M Khoshsaligheh
Biographic Data
| ID | 52797 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Khoshsaligheh |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Khoshsaligheh |
| SIGNATURE | KHOSHSALIGHEH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ferdowsi University of Mashhad |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6508-1986 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Neutral and emotive styles of audio description
Audio Description (AD) aims to enhance accessibility and provide inclusive multimedia content for blind and visually impaired audiences. Although still emerging or developing in many locales, several AD guidelines have been established to promote better and more consistent practices. Many established guidelines recommend opting for full objectivity in AD. However, objective ADs have recently faced criticism, leading to a shift away from objectivi…
Quality Assessment in Interlingual Subtitling
This study is a systematic review of the literature on quality assessment in interlingual subtitling, a critical aspect of audiovisual translation, and media accessibility. Subtitling plays a vital role in bridging linguistic and cultural gaps; nevertheless, defining and assessing its quality optimally remains a complex and multifaceted task that is influenced and hindered by diverse stakeholders and parameters. While existing narrative reviews o…
Subtitling Preferences of Film Audiences. A Cross-cultural Survey
Despite growing interest in subtitling, research on how audiences from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds perceive and prefer subtitles remains limited. This cross-cultural study explores subtitling preferences among film audiences in Iran, Afghanistan, Malaysia, China, Hungary, and India. Drawing on established subtitling standards, we developed a questionnaire completed by 297 respondents to examine preferences for subtitle format, tra…
Incentives of Iranian amateur subtitlers
Technological advancements have transformed the utilization and perception of audiovisual products by audiences, shifting from passive audiences to engaged participants who actively contribute to meaning generation and content creation. Using a mixed-method design, this study explored the incentives of amateur subtitlers of feature films within the framework of Bourdieu's (2002) sociological capitals. In the first phase, based on the review of th…
Deepseek, ChatGPT, and Gemini versus human subtitling
Persian game localization scene in Iran
The present study focuses on providing a descriptive account of the Persian game localization scene by offering a diachronic and synchronic account of the video games localized in the Iranian market. This is done through compiling a list of the officially and unofficially localized video games into Persian between 2000 and 2022. The localized video games are analyzed in terms of localization company, publication date, genre, platform, and localiz…
Stereotypes in a Multilingual Film
Films serve to (re-)create a 'world' within the mind of the audience. Additionally, they introduce or reinforce stereotypes portrayed as a reality of the modern world through multiplexity and the strategic use of foreign languages, dialects, and non-native language use, among others. Various concepts of stereotypes can be explored in fiction feature films, especially as film characters are often based on different kinds of stereotypes. Audiovisua…
Translation Solutions in Professional Video Game Localization in Iran
Widely played all over the world, video games have led to a thriving industry whose global boom owes much to the significant contributions of audiovisual translation and game localization. The current study sheds some light on the translation solutions employed in tailoring video games into Persian to evaluate the growing field of game localization in Iran. Accordingly, four video games localized by Darinoos, the most prominent Iranian game local…
Translation of multilingual films in Iran in Persian dubbing
Filmmakers increasingly resort to using multiple languages in their work to realistically reflect today's globalised world. However, this multiplicity poses specific challenges in the process of translation for dubbing. This study explores the rendition of Western multilingual films into Persian dubbed versions for the Iranian audience. Films as audiovisual texts have multimodal content, so both verbal and non-verbal elements were analysed. We co…
Cultural Mediation and Gatekeeping in Dubbing of American Feature Films on Iranian Television
This qualitative study investigated mediation and censorship in the Persian dubbing of a sample of American feature films broadcast on Iranian national television to get insights into the details of these gatekeeping practices in recent years. The results revealed that many verbal and nonverbal instances relating to sexuality, Christian rituals and symbols, violence, insults and profanity, out of marriage relationships, and sensitive political re…
The Issues of Culture and Politics in Redubbing Anglophone Films in Iran
Audiovisual translation is an extremely influential means of intercultural communication among close or distant cultures. Dubbing is historically the main mode of film translation in Iran and has been increasingly investigated. Redubbing, however, as a form of retranslation, is barely researched in Persian. The main focus of this study is to investigate how the cultural and political issues of the time may influence media retranslation. The findi…
American House of Cards in Persian
The present study aimed to investigate the censorial interference in the Persian dubbing of the first four seasons of House of Cards (2013–2017) broadcast on the Iranian national television. To that end, a multi-modal comparison was made between the Persian-dubbed version and the original one to find out firstly, the content considered inappropriate for public broadcasting and secondly, what cases had the potential to be censored but have been ke…
Anglophone allusions in Persian dubbing
