Abstracts
Abstract
Technical difficulties associated with dubbing, together with the collaborative nature of the dubbing process, explain why traditionally the linguistic challenges of dubbing translation for specific audiences such as children have not been studied very closely. As new developments in sound recording improve the technical quality of dubbing, it is time for the remaining textual translation issues to be addressed in more detail. Due to the many common characteristics of different text types aimed at children, dubbers of children’s audiovisual material can learn a considerable amount from the translators of other texts, such as books and comics aimed at children, about the particular challenges posed by this target audience.
Mots-clés/Keywords:
- screen translation,
- audiovisual translation,
- dubbing,
- children,
- animation
Résumé
Les difficultés techniques reliées au doublage, combinées à la nature de la collaboration du processus de doublage, expliquent pourquoi traditionnellement les défis linguistiques de la traduction du doublage destiné aux enfants n’ont pas été étudiés attentivement. Étant donné que les améliorations dans l’enregistrement sonore augmentent la qualité technique du doublage, il est temps d’examiner de plus près la traduction. En raison des nombreux éléments communs des différents textes destinés aux enfants, les personnes effectuant le doublage de matériel audiovisuel pour enfants peuvent apprendre énormément des traducteurs d’autres textes (comme de livres ou bandes dessinées pour enfants) à propos de l’énorme défi venant de ce public cible.
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