The representation and translation of identities in multilingual TV series: Jane the Virgin, a case in point

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Publicado: oct 15, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6035/MonTI.2019.ne4.5
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AVT, dubbing, TV series, multilingualism, characterisation

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Micòl Beseghi
University of Parma

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This article discusses the complex relationship between multilingualism, translation and character portrayal in television series. In recent decades, cinema and TV have begun to include linguistic diversity in their productions in an attempt to pursue realism and to represent multilingual realities. TV series, which have become very popular with American and European audiences, increasingly display characters who speak more than one language or who use mixed language variants. Focusing on the TV series Jane the Virgin, this article explores the different forms and functions of multilingualism in the original version and analyses the translation strategies adopted in the Italian dubbed version, in order to verify whether multilingual discourse practices are maintained, adapted or neutralised and to consider the effects of such strategies on character portrayal. 

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Beseghi, M. (2019). The representation and translation of identities in multilingual TV series: Jane the Virgin, a case in point. MonTI. Monografías De Traducción E Interpretación, 145–172. https://doi.org/10.6035/MonTI.2019.ne4.5
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2019: Special Issue 4. Multilingüismo y representación de las identidades en textos audiovisuales
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Micòl Beseghi, University of Parma

Micòl Beseghi holds a PhD in Comparative Languages and Cultures from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and teaches English Language and Translation at the University of Parma. Her main research interests and publications concern the fields of audiovisual translation (multilingualism and linguistic variation in audiovisual texts, the transposition of orality in subtitling, AVT as a pedagogic tool in language teaching and the phenomenon of fansubbing), the didactics of translation, corpus linguistics and learner autonomy in foreign language education.

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Filmography:

Breaking Bad (AMC 2008-2013)

Devious Maids (ABC 2013-2016)

Fresh Off the Boat (ABC 2015- )

Game of Thrones (HBO 2011- )

Heroes (NBC 2006-2010)

Hinterland (BBC 2014-2016)

Jane the Virgin (CBS 2014- )

Juana la Virgen (RCTV 2002)

Lost (ABC 2004-2010)

Missing, The (BBC 2014- )

Narcos (Netflix 2015- )

Orphan Black (Space 2013-2017)

Orange is the New Black (Netflix 2013- )

Outlander (Starz 2014- )

Prison Break (20th Century Fox 2005- )