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Zusatztext The possibilities and impossibilities of translating texts! emotions! cultural codes! social norms and linguistic subtleties fascinate contemporary cinema! television! advertising! and social media. Representing Translation: The Representation of Translation and Translators in Contemporary Media is a significant contribution to scholarship on these exuberant topics and a timely reconsideration of the interrelations between translation! culture and mass communications. Informationen zum Autor Dror Abend-David is Lecturer in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Florida, USA. He is the author of Scorned My Nation: A Comparison of Translations of The Merchant of Venice into German, Hebrew and Yiddish (2003), and he has published extensively on translation in relation to media, literature, and Jewish culture. Representing Translation traces the gradual foregrounding of translators, translations, and foreign languages in film, television, online content, and other contemporary media. Zusammenfassung In an increasingly global and multilingual society, translators have transitioned from unobtrusive stagehands to key intercultural mediators—a development that is reflected in contemporary media. From Coppola’s Lost in Translation to television’s House M.D. , and from live performance to social media, translation is rendered as not only utilitarian, but also performative and communicative. In examining translation as a captivating theme in film, television, commercials, and online content, this multinational collection engages with the problems and limitations faced by translators, as well as the ethical and philosophical aspects of translation and Translation Studies. Contributors examine the role of the translator (as protagonist, agent, negotiator, and double-agent), translation in global communication, the presentation of visual texts, multilingualism in contemporary media, and the role of foreign languages in advertisements. Translation and translators are shown as inseparable parts of a contemporary life that is increasingly multilingual, multiethnic, multinational and socially diverse. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction , Dror Abend-David (University of Florida, USA) Chapter 1: Imagining Translation and Translators An Introductory NoteThe Evolution of the "Universal Translator": Technical Device and Human Factor in Doctor Who and Star TrekFrom the 1960s to the Present, Erga Heller (Kaye Academic College of Education, Israel) Glossary Chapter 2: The Translator as Protagonist An Introductory NoteIn search of a Chinese Hamlet: Translation, Interpretation, and Personalities in Postwar Film-Cultural Exchange, Ying Xiao (University of Florida, USA) Glossary Chapter 3: Translators as Social (Double) Agent An Introductory NoteMediating Violence: Three Film Portrayals of Interpreters’ Dilemmas as Participants in Conflict, Kayoko Takeda (Rikkyo University, Japan) Glossary Chapter 4: Translation and Translators in New Media An Introductory NoteReactions to Audiovisual Adaptation on Social Media: The Case of How To Get Away With Murder, Chiara Bucaria (University of Bologna, Italy) Glossary Chapter 5: Translation and/as Global Communication An Introductory NoteCross-Languaging Romance on Screen, Delia Chiaro (University of Bologna, Italy) Glossary Chapter 6: “They have eyes, but they [could see better]” An Introductory NoteAudio Description for All? Enhancing the Experience of Sighted Viewers through Visual Media Access Services, Iwona Mazur (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) Glossary Chapter 7: Translating Translation An Introductory NoteTranslating Multilingual Films in a South African Context, Zoë Pettit (University of Greenwich, UK) Glossary Chapter 8: Translation and ...
