Voice-over Translation of News Programs on Television: Evidence from Iran

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Published: Dec 13, 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21071/hikma.v17i0.11029

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Saeed Ameri
Department of English Language, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7706-0552
Masood Khoshsaligheh
Department of English Language, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6508-1986

Abstract

Compared with dubbing and subtitling research, the current literature on voice-over translation is fairly scare, and research has been mainly reported from Europe. Likewise, there are few reports on the topic from an Asian context including Iran. The main goal of this paper is, therefore, to examine voice-over translation in Iranian news broadcasting. The study uses a corpus of English news materials translated into Persian and have been broadcast on Iranian Television. The study has described Persian translation for voice-over from two perspectives: synchronization techniques, and faithfulness and ideology in translation. The overall findings suggest that voice-over translation is a common modality used for translation of foreign news reports in Iran, which entails considerable appropriation and manipulation due to solutions adopted for synchronization and ideological purposes of the news agency.

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Ameri, S., & Khoshsaligheh, M. (2018). Voice-over Translation of News Programs on Television: Evidence from Iran. Hikma, 17, 9–32. https://doi.org/10.21071/hikma.v17i0.11029
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Author Biographies

Saeed Ameri, Department of English Language, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

Saeed Ameri is a PhD student in Translation Studies at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad where he works as a research and teaching assistant. He has a BA in Translation and Interpreting from Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman (2013) and earned a master’s degree in Translation Studies with a thesis on audiovisual translation, focusing on dubbing from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (2015). Saeed is a member of Iran’s National Elites Foundation and was chosen as top student in Humanities in 2015. His research interests include audiovisual translation, fandom studies and reception studies.

Masood Khoshsaligheh, Department of English Language, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

Masood Khoshsaligheh is associate professor at the Department of English Language and Literature at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad where he is program coordinator for the MA and PhD in translation studies. He is on the editorial board of several international journals including International Journal of Society, Culture and Language and SKASE Journal of Translation and Interpretation. His research interests include translator education and audiovisual translation studies.

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