Screenwriting for translators

This module introduces you to the production of screenplays and the role of translated screenplays in the international film financing process.

It identifies the principles of screenwriting and visual storytelling, character and story, scene construction and the function of dialogue and their relevance for translation, relating these to industry norms in terms of length, pacing, macrostructure, etc.

You will be introduced to the relevant screenwriting software, layout and formatting conventions and how these formal features are linked to the constraints that must be observed in translating screenplays.

You will consider the constituent text types of screenplays,  analysing their linguistic and textual features, as well as their function within the screenplay.

You will explore a range of translation strategies and procedures and assess their suitability for rendering the a wide range of language forms.