Análise da utilização da técnica de adaptação na tradução para dublagem do seriado Everybody Hates Chris

Abstract

The present work discusses the use of the adaptation process in translation for dubbing in the TV series Everybody Hates Chris. The main objective of this work was to analyze the characteristics of the audiovisual translation, in the form of dubbing, from English to Portuguese, taking into account the adaptation technique. To meet this objective, 9 different extracts of dialogues from the TV show were selected and analyzed, through a descriptive and analytical process, grounded on authors such as Campos (1986), Oustinoff (2011), Konecsni (2017), Pym (2017), Pérez-González (2014), Díaz-Cintas (2019), among others. The data analysis revealed the frequent utilization of the adaptation technique was identified throughout the series, and also exposed the importance of the adaptation technique to identify and translate cultural aspects inherent to each language-culture. Therefore, this work contributes to other researchers in the translation field, focused on the adaptation process and dubbing, as well as to professional audiovisual translators.