Allusions can pose a challenge in intercultural communication especially in distant cultures such as Anglophone and Iranian. Their rendition is not easier in the context of audiovisual translation. This study investigated the variety and the frequency of the translators' strategies for the rendition of verbal allusions in Persian dubbing of Tarantino's films. The results indicated that Direct Transfer and Literal Translation were the most frequen…
Insertion or voice-off in rendition of graphic codes
Concerning graphic codes, there are currently three methods for their rendition in dubbing: audio-rendition of the target graphic codes (TGC) with an actor’s voice-off and adding the voice-off when the close shot is on the original graphic code (OGC); subtitling the OGC; and editing and inserting new TGCs replacing the OGCs in the film. The purpose of the current mixed-methods study was to compare the efficiency of voice-off versus insertion, two…
Applying Multimodal Transcription to Persian Subtitling
Reduction in subtitling to improve the ease watching foreign movies is always a challenge. Recently multimodal transcription has been recommended as a useful guide (Taylor, 2003, 2013), but its application has been barely empirically tested. This study, therefore, investigated if the framework could serve useful in Persian subtitling of the French language movie Amelie (2001) as a case study. Initially, a reduced version of the available full Per…
Personality Type and Translation Performance of Persian Translator Trainees
The study investigated the relationship between the personality typology of a sample of Iranian translation students and their translation quality in terms of expressive, appellative, and informative text types. The study also attempted to identify the personality types that can perform better in English to Persian translation of the three text types. For that purpose, the personality type and the translation quality of the participants was asses…
Severity of Types of Violations of Research Ethics
A socio-cultural study of taboo rendition in Persian fansubbing
This article examined the translation of taboo language in English language films subtitled into Persian by Iranian fansubbers. Based on the results, the fansubbers’ strategies towards taboo language translation were classified into maintaining, deleting, mitigating, substituting, and amplifying. Further analysis suggested that their approach was guided by the source culture norms rather than the target culture norms as evidenced by their attempt…
The reception of Persian dubbing
Dubbing is Iran’s main modality for translating audiovisual content. There has been, however, relatively limited research on public recipients of dubbing in Iran. This article reports the results of a mixed-methods study that uses qualitative data to create a quantitative instrument to survey the reception of Persian dubbing among a selection of Iranian lay viewers (n = 477). In the qualitative phase, using focus group interviews (n = 5), a pool …
Exploring the singability of songs in A Monster in Paris dubbed into Persian
Translation studies (TS) seems to have lagged behind in research in music and translation (MAT). This paper attempts to shed light into the translation of songs through dubbing, paying special attention to the singability of songs which illustrates the theoretical posits. This study consists of two core parts as in the theoretical part, the latest developments in the field of MAT are taken into consideration; then, in the empirical part, through …
Synchrony strategies in voiced-over English nature documentaries into Persian
Voice-over is mostly a practice-oriented profession in the industry, but seems to have failed to achieve the deserved academic recognition. This study aimed at examining the voice-over practice or more specifically what types of synchrony strategies could be found at a sample of two English nature documentaries voiced-over into Persian. The paper began with an overview of the seminal literature on voice-over, with a focus on the typology of synch…
Categorization of the fiction translation expectancy norms to Iranian undergraduate readership
The notion of translation norms has been advocated by scholars like Gideon Toury since late 1970s. There are different types of norms concerning different dimensions of the translational phenomenon. The current research addresses expectancy norms which relate to the expectations of the potential TT readership. The purpose of the study was to identify and to categorize the main expectancy norms of Iranian university students as a large part of Ira…
A socio-cultural study of taboo rendition in Persian fansubbing
This article examined the translation of taboo language in English language films subtitled into Persian by Iranian fansubbers. Based on the results, the fansubbers’ strategies towards taboo language translation were classified into maintaining, deleting, mitigating, substituting, and amplifying. Further analysis suggested that their approach was guided by the source culture norms rather than the target culture norms as evidenced by their attempt…
The reception of Persian dubbing
Dubbing is Iran’s main modality for translating audiovisual content. There has been, however, relatively limited research on public recipients of dubbing in Iran. This article reports the results of a mixed-methods study that uses qualitative data to create a quantitative instrument to survey the reception of Persian dubbing among a selection of Iranian lay viewers (n = 477). In the qualitative phase, using focus group interviews (n = 5), a pool …
Translation of multilingual films in Iran in Persian dubbing
Filmmakers increasingly resort to using multiple languages in their work to realistically reflect today's globalised world. However, this multiplicity poses specific challenges in the process of translation for dubbing. This study explores the rendition of Western multilingual films into Persian dubbed versions for the Iranian audience. Films as audiovisual texts have multimodal content, so both verbal and non-verbal elements were analysed. We co…
