Gender, Sexual, Ethnic, Color and Disability-Related Epithets and Labels across Languages: Evidence from Arabic Subtitling of English Movies and Series

Autor/inn/en	Saed, Hadeel; Haider, Ahmad S.; Tair, Sausan Abu
Titel	Gender, Sexual, Ethnic, Color and Disability-Related Epithets and Labels across Languages: Evidence from Arabic Subtitling of English Movies and Series
Quelle	In: Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 9 (2023) 1, S.213-225 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Saed, Hadeel) ORCID (Haider, Ahmad S.) ORCID (Tair, Sausan Abu)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Arabic; Films; Captions; Translation; Labeling (of Persons); Gender Bias; Social Bias; Racism; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Cultural Differences; English; Television; Language Usage; Censorship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arabisch; Film; Untertitel; Labeling-Ansatz; Geschlechterstereotyp; Rassismus; Kultureller Unterschied; English language; Englisch; Fernsehen; Fernsehtechnik; Sprachgebrauch; Politische Zensur
Abstract	Labels and epithets relating to gender, sexuality, ethnicity, color, and disability have long been divided into acceptable and offensive categories. This paper examines how differences in culture and historical contexts can cause an issue when translating English media into Arabic by examining how they are subtitled in different contexts. Examples of dialogue that used offensive or inoffensive labels were extracted from different media for the purpose of this study, which included four movies, eight series, and one TV show. The films included "Passing," "Perks of Being a Wallflower," "Gook" and "The Fundamentals of Caring"; the series comprised "Atlanta," "Breaking Bad," "Fresh of the Boat," "Derry Girls," "I Am Not Okay With This," "Dead End Paranormal Park," "Feel Good," and "Degrassi: Next Class"; and the TV show was "Atypical." The examined translations were chosen with the least potential influence of ideological manipulation and censorship; therefore, they were either Netflix or fan translations. Comparing and contrasting the degree of offense in the source and target texts and analyzing the reasoning behind this, it was found that the English and Arabic terms may have similar components but lacked the same connotations for their language speakers. What makes certain labels positive or neutral and others negative is beyond their semantic components; instead, the weight comes from the background and usage of the terms. Direct translations or even keeping the term as it was originally failed at providing the Arabic-speaking audience the same impact as that of the ST since there is still a contextual gap. This also means that having the same referent does not mean that words have the same sense. This suggests that using target language terms that refer to the same group as the source text could result in inadequate translations. The study recommends that further studies be conducted on how translators may purposely manipulate texts for ideological purposes or to meet censorship criteria. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Eurasian Journal of Applied Linguistics. Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Anafartalar Campus Faculty of Education Department of Foreign Language Education, Canakkale 07100, Turkey. e-mail: editor@ejal.info; Website: https://ejal.info/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01