JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Exploring Chinese Idiomatic Expressions in Malay Subtitles

This study addresses the gap in translating Chinese idiomatic expressions into Malay and explores how such translations impact the quality of subtitles. Despite their cultural and communicative significance, these expressions remain underexplored on global streaming platforms, where linguistic and technical limitations...

Translation Strategies and Difficulties in Translating English Idiomatic Expressions

Translation plays an important role in transferring meaning across languages, particularly when translating idiomatic expressions whose meanings cannot be interpreted literally. This study aimed to identify the translation strategies employed by sixth-semester students in translating English idiomatic expressions into...

JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

Translation strategies in the Indonesian subtitles of the Women Talking movie: A study based on Gottlieb’s translation theory

Audio-visual translation (AVT) is an essential part of making films accessible across languages and cultures. However, there are few research on subtitling procedures in films with social and ideological complexity. This study aims at analyzing the types of translation strategies employed in the Indonesian subtitles of...

The Translation of Body Part Idioms Using Chatgpt: a Comparative Analysis with Official Dictionaries

The research confirms that ChatGPT successfully identifies functional equivalents in the Serbian language, often prioritising the naturalness of expressions over literal translation, often prioritising the naturalness of expressions over literal translation.

Translation Procedures in the Arabic Subtitles of “Hotel Transylvania: Transformania”: A Study of Culturally-Bound Content

Translation is considered the fifth dimension of language, a composite of the other four main language skills: listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The translation of culturally laden texts found in movies is an asset that connects cultures and communities by breaking down language barriers. This study attempts t...