Korean 350at - Topics in Advanced Korean-Audiovisual Translation

This course focuses on the translation of audiovisual media from English to Korean and Korean to other languages. Students read historical and theoretical readings regarding audiovisual translation, both in Korean and English, to learn comparative analysis of language and media forms. The course first explores the theory and history of audiovisual translation, interrogating its cultural and practical dimensions and critiquing the existing subtitles and dubbings of Korean media texts. Then students subtitle short scenes of a film or TV show, or an entire short film. Finally, the course focuses on voice replacement translation. Students produce a dubbing of short scenes at the Neilson Library Digital Media Hub. Prerequisite: KOR 302, or by placement. Enrollment limited to 15.

[CE] KOR 302