Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto INFORMÁTICA DE TRADUÇÃO FALL SEMESTER 2010 Lesson

FLUP - Elena Zagar GalvãoFLUP - Elena Zagar Galvão

Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto

INFORMÁTICA DE TRADUÇÃOFALL SEMESTER 2010

Lesson 3 November 2010

Teacher:Elena Zagar Galvã[email protected]

[email protected]

Webpage: web.letras.up.pt/egalvao

Legendas – Legendagem (PT)

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http://br.youtube.com/watch?v=cv9Zmy9rSd4 http://ticklebooth.com/2006/09/iraqi-insurgents-dont-need-

subtitles/


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TRANSLATION


INTERLINGUALINTERLINGUAL

INTRALINGUALINTRALINGUAL

INTERSEMIOTICINTERSEMIOTIC(between communication (between communication

systems: written text into systems: written text into film, painting, music and film, painting, music and vice versa)vice versa)

Translation practice consisting of presenting a written text (usu. on the lower part of the screen) which recounts:- the original dialogues of the speakers;- the dicursive elements that appear in the image (letters, graffiti, placards, etc.)- the info contained in the soundtrack (songs, voices off).


the spoken word; the image; the subtitles

Their interaction + viewer’s ability to read the images and the the written text at a certain speed determine the basic characteristics of the audiovisual medium.


- synchrony with image+dialogue;- semantically adequate account of SL

dialogue;- remain on screen long enough for

viewers to read them.NB: synchrony, time and space (p. 9)


A way of translating what is being said in an audiovisual text.

Two characteristic features: Change of code (intersemiotic: oral to

written) Oral message of the source AV text is

present in the translated product. The oral and written message are received simultaneously, allowing for comparison between source text and target text.


In six seconds an average viewer can comfortably read the text written on two full subtitle lines, when each line contains a maximum of some 37 characters, i.e. a total of 74 characters. This calculation implies a rather low reading speed of some 145 words per minute (about 2.5 words per second).(seconds and frames are the measurement units used in TV)


A motion picture is measured using the Imperial units feet and frames.

1 foot = 16 frames1 second = 24 frames (cinema)1 second = 25 frames (TV)

1 second = 1 foot and 8 frames (1.5 feet)

To guarantee a comfortable reading speed, it is commonly accepted that a film foot (1 frames) should contain 10 characters (including letters, spaces and punctuation marks). In other words, a frame can contain 0.625 spaces or characters.


Adaptation: a lesser activity?Jakobson (1959)K.Reiss (1977; 1981)Delabatista (1989) Asensio (2001)Gambier (1994;2003)Neves (2005)


Terminology1980s early 1990s constrained translationThen audiovisual translation (AVT)Film translation, cinema translationScreen translationMultimedia translation


AVT SDH AD Concept of accessibility (Diaz Cintas 2005) Computer games and interactive software

programmes (convergence of AVT and localization)


Linguistic Time available for preparation Technical Methods of projection Distribution format



Intralingualsubtitles

SDHFor language

learningpurposes

For Karaoke Fordialects

of thesame

language

For notices

and announce-

ments


Interlingualsubtitles

For hearers SDH

Open subtitles(viewer has no choice as to the presence of

subtitles on screen) Closed subtitles(translation can be added to the programme

at the viewer’s will)


Cinema Television DVD Video, VHS Internet


Live performances:opera, concerts, musicalstheatreconferences


Synthesis (condensation/concision; elemination/suppression)

Readability (accuracy, fluency, credibility)

Orality (written subtitles should sound like spoken language)

*from: Bartrina, Francesca and Eva Espsasa, Audiovisual Translation


ViewingSpotting (timing/cueing)TranslatingEditing

*from: Bartrina, Francesca and Eva Espsasa, Audiovisual Translation


Watch a programme (movie, talk show, serial, documentary, etc.) with subtitles in Portuguese and draw up a list of at least 5 different features that define/characterize the subtitles you have seen on screen.

Remember to note down the name of the programme as well as when and where (TV channel) you watched it.



Visit this website and read the Visit this website and read the Code of Good Subtitling PracticeCode of Good Subtitling Practice at http://www.esist.org/Code.pdfat http://www.esist.org/Code.pdf

Translator, Adapter, ScreenwriterTranslating for the audiovisualby Robert Paquin

at: http://accurapid.com/journal/05dubb.htm


A Proposed Set of Subtitling Standards in Europe

by Fotios Karamitroglou

at: http://accurapid.com/journal/04stndrd.htm


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Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto INFORMÁTICA DE TRADUÇÃO FALL SEMESTER 2010 Lesson