AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION AND LEGAL PROVISIONS IN ROMANIA
AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION AND LEGAL PROVISIONS IN ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: In using the term audiovisual in this article we have to consider its approach on two directions. On the one hand, we have the linguistic direction related to the audiovisual text that is, the information we receive via visual and acoustic channels. This involves a co-existence of verbal and non-verbal messages in the same context with a succession of images in movement. the circulation and transfer of the messages and ideas from one language to another becomes, thus a challenge for the audiovisualtranslator whose task is to determine the role and importance of the visual component in the audiovisual text being translated, establish the relation between the visual and the verbal, and adjust the translation techniques accordingly. This omnipresence of various types of messages challenges the research in translation studies to approach audiovisual translations (AVT) either as a very general type of translation or a very specific one. On the other hand, we have the legal direction related to all legal provisions that have to be stipulated by the state laws in accordance with international laws. But this approach may be fulfilled through specific language related to the concept of audiovisual. That is why, in terms of audiovisual legislation we find an interference of the two directions, in the sense that in the main Romanian law governing the audiovisual activity, right from the start in Chapter I, General Provisions, there is a display of terms and definitions regarding semantic and legal meaning of the terms used.

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