Surviving Translation
摘要
As argued throughout this book, it is necessary to reflect more on the impact translation has on those who are being translated and on those who translate, but also to reflect on subtitling and Voice-Over (VO) techniques in order to produce translations which respect survivors’ voices. This chapter is dedicated to Surviving Translation (Bosseaux & Lee, 2023), the documentary that was created as part of the Ethical Translation project in order to experiment with different techniques and methods to ethically convey emotions in translation. This chapter focuses on the translation decisions made, explaining how these were informed by practice and collaborative research in consultation between the subtitling and VO team and the filmmaker, with emphasis on ethics. I first present the documentary, its content and the AV translators. I then discuss the subtitled and VO versions to show what decisions were made and how these were reached. Using screenshots from the subtitled English versions I show examples of the experimental techniques used to convey the orality of the dialogues and amplify the survivors’ voices. Even though it is impossible to include audio examples in this book, I provide links to all versions so that readers can watch and hear our choices for themselves. This chapter also includes information about the different sets of guidelines created for stakeholders. Section 5.5 considers the emotional impact of translating sensitive material on subtitlers using data from interviews conducted with the subtitlers as well as my own experience of translating the documentary into French. The chapter ends with a reflection on mental health support for AV translators at different levels of their training and career.