The 'gook' goes 'gay'. Cultural interference in translating offensive language

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Data di Pubblicazione:

2013

Citazione:

Alborghetti, C., Recensione a "Filmer, D., The 'gook' goes 'gay'. Cultural interference in translating offensive language inTRAlinea, online journal 2012", <>, 2013; XXI (1):110-110 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/62118]

Abstract:

This review reports on the Italian dubbing of Gran Torino (by Clint Eastwood, 2008), as an example of target-oriented translation. The linguistic content is the use of offensive language, a controversial issue both in the US and in Italy (its dubbed version) when the movie was released.

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Scheda bibliografica

Keywords:

offensive language, dubbing, descriptive translation studies

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