AUDIO-VISUAL TRANSLATION

MTI462

Course Code: MTI462
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Compulsory Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Mustafa Onur Duman

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

will grasp the audio-visual text types and their properties.
will define visual art and media products like movies, advertisements, documentaries with translation-oriented analysis techniques.
will be able to produce proper translation texts by analysing audio-visual texts including different themes and styles.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course aims at offering technical and theoretical approaches to screen translation in order to inform students about subtitling. It teaches students important steps which are required to be followed in subtitle translation practice and then proceeds on showing them how to solve linguistic, cultural and technical problems encountered during the subtitle translation process. Students will get a chance to put their theoretical knowledge regarding to screen translation into practice by using audio-visual materials.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	General Introduction
2^nd Week	Audio-visual translation and its scope
3^rd Week	What is subtitling?
4^th Week	Subtitling and its methods
5^th Week	What is dubbing?
6^th Week	Dubbing and its methods
7^th Week	Problems that may occur during the process of audio-visual translation and their solutions
8^th Week	Midterm Exam
9^th Week	Translation Practice: Movie Translation
10^th Week	Translation Practice: Movie Translation
11^th Week	Translation Practice: TV Series Translation
12^th Week	Translation Practice: TV Programs Translation
13^th Week	Translation Practice: Documentary Translation
14^th Week	Final Remarks
15^th Week	Final Exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Esser, Andrea, Iain Robert Smith and Miguel A. Bernal-Merino, Eds. Media Across Borders: Localising TV, Film and Video Games. (Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies). New York and London: Routledge, 2016.
Fong Gilbert C. F. Dubbing and Subtitling in a World Context. Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 2010.
Gambier, Yves and Henrik Gottlieb, eds. (Multi)Media Translation: Concepts, Practices, and Research. Amsterdam: John Benjamin Publishing, 2001.
Goldstein, Angelika and Biljana Golubovic, eds. Foreign Language Movies: Dubbing vs. Subtitling. Hamburg: Verlag Dr. Kovac, 2009.
Luyken, Georg-Michael, Thomas Herbst, Jo Langham-Brown, et al. Overcoming Language Barriers in Television: Dubbing and Subtitling for the European Audience (EIM Media Monographs). Herts, University of Luton Press, 1991.
Monaco, James. Bir Film Nasıl Okunur? Sinema Dili, Tarihi ve Kuramı. Sinema, Medya ve Mültimedya Dünyası. İstanbul: Oğlak Yayıncılık, 2001.
Nutku, Özdemir. Gösterim Terimleri Sözlüğü. İstanbul: İnkılap Kitabevi, 1998.
Özön, Nijat. Sinema ve Televizyon Terimleri Sözlüğü. Ankara: TDK Yayınları, 1981.
Pedersen, Jan. Subtitling Norms for Television: An Exploration Focusing on Extralinguistic Cultural References. Amsterdam: John Benjamin Publishing, 2011.
Thomsen, Jane Elisabeth. Translation Strategies in Animated Films: A Comparative Analysis of Macro- and Microstrategies in Subtitling and Dubbing. Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers
Case Study
Problem Solving
Practice

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz	0	0	0
Individual or group work	12	2	24
Preparation for Final exam	1	10	10
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	4	4
Laboratory (including preparation)	5	5	25
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	7	3	21
Total Work Load			129
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4.3
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1			X
K2	X	X	X
K3			X
K4			X
K5			X
K6			X
K7		X	X
K8		X	X
K9			X
K10	X	X	X
K11		X	X