Dr Nozomi Abe

Speaker: Pietro Deandrea, University of Torino (Turin, Italy)

This study presents an example of ‘ordinary’ readers’ reviews that illustrates the changing views of (re)translation and the negotiation of translation norms in 21st-century Japan. The seminar will focus on the third Japanese version of J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye (1951), published in 2003 and translated by Haruki Murakami.

Citing Pierre Bourdieu's field theory, this presentation seeks to define the nature of, and changes in the field of film dubbing in China after economic reform.