Os fansubs e seus desafios: uma análise da tradução de expressões idiomáticas em legendas produzidas por fâs para a série Brooklyn NineNine

Abstract

The present study aims to analyze fansubs' strategies, the subtitling performed by fans, for the translation of idioms (EIs), from English into Brazilian Portuguese, of two episodes from different seasons of the North American TV series Brooklyn Nine-Nine. To support our research, we used the theoretical contribution of Franco Aixelá (1996, 2020) about the study of translation strategies Culture-Specific Items, in addition to other names in Audiovisual Translation Studies with a focus on Amateur Translation (DÍAZ-CINTAS; SÁNCHEZ, 2006; DÍAZ-CINTAS; RAMAEL, 2007), and in the history of Translation in Cinema (CHAUME, 2004). For our analysis, we selected the subtitles produced by the fansub Legendas em Série, identified the strategies used for the EIs translation, and verified whether the choices of these translators were appropriate to the context of use and the audiovisual nature of the meta text. The results showed that these translators tend to use more domesticating strategies when dealing with these expressions. As different people were responsible for the translation of the selected episodes, it was not possible to make a diachronic assessment to check whether the gain in experience would lead to any changes in the strategies adopted. Overall, we concluded that the group's choices were effective in achieving its goals. With this work, we seek to popularize research on fansubs, besides contributing to the study of useful strategies for this type of translation. Keywords: Audiovisual Translation. Fansubs. Idioms. Culture-Specific Items. Translation Strategies.