Reassessing Dubbing

“The evaluation of this volume is more than positive. If “[t]he aim of this volume is to contribute to AVT research ‘by raising the visibility of dubbing’” (p. 11), as stated by the two editors at the end of the Introduction, the mission has been certainly accomplished. The book gives a detailed account of both past and present trends in dubbing. In particular, the contributions on the historical dimension of dubbing are welcome and may, hopefully, create a new arena for further debate and research in the nearby future.”

“The volume is a timely and refreshing contribution, characterized by its depth and multiplicity in the contents and topics centering around dubbing, thus worth reading for students and scholars engaged in AVT research. Tracing its development and new trends, research on dubbing in such a collection is expected to continue to shape the development of AVT studies and inform the AVT practices on the one hand and shed light on translation in general on the other. The archival sources and insightful analysis presented in the collection extend the range of questions to be pursued in the dubbing landscape and pave the way for further discussion or testing of the proposed research models and the prevailing AVT practices or training. The engaging collection, displaying the fruitful research areas for dubbing, hopefully, creates awareness about the potential and challenges of dubbing research, increases its visibility within AVT scholarship, and provides a welcome addition to Translation Studies.”