Translating Identities on Stage and Screen

Reviews / Votes

"Maria Sidiropoulou draws on a number of key theories from a variety of disciplines to illuminate the intricacies and power of translation in two highly influential media: drama and film. The range of features analysed and the attention paid to the impact of translation choices on identity formation make this an important contribution to a field of study in which interdisciplinarity holds the key to further innovation."-Mona Baker, Professor of Translation Studies, Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies, School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, University of Manchester". . . An excellent, innovative exploration of translation shifts that can occur when literary works written in English are translated (and adapted) in Greek for performance on stage and screen . . . A theoretically and linguistically sophisticated and empirically well informed study of an important current sub-field of translation studies: translating for the stage and the screen. The author is a highly competent and well-known translation scholar with a number of influential publications . . ."-Professor Dr.h.c. Juliane House, Institut fuer allgemeine und angewandte Sprachwissenschaft Abteilung Sprachlehrforschung, Fakultaet 5//SLMII, Universitaet Hamburg"At a time when audiovisual translation has established itself as a subfield of research within Translation Studies, Maria Sidiropoulou offers a fresh insight into elements that have often been neglected . . . Professor Sidiropoulou studies a variety of texts that form part of the Western culture and that have made an impact upon generations of readers and viewers. Her book delves into how translation modifies original texts for the benefit of the audience, but also explores how translation manipulates them for ideological reasons. From the theatre to the cinema, from play adaptation to subtitling, the vast array of examples and the wide scope of her approach certainly provide the readers with a new understanding of how translation shapes our perception of media texts."-Roberto A. Valdeon, Profesor Titular, Universidad de Oviedo; Visiting Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Senior Research Fellow, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven; Editor-in-Chief - Perspectives Studies in Translatology