American House of Cards in Persian
The present study aimed to investigate the censorial interference in the Persian dubbing of the first four seasons of House of Cards (2013–2017) broadcast on the Iranian national television. To that end, a multi-modal comparison was made between the Persian-dubbed version and the original one to find out firstly, the content considered inappropriate for public broadcasting and secondly, what cases had the potential to be censored but have been ke…
Stereotypes in a Multilingual Film
Films serve to (re-)create a 'world' within the mind of the audience. Additionally, they introduce or reinforce stereotypes portrayed as a reality of the modern world through multiplexity and the strategic use of foreign languages, dialects, and non-native language use, among others. Various concepts of stereotypes can be explored in fiction feature films, especially as film characters are often based on different kinds of stereotypes. Audiovisua…
Insertion or voice-off in rendition of graphic codes
Concerning graphic codes, there are currently three methods for their rendition in dubbing: audio-rendition of the target graphic codes (TGC) with an actor’s voice-off and adding the voice-off when the close shot is on the original graphic code (OGC); subtitling the OGC; and editing and inserting new TGCs replacing the OGCs in the film. The purpose of the current mixed-methods study was to compare the efficiency of voice-off versus insertion, two…
Severity of Types of Violations of Research Ethics
Categorization of the fiction translation expectancy norms to Iranian undergraduate readership
The notion of translation norms has been advocated by scholars like Gideon Toury since late 1970s. There are different types of norms concerning different dimensions of the translational phenomenon. The current research addresses expectancy norms which relate to the expectations of the potential TT readership. The purpose of the study was to identify and to categorize the main expectancy norms of Iranian university students as a large part of Ira…
Exploring the singability of songs in A Monster in Paris dubbed into Persian
Translation studies (TS) seems to have lagged behind in research in music and translation (MAT). This paper attempts to shed light into the translation of songs through dubbing, paying special attention to the singability of songs which illustrates the theoretical posits. This study consists of two core parts as in the theoretical part, the latest developments in the field of MAT are taken into consideration; then, in the empirical part, through …
Synchrony strategies in voiced-over English nature documentaries into Persian
Voice-over is mostly a practice-oriented profession in the industry, but seems to have failed to achieve the deserved academic recognition. This study aimed at examining the voice-over practice or more specifically what types of synchrony strategies could be found at a sample of two English nature documentaries voiced-over into Persian. The paper began with an overview of the seminal literature on voice-over, with a focus on the typology of synch…
Personality Type and Translation Performance of Persian Translator Trainees
The study investigated the relationship between the personality typology of a sample of Iranian translation students and their translation quality in terms of expressive, appellative, and informative text types. The study also attempted to identify the personality types that can perform better in English to Persian translation of the three text types. For that purpose, the personality type and the translation quality of the participants was asses…
Severity of Types of Violations of Research Ethics
A socio-cultural study of taboo rendition in Persian fansubbing
This article examined the translation of taboo language in English language films subtitled into Persian by Iranian fansubbers. Based on the results, the fansubbers’ strategies towards taboo language translation were classified into maintaining, deleting, mitigating, substituting, and amplifying. Further analysis suggested that their approach was guided by the source culture norms rather than the target culture norms as evidenced by their attempt…
The reception of Persian dubbing
Dubbing is Iran’s main modality for translating audiovisual content. There has been, however, relatively limited research on public recipients of dubbing in Iran. This article reports the results of a mixed-methods study that uses qualitative data to create a quantitative instrument to survey the reception of Persian dubbing among a selection of Iranian lay viewers (n = 477). In the qualitative phase, using focus group interviews (n = 5), a pool …
Applying Multimodal Transcription to Persian Subtitling
Reduction in subtitling to improve the ease watching foreign movies is always a challenge. Recently multimodal transcription has been recommended as a useful guide (Taylor, 2003, 2013), but its application has been barely empirically tested. This study, therefore, investigated if the framework could serve useful in Persian subtitling of the French language movie Amelie (2001) as a case study. Initially, a reduced version of the available full Per…
Anglophone allusions in Persian dubbing
Allusions can pose a challenge in intercultural communication especially in distant cultures such as Anglophone and Iranian. Their rendition is not easier in the context of audiovisual translation. This study investigated the variety and the frequency of the translators' strategies for the rendition of verbal allusions in Persian dubbing of Tarantino's films. The results indicated that Direct Transfer and Literal Translation were the most frequen…
Insertion or voice-off in rendition of graphic codes
Concerning graphic codes, there are currently three methods for their rendition in dubbing: audio-rendition of the target graphic codes (TGC) with an actor’s voice-off and adding the voice-off when the close shot is on the original graphic code (OGC); subtitling the OGC; and editing and inserting new TGCs replacing the OGCs in the film. The purpose of the current mixed-methods study was to compare the efficiency of voice-off versus insertion, two…
