Towards a Multimodal Pragmatic Analysis of Film Discourse in Audiovisual Translation

• Autores: Kajingulu Somwe Mubenga
• Localización: Meta: Journal des traducteurs = translators' journal, ISSN 0026-0452, Vol. 54, Nº. 3, 2009, págs. 466-484
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper is about the introduction and use of Multimodal Pragmatic Analysis (MPA) as a research methodology in audiovisual translation (AVT). Its aim is to show the contribution of the MPA to the analysis of film discourse in AVT with a focus on interlingual subtitling. For this purpose, the paper is divided into five sections which elaborate on the theoretical and practical aspects of the MPA methodology. Following the introduction, the second section defines the context of MPA as a new research methodology in AVT at the level of approach, design and procedure. The third section describes the theoretical base of this methodology, and the fourth examines its basic components and levels of analysis. The fifth section provides two practical examples to show how the MPA methodology operates in the analysis of speech acts appearing in the source text and the target text. Finally, the last section first discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the methodology and then concludes the paper with some suggestions for further research.

    
    
    Plan de l'article
    
    1. Introduction
    2. The context of multimodal pragmatic analysis in audiovisual translation
    3. The theoretical base of the MPA methodology
    4. Components and levels of analysis in the MPA methodology
    5. Applications of the MPA methodology to film discourse in subtitling
    5.1. The visual semiotic analysis of the request and the apology
    5.1.1. The ideational level
    5.1.2. The interpersonal level
    5.1.3. The textual level
    5.2. The functional grammatical analysis of the request and the apology
    5.2.1. The ideational level
    5.2.2. The interpersonal level
    5.2.3. The textual level
    5.3. The cognitive frame analysis of the request and the apology
    5.3.1. The ideational level
    5.3.2. The interpersonal level
    5.3.3. The textual level
    6. Advantages and disadvantages of the MPA methodology