José Javier Ávila-Cabrera. The Challenge of Subtitling Offensive and Taboo Language into Spanish: A Theoretical and Practical Guide. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2023. 184 pp.

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Published online: 11 February 2025

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José Javier Ávila-Cabrera. The Challenge of Subtitling Offensive and Taboo Language into Spanish: A Theoretical and Practical Guide. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2023. 184 pp.

José Javier Ávila-Cabrera. The Challenge of Subtitling Offensive and Taboo Language into Spanish: A Theoretical and Practical Guide. Bristol: Multilingual Matters, 2023. 184 pp.