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Explain what multimedia translation is and provide examples of its application in various fields.
Multimedia translation involves translating multimodal and multimedial texts into another language and/or culture using a multimedia electronic system. It can be applied to cinema, television, theatre, advertisement, audiovisual, and mobile device communication.
What is multimodal transcription and how is it used in cinema?
Multimodal transcription involves analyzing frames, shots, or phases of a film to identify all the semiotic modalities operating within each one.
What is the academic study of multimedia translation and which theories does it draw from?
The academic study of multimedia translation is a subject of academic research, a subtopic of translation studies. It draws from theories such as globalisation and post-globalisation theories, reception studies, relevance theory, social science and cultural studies, social psychology, and deaf studies.
Define multimodal text and provide an example of its characteristics.
Multimodal text involves the combination of various modes, such as language, image, music, color, and perspective in different forms of media. An example is when the screen plays a major role in combining these modes in audiovisual text.
How is multimedia translation related to the field of translation studies?
Multimedia translation is a specialized branch of translation that deals with the transfer of multimodal and multimedial texts into another language and/or culture, making it a subtopic of translation studies.
Test your knowledge of multimedia translation with this quiz. Explore the specialized branch of translation dealing with multimodal and multimedial texts, and its application in various fields such as cinema, television, theatre, advertisement, and mobile device communication.
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