Happily Lost in Translation: Misunderstandings in Film Dialogue

Autor/in	Desilla, Louisa
Titel	Happily Lost in Translation: Misunderstandings in Film Dialogue
Quelle	In: Multilingua: Journal of Cross-Cultural and Interlanguage Communication, 38 (2019) 5, S.601-618 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0167-8507
DOI	10.1515/multi-2018-0123
Schlagwörter	Films; Translation; Second Languages; Intercultural Communication; Audiences; Case Studies; Comedy; Communication Problems; Figurative Language; Language Processing; Cultural Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Film; Second language; Zweitsprache; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Spectator; Zuschauer; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Komödie; Kommunikationsbarriere; Sprachverarbeitung; Kultureller Unterschied
Abstract	This article examines the construal, cross-cultural relay and comprehension of misunderstandings by filmmakers, translators and audiences respectively of "Bridget Jones's Diary" (2001) and "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" (2004). It reports on findings of a case-study on implicatures in these two romantic comedies (Desilla 2009/2012/2014). Both genuine and feigned misunderstandings are found in the two films. "Inter alia," the analysis will show that misunderstandings can serve comedic and/or narrative functions, the latter pertaining to both characterisation and, more crucially, plot advancement. It is also demonstrated how misunderstandings can permeate only a single layer or both layers of film communication. (As Provided).
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