Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
Yoruba movies and the problem of subtitling
Yoruba movies producers seem to have devoted much attention to the visual quality and the thematic thrust of their works to the detriment of some seemingly unimportant aspect of their products. One of these neglected or underestimated aspects is the issue of subtitles, the written translations of th...
Saved in:
| Format: | Article |
|---|---|
| Published: |
2013
|
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
MARC
| LEADER | 00000njm a2000000a 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | oai:repository.ui.edu.ng:123456789/4441 | ||
| 042 | |a dc | ||
| 720 | |a Fadoro, J. O. |e author | ||
| 260 | |c 2013 | ||
| 520 | |a Yoruba movies producers seem to have devoted much attention to the visual quality and the thematic thrust of their works to the detriment of some seemingly unimportant aspect of their products. One of these neglected or underestimated aspects is the issue of subtitles, the written translations of the dialogues in English Language. This paper selects seven Yoruba movies for a detailed evaluation. Errors in concord, spelling, tense, aspect and wrong selection of words are very rampant in these movies such that one wonders why such neglect and carelessness should be allowed in such movies that are very rich in thematic thrusts and excellent in visual quality. These errors are not only highlighted, they are discussed, analysed and attempts have been made to propose what should have been the correct versions of the wrong translations that are pointed out. This paper throws a big challenge to films producers to pay attention to this important issue and allow specialists in different areas so that their products will not be lacking in quality | ||
| 024 | 8 | |a 2279-0845 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a ui_art_fadoro_yoruba_2013 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 12(1), pp. 9 -13 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4441 | |
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Yoruba movies and the problem of subtitling |