Is Shrek Still Funny in Turkish? An Analysis of The Strategies Employed During The Turkish Dubbing Translation of Humor in The Animated Film Shrek

Abstract

Thanks to globalization and technology, the interaction among different cultures has disseminated worldwide and translation has taken on a vital role by bridging gaps and maintaining communication. As one of the fast-growing fields of translation studies, audiovisual translation has recently been the subject of a wide range of research. However, the number of studies focusing on dubbing translation in the Turkish context is still limited. Therefore, this study aims to examine the strategies employed by the dubbing translator to contend with the translation of humorous expressions into the target language. The method used is a qualitative descriptive method with the data selected from the film ‘Shrek’ taken from the platform Netflix. The data consists of intentionally collected humorous examples from the film and their dubbed versions. The extracted examples are analyzed with the strategies proposed by Pedersen (2005). Upon identifying the strategies, the results are classified to demonstrate the strategies mostly adopted by the translator. The findings reveal that substitution, paraphrasing, and addition strategies are largely employed throughout the dubbing translation. It can also be stated that a mixture of strategies is used depending on the humorous expression. Overall, this study offers insight for future research in dubbing in the language pair of Turkish-English.

Keywords

• Audiovisual translation (AVT)
• dubbing translation
• humorous expressions
• translation strategies

Türkçe’de Shrek Yine de Komik Mi? Shrek Animasyon Filmindeki Mizahın Türkçe Dublaj Çevirisinde Kullanılan Stratejilerin Analizi

Abstract

Küreselleşme ve teknoloji sayesinde farklı kültürler arasındaki etkileşim dünya çapında yaygınlaşmış ve çeviri, bir köprü görevi görerek iletişimi sürdürme konusunda oldukça önemli bir rol üstlenmiştir. Çeviribilimin hızla büyüyen alanlarından biri olan görsel-işitsel çeviri, son zamanlarda geniş bir araştırma alanına sahip olmuştur. Ancak Türkçe bağlamında dublaj çevirisine odaklanan çalışmaların sayısı halen sınırlıdır. Bu nedenle bu çalışma, dublaj çevirmeninin mizahi ifadelerin hedef dile (Türkçe) çevrilmesinde kullandığı stratejileri incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Kullanılan yöntem Netflix platformundan alınan ‘Shrek’ filminden seçilen verilerle nitel betimsel bir yöntemdir. Veriler, filmden kasıtlı olarak toplanan mizahi örneklerden ve bunların dublaj çevirilerinden oluşmaktadır. Seçilen örnekler Pedersen (2005) tarafından önerilen stratejilerle analiz edilmiştir. Stratejiler belirlendikten sonra sonuçlar, çevirmenin çoğunlukla benimsediği stratejileri gösterecek şekilde sınıflandırılır. Bulgular, dublaj çevirisinde çoğunlukla ikame, başka sözcüklerle yazma ve ekleme stratejilerinin kullanıldığını ortaya koymaktadır. Ayrıca mizah içeren ifadeye bağlı olarak farklı stratejilerin bir arada kullanıldığı da ifade edilebilir. Genel olarak bu çalışma, Türkçe-İngilizce dil çiftinde dublaj alanında gelecekte yapılacak araştırmalara ışık tutmaktadır.

Keywords

• Görsel-işitsel çeviri (AVT)
• dublaj çevirisi
• mizahi ifadeler
• çeviri stratejileri

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