Subtitling practices in South Africa: A case study of the soap opera Generations

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dc.contributor.authorMsimang, Violet Busisiwe
dc.date.accessioned2008-05-23T11:37:33Z
dc.date.available2008-05-23T11:37:33Z
dc.date.issued2008-05-23T11:37:33Z
dc.description.abstractThis study represents a case study of subtitling practices in the South African television broadcasting media, with reference to the soap opera, Generations. The aim of this research is to carry out a descriptive study to establish the actual practices of subtitling in the South African television broadcasting media, using the soap opera Generations as a case study; how these practices match international, theoretical and methodological practices; and whether they have been affected by changes in legislation calling for the status and use of indigenous languages to be enhanced. Although the research sets out to discuss the actual processes in the subtitling of Generations, it includes an analytical and evaluative component. It examines episodes of Generations for the years, 1999, 2003, 2005 and January 2006, looking at the languages spoken in these episodes, the percentage of subtitling in each episode, and the nature of subtitling in the soap opera. Finally, it assesses what progress has been made towards multilingualism, and subtitling since the two go hand-in-hand because whatever is spoken in the vernacular languages calls for subtitling. It was concluded that the level of multilingualism and, therefore, subtitling, is not yet up to the level envisaged although a lot of progress has been made.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/4874
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subjectsoap operaen
dc.subjectGenerationsen
dc.subjecttranslationen
dc.subjectsubtitlingen
dc.titleSubtitling practices in South Africa: A case study of the soap opera Generationsen
dc.typeThesisen
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