Methodological Framework
摘要
My research aims relate to understanding how emotions can be translated in the audiovisual (AV) context so that subtitling and Voice-Over (VO) reflect more the oral quality of dialogues and testimonies. In order to fulfil one of my primary goals of the Ethical Translation project of working ethically, it was crucial to make sure all participants were treated with respect and that their voices were listened to throughout the project. Moreover, as the research is also concerned with understanding the impact of challenging material on subtitlers, different research methods were required. In this chapter, I present the different methods used to reach my research goals. I first consider the ethical component and then focus on the mixed methods approach chosen for the Ethical Translation project. These mixed methods include practice-based research and commissioning and co-creating a documentary, focus groups (FGs) organised at the start of the project to gather information and data on stakeholders’ expectations, e-questionnaires/surveys to inform our trajectory for ethical filming and translating and start drafting translation guidelines, and semi-structured interviews carried out with subtitlers working on the project to understand better subtitlers’ working conditions.