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The Difficulties of Translating Comics

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Drawings, cartoons, speech bubbles, onomatopoeias, visual metaphors…comic strips, comic books, manga, B.D. or bande desinée…Surely, you’ve read one. This type of artistic expression, with its characteristic format and elements, has its particularities when it comes to translation. Speech bubbles are, perhaps, one of the most characteristic elements of this type of texts. They are used […]

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A Look at Translating Video Games, Comics and Movies

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As mentioned in previous posts, comics, video games, gaming consoles and mobile games and apps have long since evolved from being for kids and teens only. More and more adults are joining in and devoting much of their time to these activities. The wide reach and widespread growth of these products is made even more obvious […]

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The Translation of Comic Books

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The different types of translations have different types of complexities and, on this occasion, I will make a brief review of the problems that may face a translator of comic books. Comic books represent not only the typical constraints of language (idiolect, double meanings, idioms, et al.) but also space limitations. As we all know, […]

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