Theatrical Translation and Film Adaptation: A Practitioner’s View

Theatrical Translation and Film Adaptation: A Practitioner’s View

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Translated novels and poems often arrive footnoted with “cultural notes” on words and allusions obscure to the reader’s cultural heritage.But translations of performances – whether of theatrical or cinematic dramas – have no Springform Pans recourse to such devices.The language experienced in performance has all the Display prom transience of an eavesdropped conversation, with no opportunity for review or back channeling: the immediacy of the audience’s engagement restricts the range of options available to the translator.