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Article published In: Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada/Spanish Journal of Applied Linguistics
Vol. 32:2 (2019) ► pp.620–649

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Estrategias de comprensión audiovisual y traducción del español al chino en una comunidad fansub

 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra
 | Universitat Pompeu Fabra
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Article language: Spanish

Published online: 5 November 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/resla.17013.zha
Resumen
Documentamos y analizamos una comunidad china de fansub, que traduce y subtitula series y películas hispanas, explorando los recursos y estrategias que se utilizan para comprender y transcribir del español y traducir al chino. Con etnografía virtual (Hine, C. (2000). Virtual ethnography. Londres, Thousand Oaks, Nueva Delhi: Sage. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar), combinando observación participante, entrevistas en profundidad y análisis de contenido, los resultados describen una comunidad jerárquica, con normas que regulan los procesos colaborativos de escritura y traducción, que incluyen el uso de estrategias multimodales sofisticadas (empleo creativo de recursos técnicos, lingüísticos y webs, prácticas de translanguaging). La comunidad también desarrolla sus propios criterios sobre lo que es una buena traducción, con roles y actitudes de aprendices serios ante los errores cometidos. Dichas prácticas ejemplifican otras características relevantes de las comunidades digitales (productividad fan, mediación cultural, traducción audiovisual y amateur) y ofrecen recursos interesantes para aplicar a la enseñanza formal de L2.
Abstract
Practices on audiovisual comprehension and Spanish to Chinese translation in a fansub community
We document and analyze a Chinese fansub community, which translates and subtitles Hispanic series and films, exploring the resources and strategies they use to understand and transcribe Spanish and translate it into Chinese. With virtual ethnography (Hine, C. (2000). Virtual ethnography. Londres, Thousand Oaks, Nueva Delhi: Sage. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar), combining participant observation, in-depth interviews and content analysis, the results show a hierarchical community with rules regulating the collaborative processe of writing and translation, including the use of sophisticated multimodal strategies (creative use of technical and language resources and websites, translanguaging practices). The community also develops its own criteria for what is a good translation, adopting a serious learner’s role and attitude before mistakes. These practices exemplify other relevant characteristics of digital communities (fan productivity, cultural mediation, audiovisual and amateur translation) and offer interesting resources that could be applied to the formal teaching of L2.
Article outline
  • 1.Introducción
  • 2.Estado de cuestión
  • 3.Objetivos
  • 4.Marco teórico
  • 5.Metodología
    • 5.1Diseño del estudio
    • 5.2Campo y participantes
    • 5.3Recogida de datos
      • 5.3.1Procedimiento
      • 5.3.2Instrumentos
    • 5.4Análisis de datos
  • 6.Resultados
    • 6.1La comunidad
    • 6.2Normas generales
    • 6.3Recursos de comprensión audiovisual y transcripción
    • 6.4Herramientas y características de traducción
      • 6.4.1Comprender el subtitulado español
      • 6.4.2Traducir al chino
    • 6.5Errores
  • 7.Discusión
  • 8.Conclusiones
  • Notas
  • Bibliografía
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