Last Wednesday our guest was Lidia Pelayo Alonso, an English, French and German into Spanish translator passionate about languages, cultures and history, specially archaeology, ancient literature and cultures. She started a degree on Modern Languages and Translation in 2009 and finished 4 years later, when she started working as translator for a TV studio and a publishing house. She continued working while studying and, in 2015, she finished a Master’s degree in Literary Translation. Nowadays she works as freelance translator and proofreader for TV studios, publishing houses and companies.

Lidia shared some interesting facts about adaptation in literary and audio-visual translation.

In this episode you will learn:

• What types of adaptation exist
• What challenges translators face when adapting classic literature and how they overcome them
• What does adaptation of classic literature for children entail
• What translators should bear in mind when translating subtitles and voice over scripts

…and much more!

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Lidia was so kind to provide a reading list for those who would like to learn more about adaptation in translation:

Translation of children’s literature:

• Lathey, Gillian (2012): The Role of Translators in Children’s Literature: Invisible Storytellers (Children’s Literature and Culture). London and New York, Routledge
• Lathey, Gillian (2015): Translating Children’s Literature (Translation Practices Explained). London and New York, Routledge
• Van Coillie, Jan and Verschueren, Walter P. (2006): Children’s Literature in Translation: Challenges and Strategies. London and New York, Routledge

Beowulf:

• García, Santiago and Rubín, David (2014): Beowulf. Bilbao, Astiberri Ediciones
• Lerate, Luis and Lerate, José (2012): “Beowulf” y otros poemas anglosajones. Siglos VII-X, Madrid, Alianza Editorial
• Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel (1983): “On Translating Beowulf”, in Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays, ed. Christopher Tolkien, London, George Allen & Unwin, pp. 49-71
• Tolkien, Christopher (2014): J. R. R. Tolkien. Beowulf, a Translation and Commentary, New York, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Audiovisual translation:

• Chaume, Frederic (2012): Audiovisual Translation: Dubbing (Translation Practices Explained). London and New York, Routledge
• Díaz-Cintas, Jorge and Remael, Aline (2014): Audiovisual Translation: Subtitling (Translation Practices Explained). London and New York, Routledge

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