Reframing Multimodal Narrative: A Case of Animated Films Dubbed for Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting

مطالعات زبان و ترجمه

Article 3, Volume 54, Issue 4, February 2022, Pages 63-100   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/jlts.2021.61410.0

Authors

Parina Ghomi^* ; Farzaneh Farahzad

Department of English Translation Studies, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran Iran

Abstract

The present article draws on Ghomi and Farahzad’s (2020) model of renarration in audiovisual translation to explore different types of reframings effected in the interlingual dubbing of animated films broadcast on Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting. Given that audiovisual narratives are of multimodal nature and involve nonverbal sites as well as verbal sites, they provide audiovisual translators and audiovisual translation institutes with more opportunities to reframe the target narrative. Therefore, Ghomi and Farahzad’s (2020) Multimodal Narrative Analysis is used to compare and contrast original and dubbed animations at the micro-level of verbal and nonverbal sites. The results of the study revealed 15 types of reframings that participated in the construction of reality in the target animations. They were categorized under 3 groups of reframing through selective appropriation, reframing through labelling and reframing through repositioning characters. Temporal and spatial reframing was found to be underlying all types of reframing. The study concludes that Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting has an active role in constructing reality in the target language and uses translation as a tool for accentuating or undermining certain narratives in the target animated films.

Keywords

Animated Films; Audiovisual Translation; Interlingual Dubbing; Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting; Multimodal Narrative Analysis; Narrative Theory; Reframing

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