Media Across Borders.

This Volume Provides An Overview Of Localisation Practices And Trends And Reveals Its Significance In The Audiovisual Sector. Contributors Examine Translation Practices Including Dubbing, Subtitling And Voice-over Of Finished, 'canned' Material; The Internationalisation And Localisation Of Video Games; Regional Adaptations Of Entertainment Television Formats And News; And Licensed As Well As Unlicensed Film Remakes Across Borders. Introduction / Andrea Esser, Miguel Á. Bernal-merino And Iain Robert Smith -- Defining The Local In Localization Or Adapting For Who? / Andrea Esser -- Transnational Holmes: Theorising The Global-local Nexus Through The Japanese Anime Sherlock Hound (1984- ) / Iain Robert Smith -- The Context Of Localization: Children's Television In Western Europe And The Arabic-speaking World / Jeanette Steemers -- Audiovisual Translation Trends: Growing Diversity, Choice And Enhanced Localization / Frederic Chaume -- Transformations Of Montalbano Through Languages And Media: Adapting And Subtitling Dialect In The Terracotta Dog / Dionysios Kapsaskis And Irene Artegiani -- Localizing Sesame Street: The Cultural Translation Of The Muppets / Aaron Calbreath-frasieur -- Television Formats In Africa: Cultural Considerations In Format Localization / Martin Nkosi Ndlela -- Exploring Factors Influencing The Dubbing Of Tv Series Into Spanish: Key Aspects For The Analysis Of Dubbed Dialogue / Rocío Baños -- Jerome Bruner And The Transcultural Adaptation Of 1970s Hollywood Classics In Turkey / Laurence Raw -- Tracing Asian Franchises: Local And Transnational Reception Of Hana Yori Dango / Rayna Denison -- Fiction Tv Formats In Poland Why Bother To Adapt? / Sylwia Szostak -- Analyzing Players' Perceptions On The Translation Of Video Games: Assessing The Tension Between The Local And The Global Concerning Language Use / Alberto Fernández Costales -- Glocalization And Co-creation: Trends In International Game Production / Miguel Á. Bernal-merino. Edited By Andrea Esser, Miguel Á. Bernal-merino, And Iain Robert Smith. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.