PATRONAGE AS A KEY INFLUENCER IN THE POLITICAL MANIPULATION OF ARABIC SUBTITLES: THE CASE OF THE AMERICAN MOVIE ‘ZERO DARK THIRTY’

Authors

  • Abdelouahab El Bakri Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejmts.v4i1.532

Keywords:

subtitling, manipulation, political, patronage / sous-titrage, politique, patronage

Abstract

This article aims at discussing the issue of manipulation in subtitling. It sets out to investigate the translation strategies that subtitlers use to manipulate the source text. It seeks to describe how translators ‘distort’ content to serve political interests and find out the key factors influencing them to be manipulative. The study is based on the work of Andre Lefevere (1987) and (1998) on translation as manipulation and the work of Diaz Cintas (2007) on ideological manipulation in Audiovisual Translation (AVT). The study argues that translators have turned into political agents who serve patronage for political motives.

Cet article vise à aborder la question de la manipulation dans le sous-titrage. Il vise à étudier les stratégies de traduction utilisées par les sous-titreurs pour manipuler le texte source. Il cherche à décrire comment les traducteurs « déforment » le contenu pour servir des intérêts politiques et à découvrir les principaux facteurs qui les incitent à être manipulateurs. L'étude s'appuie sur les travaux d'André Lefevere (1987) et (1998) sur la traduction comme manipulation et sur les travaux de Diaz Cintas (2007) sur la manipulation idéologique en Traduction Audiovisuelle (AVT). L’étude soutient que les traducteurs sont devenus des agents politiques qui servent le patronage pour des motifs politiques.

 

Author Biography

  • Abdelouahab El Bakri, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco
    Abdelouahab El Bakri holds a PhD degree in translation studies from the faculty of letters, Ibn Zohr University in Agadir, Morocco. He works as associate professor in the faculty of Charia in Ait Melloul, Morocco.

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NewYork Time: https://www.nytimes.com/issue/todayspaper/2020/01/23/todays-new-york-times

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2024-06-08

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