30917 - Japanese Language (LM)

Learning outcomes

The student has an in-depth knowledge of the linguistic and discursive aspects of the Japanese language in both a synchronic and diachronic perspective, also in its applications in the field of intercultural mediation. Through practical exercises, his communicative skills in all abilities, active and passive, progress towards level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference corresponding to level N2 of the Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) organized by the Japan Foundation, which makes him able to effectively interpret the socio-linguistic and cultural codes of the subjects involved in a communicative relationship.

Course contents

The course will be divided into three distinct moments: 1. Introduction to the theory of audiovisual translation with a focus on Japanese as a source language and, in particular, on interlinguistic subtitling strategies; 2. Translation workshop with presentations in the classroom, moderated by the teacher; 3. Language module with study of the manual in collaboration with prof. Arakawa.

Readings/Bibliography

Mandatory materials (to be purchased in advance):

• JAPANESE LANGUAGE: Try N2, casa editrice ASK, Tōkyō (2021);

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• Heinrich P. - Ohara Y. (2021), Routlegde Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics, Routledge, Abingdon;
  
  
• Duranti A. (2021), Antropologia del linguaggio, Meltemi, Milano;

• Ranzato I. (2010), La traduzione audiovisiva - Analisi degli elementi culturospecifici, Bulzoni Editore, Roma;

• Perego E. (2024), La traduzione audiovisiva, Carocci. Roma.

• Vitucci F. (2016), Ciak! Si sottotitola. Traduzione audiovisiva e didattica del giapponese, Clueb. Bologna;

• Vitucci F. (2021), La traduzione audiovisiva per le lingue extraeuropee, Edizioni dell'Orso, Alessandria;

• Essays on AVT.

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In-depth bibliography for thesis:

1. Bruti S.; Buffagni C.; Garzelli B. (2017), Dalla voce al segno, Hoepli, Milano.
2. Cavagnoli F. (2012), La voce del testo, Feltrinelli. Milano.
3. Cronin M. (2013), Translation in the Digital Age, Routledge, Abingdon.
4. Diadori P. - Micheli P. (2010), Cinema e didattica dell’Italiano L2, Guerra Edizioni. Perugia.
5. Díaz Cintas J. - Remael A. (2021), Subtitling - Concepts and Practices, Routledge, Abingdon.
6. Eco, U. (2003), Dire quasi la stessa cosa, Bompiani. Milano.
7. Faini P. (2008), Tradurre, Carocci. Roma.
8. Inoue F - Tanabe K. (2022), Shakaigengogaku no wakugumi, Kuroshio shuppan, Tokyo.
9. Heinrich P. - Ohara Y. (2021), Routlegde Handbook of Japanese Sociolinguistics, Routledge, Abingdon.
10. Iwata Y., Shigemitsu Y., Murata Y. (2022), Shakaigengogaku - Kihon kara Disukōsu bunseki made, Hitsuji shobō, Tokyo.
11. Ledvinka Fay R. (2010), What the fuck are you talking about?, Eris. Torino.
12. Nakamura M. (2013), Hon'yaku ga tsukuru nihongo, Hatakusha, Tokyo.
13. Nornes A. M. (2007), Cinema Babel - Translating Global Cinema, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis.
14. Paolinelli M., Di Fortunato E. (2005), Tradurre per il doppiaggio, Hoepli. Milano.
    
15. Perego E., Taylor C. (2012), Tradurre l’audiovisivo, Carocci. Roma.
    
16. Petillo M. (2012), La traduzione audiovisiva nel terzo millennio, Franco Angeli. Milano.
    
17. Santipolo M. (2002), Dalla sociolinguistica alla glottodidattica, Utet Universitaria. Torino.
18. Scarpa F. (2008), La traduzione specializzata, Hoepli. Milano.
19. Tassan R. (2005), Per una semantica del corpo, Franco Angeli. Milano.
    
20. Vitucci F. (2017), "The Concepts of Ambiguity and Equivalence in Interlingual Japanese-Italian Subtitling - How the Semiotic Coexistence of Iconic Elements, Soundtrack and Written Language Influences the Interlingual Translation Process", «EDUCAZIONE LINGUISTICA LANGUAGE EDUCATION», 6-1, pp. 125 - 144.
21. Vitucci F. (2018), "La coesione semiotica del testo audiovisivo - Tipologie di esplicitazioni intersemiotiche nella sottotitolazione interlinguistica in italiano di lungometraggi giapponesi", «QUADERNI DI SEMANTICA», 1, pp. 749 - 773.
22. Vitucci F. (2023), "Representation of masculine speech in the Japanese dub of the American series Never Have I Ever (2020): fictional idiolects or linguistic experimentation?", «STATUS QUAESTIONIS», 24, pp. 329 - 352.
23. Vitucci F. (2024), "Representations of masculine speech in the Japanese dub of the movie Call Me by Your Name: virtual spaces and bodies of otherness", «PARALLÈLES», 36 (2), pp. 1 - 16.
24. Wakabayashi, J. (2021), Japanese-English Translation, Routledge, Abingdon.

Teaching methods

The course will be held in presence in seminar mode.

Assessment methods

The exam includes an oral test and an ongoing grammar test scheduled for each session.

Teaching tools

The course includes the use of software for interlingual subtitling, video players, as well as the use of audiovisual products in the original language.

Office hours

See the website of Francesco Vitucci