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Subtitling African American English into French: Can We Do the Right Thing?

Subtitling African American English into French: Can We Do the Right Thing?

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Series: New Trends in Translation Studies, Book 23

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ISBN10: 3034318979
ISBN13: 9783034318976
Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
Published: May 29 2017
Pages: 246
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.54 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

In Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, African American character Mookie throws a rubbish bin through the window of the pizzeria he works for, which is owned by an Italian American family. Translators often find themselves in a position of moral ambiguity similar to that of Mookie: at the nexus between cultures, translators have to make clear statements through their choices, with sometimes dramatic consequences.

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