Dialect as a challenge for dubbing: options and obstacles in the translation of Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis

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  • Ursula Reutner Universität Passau Germany

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24310/TRANS.2013.v0i17.3233

Keywords:

dialect, language variation, dubbing, Picard, ch’ti

Abstract

Dubbing a film in which dialect plays a central role not only in the language of some of its characters but also as a topic of discussion and a trigger of comic misunderstandings, is a challenge for any translator. The task of transferring the successful French film Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis (Welcome to the Sticks) with its extensive use of Picard into Spanish is a case in point. In its analysis of Bienvenidos al Norte, this article discusses several solutions to the problem, rejecting traditional options such as translating dialect into standard Spanish or into a Spanish dialect like Andalusian. The creation of an artificial Spanish is put forward as the best option and evaluated in phonological and lexical terms.

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Published

2017-12-19

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Reutner, U. (2017). Dialect as a challenge for dubbing: options and obstacles in the translation of Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis. TRANS – Revista De Traductología, (17), 151–165. https://doi.org/10.24310/TRANS.2013.v0i17.3233

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