Netflix English subtitling of idioms in Egyptian movies: challenges and strategies
Ahmad S. Haider,
Reem Shuhaiber
Abstract:Recently, subtitles in different languages have become more available and accessible, thanks to streaming platforms like Netflix, which provide viewers with multiple language choices, including Arabic and English. This study examines the strategies of subtitling Egyptian phraseological units, particularly idioms, into English. The parallel corpus of data under examination consists of two Egyptian movies, namely, “"Image missing"The Great Chinese Beans” and “"Image missing"The Humans and the Mongoose”. Followin… Show more
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