Translating Culture Specific References on Television

Irene Ranzato is a researcher in English language and translation at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. She has a PhD in Translation Studies from Imperial College London, UK.

• Preface Jorge Díaz Cintas 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical framework 3 . Censorship and the film industry: a historical overview of dubbing in Italy 4. Culture specific references 5. "The lesser-known I don’t have a dream speech": cultural humour in Friends 6. "Follow the yellow brick road": cultural time and place in Life on Mars 7. Coffee bars in slumber rooms: culture specific death in Six Feet Under 8. Conclusions

"Offering an in-depth analysis of the translation of Culture Specific References in three interesting and original television series, Ranzato’s work uncovers key trends in Italian dubbing and contributes to documenting the evolution of this fascinating AVT modality. She provides an impressive amount of examples, beautifully argued and presented, in a monograph which will engage AVT researchers and translation scholars alike." —Rocío Baños Piñero Centre for Translation Studies, University College London, UK