The Challenge of Subtitling Offensive and Taboo Language Into Spanish: A Theoretical and Practical Guide

This book presents a clear and concise guide to understanding the concepts of offensive and taboo language and how this type of language can be subtitled into Spanish for Spain. It includes an array of examples from recent films and TV series as well as exercises which allow the reader to put theory into practice.

ISBN-13: 9781800414860

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Channel View Publications

Publication Date: 01-27-2023

Pages: 176

Product Dimensions: 6.15(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.55(d)

José Javier Ávila-Cabrera is a Lecturer at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain. His research explores the treatment of offensive and taboo language in audiovisual translation (AVT), as well as AVT as a didactic tool.

Table of Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Audiovisual Translation

Chapter 3. Offensive and Taboo Language

Chapter 4. Model of Analysis for Offensive/Taboo Language

Answer Key

Bibliography

Filmography

TV Series

Web Addresses

Index

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