdown and maximal communicative thrust drawing on PRB.

Keywords

audiovisual translation,
PRB approach,
subtitler training,
subtitling

Disciplines

Arts and Humanities

Publication Date

Winter February 15, 2017

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.24093/awejtls/vol1no1.3

Citation Information

AWEJ for Translation & Literary Studies and Mohammad Ahmad Thawabteh. "Subtitling on the Intersection of Theory and Practice: Pedagogical Research-Based Approach to Subtitler Training" AWEJ for translation & Literary Studies Vol. 1 Iss. 1 (2017) p. 32 - 47 ISSN: 2550-1542
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/awejfortranslation-literarystudies/2/