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How can film subtitles meet an audience’s expectations?(2) What follows is an analysis of subtitles from two films, Vicky Christina Barcelona and ROME, in order to verify how the foregoing four guidelines has been shown in the subtitles. The result of it is as follows: 1. The adding and deleting of information in the source text and target text is related to Guideline 1 and Guideline 2. 2. The situations that subtitles are shown in advance as well as the subtitles with explanations are both relevant to Guideline 1 and Guideline 2. 3. The substitution of some words is linked to Guideline 3 and Guideline 4. Finally, with the knowledge of the elements that lead to the audiences’ mistrust of the quality of the subtitles from the analysis, fansub as a new form of translation might be one way to meet the audiences’ exception for subtitles. Some fansub features such as glosses and headnotes might do good to the audiences’ understanding of the source text, but the vulnerabilities such as the increase of cognitive complexity also gives some cause for concern.
Aug 31, 2015 12:56 AM
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How can film subtitles meet an audience’s expectations?(2)

What follows is an analysis of subtitles from two films, <em>Vicky Christina Barcelona</em> and <em>ROME</em>, in order to verify how the foregoing four guidelines has been shown in the subtitles have been applied. The results are of it is as follows:

1. The a Adding and deleting of information in the source text and target text is related to Guideline 1 and Guideline 2.
2. The situations that Showing subtitles are shown in advance as well as the and subtitles with explanations are both relevant to Guideline 1 and Guideline 2.
3. The Substitution of some words is linked to Guideline 3 and Guideline 4.

Finally, with the knowledge of the elements that lead to the audiences’ mistrust of the quality of the subtitles from the analysis, fansub as a new form of translation might be one way to meet the audiences’ exception for subtitles.

[Would this express your argument?  "Finally, the results of this analysis suggest that fansub can meet audiences' expectations for subtitles."]

Some fansub features such as glosses and headnotes might do good to improve the audiences’ understanding of the source text., but the vulnerabilities On the other hand, issues such as the increase of cognitive complexity also gives some cause for concern.

August 31, 2015
Any one could do me a favor ? Please revise the composition for me. Thanks a lot!
August 31, 2015
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