Forum: Subtitling
Topic: Any ideas about film translation thesis topics?
Poster: Part-Timer
Post title: When in doubt... Chekhov!
Sounds like an interesting idea for a thesis. I've always thought that translations of works by Chekhov were particularly interesting to study as a lot of translators - in English and French anyway - have applied their own idea of what Chekhov was "trying to achieve" in their translations, which caused a lot of the beauty of his work to get lost in those versions. It could be interesting to study an adaption of one of his works... All the best with your project!
Topic: Any ideas about film translation thesis topics?
Poster: Part-Timer
Post title: When in doubt... Chekhov!
Sounds like an interesting idea for a thesis. I've always thought that translations of works by Chekhov were particularly interesting to study as a lot of translators - in English and French anyway - have applied their own idea of what Chekhov was "trying to achieve" in their translations, which caused a lot of the beauty of his work to get lost in those versions. It could be interesting to study an adaption of one of his works... All the best with your project!