The Challenge of Subtitling Offensive and Taboo Language Into Spanish: A Theoretical and Practical Guide - Paperback

by José Javier Ávila-Cabrera (Author)

This book presents a clear and concise guide to understanding the concepts of offensive and taboo language and how this type of language can be subtitled into Spanish for Spain. It includes an array of examples from recent films and TV series as well as exercises which allow the reader to put theory into practice.

Author Biography

José Javier Ávila-Cabrera is an Associate Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Spain. His research explores the treatment of offensive and taboo language in audiovisual translation (AVT), as well as AVT as a didactic tool.