The Issues of Culture and Politics in Redubbing Anglophone Films in Iran
Audiovisual translation is an extremely influential means of intercultural communication among close or distant cultures. Dubbing is historically the main mode of film translation in Iran and has been increasingly investigated. Redubbing, however, as a form of retranslation, is barely researched in Persian. The main focus of this study is to investigate how the cultural and political issues of the time may influence media retranslation. The findi…
American House of Cards in Persian
The present study aimed to investigate the censorial interference in the Persian dubbing of the first four seasons of House of Cards (2013–2017) broadcast on the Iranian national television. To that end, a multi-modal comparison was made between the Persian-dubbed version and the original one to find out firstly, the content considered inappropriate for public broadcasting and secondly, what cases had the potential to be censored but have been ke…
Cultural Mediation and Gatekeeping in Dubbing of American Feature Films on Iranian Television
This qualitative study investigated mediation and censorship in the Persian dubbing of a sample of American feature films broadcast on Iranian national television to get insights into the details of these gatekeeping practices in recent years. The results revealed that many verbal and nonverbal instances relating to sexuality, Christian rituals and symbols, violence, insults and profanity, out of marriage relationships, and sensitive political re…
Translation Solutions in Professional Video Game Localization in Iran
Widely played all over the world, video games have led to a thriving industry whose global boom owes much to the significant contributions of audiovisual translation and game localization. The current study sheds some light on the translation solutions employed in tailoring video games into Persian to evaluate the growing field of game localization in Iran. Accordingly, four video games localized by Darinoos, the most prominent Iranian game local…
Translation of multilingual films in Iran in Persian dubbing
Filmmakers increasingly resort to using multiple languages in their work to realistically reflect today's globalised world. However, this multiplicity poses specific challenges in the process of translation for dubbing. This study explores the rendition of Western multilingual films into Persian dubbed versions for the Iranian audience. Films as audiovisual texts have multimodal content, so both verbal and non-verbal elements were analysed. We co…
Persian game localization scene in Iran
The present study focuses on providing a descriptive account of the Persian game localization scene by offering a diachronic and synchronic account of the video games localized in the Iranian market. This is done through compiling a list of the officially and unofficially localized video games into Persian between 2000 and 2022. The localized video games are analyzed in terms of localization company, publication date, genre, platform, and localiz…
Stereotypes in a Multilingual Film
Films serve to (re-)create a 'world' within the mind of the audience. Additionally, they introduce or reinforce stereotypes portrayed as a reality of the modern world through multiplexity and the strategic use of foreign languages, dialects, and non-native language use, among others. Various concepts of stereotypes can be explored in fiction feature films, especially as film characters are often based on different kinds of stereotypes. Audiovisua…
Neutral and emotive styles of audio description
Audio Description (AD) aims to enhance accessibility and provide inclusive multimedia content for blind and visually impaired audiences. Although still emerging or developing in many locales, several AD guidelines have been established to promote better and more consistent practices. Many established guidelines recommend opting for full objectivity in AD. However, objective ADs have recently faced criticism, leading to a shift away from objectivi…
Quality Assessment in Interlingual Subtitling
This study is a systematic review of the literature on quality assessment in interlingual subtitling, a critical aspect of audiovisual translation, and media accessibility. Subtitling plays a vital role in bridging linguistic and cultural gaps; nevertheless, defining and assessing its quality optimally remains a complex and multifaceted task that is influenced and hindered by diverse stakeholders and parameters. While existing narrative reviews o…
Subtitling Preferences of Film Audiences. A Cross-cultural Survey
Despite growing interest in subtitling, research on how audiences from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds perceive and prefer subtitles remains limited. This cross-cultural study explores subtitling preferences among film audiences in Iran, Afghanistan, Malaysia, China, Hungary, and India. Drawing on established subtitling standards, we developed a questionnaire completed by 297 respondents to examine preferences for subtitle format, tra…
Incentives of Iranian amateur subtitlers
Technological advancements have transformed the utilization and perception of audiovisual products by audiences, shifting from passive audiences to engaged participants who actively contribute to meaning generation and content creation. Using a mixed-method design, this study explored the incentives of amateur subtitlers of feature films within the framework of Bourdieu's (2002) sociological capitals. In the first phase, based on the review of th…
Deepseek, ChatGPT, and Gemini versus human subtitling
Translation Studies and Practices (18 works) · Linguistics (16 works) · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media (13 works) · Persian (12 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Computer Science (9 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Law (6 works)