Pay attention especially to chapters: "phonetic synchronism" and "dramatic synchronism".
And here you can read about the most awkward job in the world of translation ;-)
Because I we will not have classes on Thursday (Open Days) I would like to ask for your help on Wednesday afternoon.
Between 1 - 3 pm I'll be in rooms 207, 209 and 210. I need help with moving tables, putting up posters, preparing equipment etc. Nothing too difficult and it won't take you too much time.
I would like you to translate and prepare subtitles for the passage marked in yellow:
PLEASE REMEMBER ABOUT THE RULES: NUMBER OF LINES OF TEXT, NUMBER OF CHARACTERS PER LINE, SIMPLIFICATION, ELIMINATION OF SOME PRONOUNS/REDUNDANCIES etc.
See previous note for details. =========================================== 11 Int. Prison Cell.
LISTER and CAT are in a prison cell with bars on the window, one bed and a large metal cabinet in the corner.
CAT: What do you think these guys are gonna do to us? LISTER: What ever it takes to find out about the paddle. CAT: Hey, if you mean torture, then say the word torture -- I can take it! LISTER: OK, then, they'll torture us. CAT: Waaaaah! Torture us! Waaaaaah! LISTER: Probably won't, man. They're probably not even interested in the paddle. They'll probably just take us outside and execute us. CAT: You're just saying that to make me feel better. It's just those guys are fiends. They instantly know your weak spots. As soon as they see me they only have to force me into platform shoes and flared trousers and I'll sing like Tweety Pie. LISTER: Dunno what the smeg went wrong. Kryten never said anything about the paddle taking us back in time. Just supposed to transport us to the nearest planet with a breathable atmosphere. How the smeg did we wind up in the middle of the Third Reich? CAT: What are those guys doing out there?. LISTER: Building something. CAT: What? LISTER: Oh nothing, nothing. Just a sculpture, you know, a modern art job. The kind you get in shopping malls. CAT: What's it made of? LISTER: Wood. It's a sort of inverted L shape in wood. CAT: Does it have a kind of rope motif?. LISTER: There's a sort of noose theme to it, yeah. CAT: Its gallows, right? Look, if it's gallows, say it's gallows -- I can take it. LISTER: OK, it's gallows. CAT: Waaaaah! They're building a gallows! They're hanging us! Waaaaah! LISTER: Look man, don't panic. We're gonna escape. CAT: How? LISTER: Just... hijack the guards when they come in, nick their uniforms and stroll out. CAT: Are you insane? Do you seriously expect me to wear grey out of season? I'd rather hang. LISTER: Hang on, hang on. Something's happening. Some kind of parade or drill but... CAT: But what? LISTER: Hang on. These guys aren't Nazis -- they're all wearing different period costumes. There's one looks like Al Capone, there's another like Mussolini, Richard III, Napoleon. Smeg, it's like all the worst people in history have been brought together in one place. Oh my God, there's James Last! I recognize him from Rimmer's record collection. CAT: What are they doing?. LISTER: Well, just lining up in ... in some kind of firing squad. Woah Woah! Hang on, hang on. Someone's being brought out, they're tying him to a stake. It's Winnie the Pooh. CAT: What? LISTER: Winnie the Pooh, I swear! He's refusing the blindfold. CAT: They're tying Winnie the Pooh to a stake?
Sound fx of gun shots.
LISTER: That's something no one should ever have to see.
Door opens and LINCOLN is thrown in the room.
LINCOLN: My God, sirs, you may break our bones but you will never break our spirits! Good day, good sirs, the name's Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln. ========================================
... or how to waste good number of hours reading this WEBSITE ;-)
Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations. On the whole, tropes are not clichés. The word clichéd means "stereotyped and trite." In other words, dull and uninteresting. Tropes, on the other hand, are fun.
Tropes are the easiest to spot in action films. Look for them in both plot and dialogue.
Change of plans - tomorrow we were supposed to be talking about translating dialogue lists but it's too large a topic to begin just before Easter break. So instead we'll be looking at MOVIE TROPES.
