Translation techniques of Malay audiovisual translation in The Spiderwick Chronicles movie

Norsham, Nurul Izzah Syamimi Syahirah and Mohd Basari, Shahrul Nizam (2024) Translation techniques of Malay audiovisual translation in The Spiderwick Chronicles movie. In: 5th ICLET 2023: The International Conference of Languages, Education and Tourism 2023, 7th - 9th August 2023, Pagoh, Johor.

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Abstract

This study investigated the types of translation techniques in the audiovisual translation (AVT) of The Spiderwick Chronicles movie and the most used techniques in the movie. Using Molina and Albir’s translation theory, this research used a qualitative approach employing a content analysis to analyse the data. The findings revealed that there were 16 out of 18 Molina and Albir’s translation techniques applied in the AVT of the movie, while the most used types of translation techniques are literal translation technique, followed by reduction technique and linguistic compression technique. To conclude, the translation techniques in the AVT of The Spiderwick Chronicles helped the audience to understand the movie despite the language barrier.

Item Type:	Proceeding Paper (Plenary Papers)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Audiovisual translation (AVT); Movie; Source language (SL); Target language (TL); Translation
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PE English
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Sustainable Tourism and Contemporary Languages
Depositing User:	Dr Shahrul Nizam Mohd Basari
Date Deposited:	04 Apr 2024 11:21
Last Modified:	04 Apr 2024 11:21
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/111692

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