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Title ANALYSIS OF CHINOY’S DOCUMENTARY SUBTITLES BASED ON GOTTLIEB’S SUBTITLING STRATEGIES

Author(s) KIRAN TUFAIL TANOLI

Abstract This research focuses on the strategies of subtitling used by the translators of four documentaries produced by Ms. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy. This research also examines the appropriateness of the subtitles of these documentaries. The purpose of the research is to examine the application of the subtitling strategies defined by Henrik Gottlieb (1992) and to check the appropriateness of the subtitles of the documentaries. The sources of the data are the subtitles of four selected documentaries produced by Ms. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy which are: Hou Yaqeen, Humaira: The Game Changer, If You Believe and Saving Face. The findings of the research illustrate that in total there are 759 subtitling frames and in these frames total number of strategies identified are 1121. The researcher finds that almost all the ten strategies laid down by Henrik Gottlieb are found in the documentaries. The frequency of use and the percentage of each strategy are: (1)Paraphrase 395 times [35%], (2)Imitation 197 times [18%], (3)Transfer 123 times [11%], (4)Transcription 93 times [8%], (5)Condensation 78 times [7%], (6)Expansion 64 times [6%], (7)Decimation 60 times [5%], (8)Dislocation 56 times [5%], (9)Deletion 32 times [3%] and (10)Resignation 23 times [2%]. Three benchmarks have been set by the researcher to assess the translation of the documentary subtitles and they are: Appropriate, Less Appropriate and Inappropriate, subtitles on the base of the use of strategies. The percentage of Appropriate subtitles is 69%, the percentage of Less Appropriate subtitles is17%, and the percentage of Inappropriate subtitles is14%. Key words: Documentary, strategies, subtitling, appropriateness, Henrik Gottlieb, Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

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Publication Date 2019-06-19

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