Fw: Literature on Japanese-English subtitle translation

[Claudia Anderson]

Approaching it from the perspective of a user of translators is probably
useful, as I do not have an extensive background in linguistics, so my
dissertation will not be so technical. Do people think that approaching the
theme of the development of a translators invisibility in Japanese cinema
translation is a suitable one? What other approaches could be good to take?

Claudia

2009/12/10 Roger Macy <macyroger at yahoo.co.uk>

>  Claudia,
> Off-list.
> I'm in London several days a week.  Tomorrow - Thursday - I was heading for
> a Japan Foundation event at 6.30 and wanted to take in 'Departures' at the
> Renoir before it disappears from the West End.  So I would be close to you
> if you wanted to chat over a coffee.
> I approach the subject, by the way, as a user of translations, not as a
> translator.  My daughter works as a translator in Tokyo.
> kind regards,
> Roger Macy
> 28 Dorking Road
> Tunbridge Wells
> Kent TN1 2LP
> 01892 530003  mobile 07747 121267
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Claudia Anderson <204172 at soas.ac.uk>
> *To:* KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>   *Sent:* Thursday, December 10, 2009 12:07 AM
> *Subject:* Re: Literature on Japanese-English subtitle translation
>
> Thankyou for your replies.
>
> I have indeed been reading Cinema Babel and it has proved useful, I will
> see what other similar literature there is. I am probably going to focus on
> Japanese-English translation, although if I find more material of interest
> on English-Japanese, that may be a possibility, especially as Hollywood
> films are more familiar to me and their translation into Japanese could
> prove interesting, especially with the fantasy film translations with
> Natsuko Toda.
>
> I am based in London, but if you are far away I would be interested in
> discussing this issue, if you have Skype or another messenger, we could
> commnicate that way.
>
> Claudia
>
> 2009/12/10 Roger Macy <macyroger at yahoo.co.uk>
>
>>  Dear Claudia,
>> David has already mentioned your best starting point, *Cinema Babel*.
>> Marcus' thesis is, I suggest, more about the visibility of translation, then
>> the visibility of translators.
>>
>> I have been steadily accumulating material, from compromising
>> correspondence on the translation of Eisenstein's films, to data on the
>> visibility of translators on several hundred film screenings and video
>> sales.  A proposal to present this with some critical commentary under the
>> heading 'Film Translation as a Curatorial Issue' was rejected for the
>> forthcoming SCMS, but I have now proposed this elsewhere, and hope springs
>> eternal. But none of my work is about translation into Japanese, if that is
>> your interest.  Perhaps we could chat?  Where (roughly) are you ?
>>
>> I ask where, partly for practicalities, but also because English itself
>> has many guises.  I think it's a moot point whether film translators are
>> becoming more visible - certainly not at a cinemathecque near me - but the
>> question of regional translation is particularly invisible.  And there is
>> correspondence going back to the silent era on regional English
>> difficulties.  It wasn't, by the way, until I was talking in a pub with
>> Marcus that I discovered how Marcus pronounces 'Babel' (and, I think, vice
>> versa).
>>
>> By the way, do I take it that your AV stands for audio-visual and not
>> 'adult' video, an area in which film translation research is erm.. pick your
>> cliché .. not done yet.
>> Roger
>> (currently in Tunbridge Wells, England)
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Claudia Anderson <204172 at soas.ac.uk>
>> *To:* KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 09, 2009 10:19 PM
>> *Subject:* Literature on Japanese-English subtitle translation
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am an undergraduate student researching the history and change of AV
>> translation of Japanese cinema to English, predominantly focusing on
>> subtitling, although I have yet to completely refine the direction of my
>> dissertation. Does anyone know of any good literature (in English or
>> Japanese) regarding the change and evolution of cinema, throughout the 20th
>> century? Themes that would be ideal to explore would include the increasing
>> 'visibility' of the translator, and how Japan has coped with a cinema
>> industry which has been problematically monolingual.
>>
>> Any help is much appreciated,
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Claudia Anderson
>>
>>
>
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