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Translation of Cultural Taboos in Hollywood Movies in Professional Dubbing and Non-professional Subtitling

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ID21190025
AuthorsMoein Khakshour Forutan (Islamic Azad University Quchan), Ghasem Modarresi (Islamic Azad University Quchan, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume47
Issue6
Pages454-473
Publication date2018-11-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Intercultural Communication Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1747-5759 • E-ISSN: 1747-5767
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17475759.2018.1480516
OpenAlexW2808540463
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited22

The current study, as an initial attempt in the Iranian context, aimed at: 1) exploring applied translation strategies in both versions of translations and their justification and 2) investigating the favorable translation by professional and non-professional translators. In so doing, two Hollywood movies and their translations were chosen. The results obtained from Chi-square test confirmed a significant difference with respect to totally nine translation strategies for both samples. The results emerged from semi-structured interviews revealed that professional translators preferred edited and filtered and non-professional translators chose exact and free translation

Advertising · Art · Business · Hollywood · Linguistics · Psychology · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism · Translation Studies and Practices

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