Doppiaggio e sottotitolazione di un film e una serie Spanglish in italiano: analisi e commento di Coco e Vida

This work presents an overview of audiovisual translation (AVT) modes: song translation, dubbing and the new phenomenon of fansubbing. The dissertation aims to analyse the Italian dubbing and subtitling of a film and a series in Spanglish. Furthermore, it focuses on the analysis of translation techniques for multilingual audiovisual products. As a matter of fact, I decided to analyse an animated film, Coco and an American tv show, Vida. Both tv show and animated film have Mexican protagonists and present typical cultural references of the Mexican and Latinx culture. The work is divided into four chapters. The first chapter provides a historical overview of Hispanic immigration to the United States and outlines the three main groups of immigrants: Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans. Therefore, the phenomenon of language contact between Spanish and English, Spanglish or Espanglés, found within these immigration groups, is explained. The second chapter describes audiovisual translation, specifically the AVT modes of subtitling and dubbing. In particular, it deals with the phenomenon of fansubbing, which influenced audiovisual consumption, especially in Italy, a traditional dubbing country. In addition to this, the phenomenon of dubbing in Italy is explained, the origins of which can be traced back to the fascist regime. The third chapter focuses on the analysis and commentary of Coco, specifically the song translation from Spanglish to Italian and the translation challenges found throughout the film, from a cultural point of view. The fourth chapter describes the birth of the American series, the plot and the characters of Vida. Consequently, I analysed some Italian subtitles of Vida provided by the fansubbers of Subspedia. In the commentary, the main problems of the subtitling of a multilingual series are highlighted from the code-switching (between Spanish and English) and the extralinguistic and intertextual references related to the Latinx culture.