Audiovisual Adaptation Applied to Dubbing

Teacher(s)

Collins Anne-Marie; Maubille Geneviève coordinator;

Language

French

Prerequisites

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Main themes

Films, documentaries, interviews, series, animated cartoons, video clips, reports, broadcasts, informational or promotional pieces, etc.

Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	Contribution of teaching unit to learning outcomes assigned to programme This unit contributes to the acquisition and development of the following learning outcomes, as assigned to the Master¿s degree in translation : 1.4 2.3, 2.4 6.1   AA-FS-TA. Develop expertise and a high level of competence in the field of adapting audio-visual material into French, from two foreign languages, with a view to participating successfully in the professional multilingual audio-visual sector.   Specific learning outcomes on completion of teaching unit On completing this unit the student is able to: ·         Transcribe, check or correct the dialogue (script) of the source; ·         Translate a script from English to French with a view to dubbing, taking into account the specific constraints that this activity entails.

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.

Content

This course aims to introduce the specificities of translating for dubbing. The following subjects will be covered: definition and historical background, the professional environment, the various steps in the dubbing process, quality and synchronism criteria. The theory will be illustrated by examples and coupled with exercises. 

Teaching methods

Compulsory workshops in the AVT computer lab.

Evaluation methods

Summative assessment at the end of the semester: an assignment to be handed in (60%) and a written on the portfolio of articles provided by the lecturers (40%).  
 

Other information

A minimum level of B2 is required in English in order to carry out the assignment and thoroughly understand the article portfolio. 

Bibliography

AGOST, R. (1999) : Traducción y doblaje: palabras, voces e imágenes, Barcelone, Editorial Ariel.
CHAUME, F. (2012) : Audiovisual Translation: Dubbing, Manchester, St. Jerome Publishing.
CORNU, J.-F. (2014) : Le doublage et le sous-titrage : histoire et esthétique, Rennes, Presses universitaires de Rennes.
CUTAYAR, A. et MOURGUE, A. (2006) : Le doublage,  Association des traducteurs et adaptateurs de l'audiovisuel. http://www.ataa.fr/index.php/nos-metiers/doublage.html
DÍAZ CINTAS, J. (2008) : The Didactics of Audiovisual Translation, Amsterdam / Philadelphia, John Benjamins Publishing Company.
DURO MORENO (éd.) (2001): La traducción para el doblaje y la subtitulación, Madrid, Cátedra.
JUSTAMAND, F. (2006) : Rencontres autour du doublage des films et des séries télé, Nantes, Éditions Objectif Cinéma.
LE NOUVEL, T. (2007) : Le doublage, Paris, Eyrolles.
MARTÍ FERRIOL, J.L. (2013) : El método de traducción : doblaje y subtitulación frente a frente, Castelló de la Plana, Universidad Jaume I.
 

Faculty or entity

LSTI