Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Adamou, Christina
• Knox, Simone

Titel

Transforming Television Drama through Dubbing and Subtitling: Sex and the Cities

Ist Teil von

• Critical studies in television, 2011-03, Vol.6 (1), p.1-21

Ort / Verlag

London, England: SAGE Publications

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

EBSCOhost Film and Television Literature Index with Full Text

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Convention dictates that Greek subtitling omit expletives not central to textual meaning, and a number (including 'hell' and the afore-mentioned 'fuck') have been cut, and not for obvious reasons like economy of space. [...]the US source audio remains, and thus such exclusions are potentially noticeable to viewers conversant in the English language. First broadcast in 2001 on subscription channel Filmnet/Nova, Sex and the City screened on the free-to-air private channel Alter in 2002, before moving to another free-to-air channel, Alpha, in 2008. Viewers conversant in English can pick up these US-centric references in the source audio - indeed, it must be a plausible expectation that a proportion of the Greek audience can interpret the source dialogue - while those less conversant or opting for a more relaxed viewing experience may not pick them up. [...]the degree of Americanness of the text ultimately depends on viewer knowledge and interest - or lack of these - in US culture and the English language. [...]in the case of Sex and the City, the source image frequently contains written text in the form of Carrie's column, and thus the subtitled Sex and the City contains two sets of on-screen written text. [...]the intertextuality of the subtitled Sex and the City is particularly complex.) As far as the co-existence of two texts in dubbing practice is concerned, this version offers what must be recognised as a vocal performance.