SELECTED FEATURES OF FILM TRANSLATION AS THE KEY ISSUE IN ACQUIRING ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Keywords:
film translation, localization, dubbing, translation with subtitles, word for word translation, equivalent translation, paraphrasing of the idioms, calque, cultural difficulties, slang usageAbstract
This article discusses the basic key points of film translation as a core issue in language acquiring. Within the given project work, every detail of the film translation is clearly explained and outlined the process. The project work illustrates the table with the information gained from the experience among the tenth grade students. Particularly, the paper consists the analyze of the students’ translation versions from the English film extracts.
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