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JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTIC STUDIES

ISSN: 1305-578X

Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 14(1), 342-359; 2018 Subtitling allusions from English to Turkish: Study of the Simpsons movie a * a Erciyes Univerity, 15 Temmuz Yerleskesi YDYO, Kayseri and 38280, Turkey

APA Citation:

). Subtitling allusions from English to Turkish: study of the Simpsons movie. Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies,

14(1), 342-359.

Submission Date: 01/10/2017

Acceptance Date: 22/02/2018

Abstract

Allusion, within the framework of intertextuality, is treated as a special topic in audiovisual translation studies

when the restrictions such as technical, linguistic, and cultural constraints specific to audiovisual translation are

considered. Allusion as a culture-bound element can pose significant problems in interlingual translations. For

this reason, the ability to maintain the functions and connotations of allusions requires the use of appropriate

translation strategies. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the strategies used for subtitling allusions

classification of the various translation strategies will be employed as a framework for the study. A quantitative

analysis will be performed and several examples from the film that are included in the corpus will be discussed.

More specifically, the ideal goal of this study is to find out whether the use of those strategies has led the

translations toward foreignization or domestication. 2018 JLLS and the Authors - Published by JLLS.
Keywords: Subtitling; allusion translation; intertextuality; domestication; foreignization

1. Introduction

In any case of transfer from one language into another, translators inevitably face a number of

difficulties among which the translation of allusions poses a special challenge. A particularly

significant quality of allusions is that they are usually culture-bound and so necessitate culture-specific

background information. This increases the pressure on the translator in his/her attempt to make a text

understandable for a totally different group of people with their distinct way of thinking, language and

culture.

Translating cultural items have been a subject of serious debate within translation studies. As

Hatim and Mason (1990) put it, several factors such as the mediator, time, purpose, place, and the

circumstances are important to consider in the act of translation. As Kristeva (1969) suggests a text is

constructed as a mosaic of quotations, and the total meaning of a text consists in its relationship with

other texts. When the fact of intertextuality is considered, it is seen that no text is isolated and exists

on its own. All texts are somehow interrelated and make references to one another whether that is

explicit or implicit. For this reason, it is highly essential for the translator to grasp the source text well

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and render it comprehensible to the target audience. In such intertextual grid in which there is not a

single text which is completely independent and isolated, allusions have a special place to be

considered attentively.

1.1. Literature review

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