The study of transgenders’ discourses and translation in subtitling based on  Harvy’s strategies

Chapter One: Introduction

1.1. Overview                                                                                                                               2

   1.1.1. Identity                                                                                                                           3

   1.1.2. Gender                                                                                                                            5

   1.1.3. Transgenderism                                                                                                               6

   1.1.4. Audiovisual translation                                                                                                   7

1.2. Statement of the problem                                                                                                      9

1.3. Significance of study                                                                                                           9

1.4. Objective of the study                                                                                                        10

1.4.1. Research questions                                                                                                           11

1.5. Theoretical framework                                                                                                        11

   1.5.1. Hijacking act one                                                                                                          12

   1.5.2. Hijacking act two                                                                                                          12

   1.5.3. Hijacking act three                                                                                                        13

   1.5.4. Hijacking act four                                                                                                         13

1.6. Definition of key terms                                                                                                       13

Chapter Two: Literature review                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

2.1. Introduction                                                                                                                        16

2.2. Works done abroad                                                                                                             16

   2.2.1. Identity and translation                                                                                                 16

   2.2.2. Gender and translation                                                                                                  20

   2.2.3. Queer studies and translation                                                                                        24

   2.2.4. Audiovisual translation                                                                                                 26

      2.2.4.1. Subtitling vs. Dubbing                                                                                             26

      2.2.4.2. Various types of audiovisual translation as perceived

       by the audience                                                                                                                   27

      2.2.4.3. The job of audiovisual translation                                                                           28

      2.2.4.4. Differences between literary and audiovisual translation                                       28

      2.2.4.5. The process of subtitling                                                                                         29

2.3. Works done in Iran                                                                                                             32

   2.3.1. Identity and translation                                                                                                 32

   2.3.2. Gender and translation                                                                                                  32

   2.3.3. Queer studies and translation                                                                                        34

   2.3.4. Audiovisual translation                                                                                                 34

Chapter Three: Methodology                                                                                              

3.1. Introduction                                                                                                                       38

3.2. Design of the study                                                                                                            38

3.3. corpus of the study                                                                                                             38

3.4. Procedure                                                                                                                            40

3.5. Data collection procedure                                                                                                  40

3.6. Data analysis procedure                                                                                                     41

Chapter four: Results                                                                                                            

4.1. Introduction                                                                                                                        43

4.2. Strategy one: Ludicrism                                                                                                      43

4.3. Strategy two: Inversion                                                                                                       47

4.4. strategy three: Paradox                                                                                                       48

4.5. Strategy four: Parody                                                                                                          53

Chapter Five: Discussion and conclusion                                                                            

5.1. Introduction                                                                                                                        61

5.2. Summary of the study                                                                                                         61

5.3. Response to the first research question                                                                               61

5.4. Response to the second research question                                                                          62

5.5. Response to the third research question                                                                              62

5.6. Conclusion                                                                                                                          63

5.7. Implication of the study                                                                                                      63

5.8. Limitation of the study                                                                                                       64

5.9. Suggestion for further research                                                                                           64

References                                                                                                                              65