Translators face a number of difficulties while translating. Not only translation of cultural elements is of utmost importance in translation studies, but also it is an arduous task for translators, especially in the case of interlingual translation. One of the biggest concerns of audiovisual translators is culture-specific items amongst which taboo expressions are included. This study aimed at...

BACKGROUND Smoking in Hollywood movies is a known risk factor for teen smoking in the USA and Europe, but little is known about the association between exposure to tobacco use in Bollywood movies and teen tobacco use in India. METHODS A cross-sectional sample of 3956 adolescents (eighth and ninth grades, ages 12-16 years) from 12 randomly selected New Delhi schools was surveyed in 2009, asses...

In our modern life, the introduction of new technologies and subsequent boom in satellites, television, as well as the Internet has made the world a much smaller place allowing different nations, cultures, and languages to interact more frequently. One of the biggest concerns of audiovisual translators is cultural and ideological items which taboo terms are included. This study aims at investig...

The purpose of this essay is to focus on the following question: In the light of Laura Mulvey's ideas, and the subsequent theory and practice, is it still fair to characterise women as objects of a male gaze? Movies in general have often been seen as portraying certain roles for men and women and establishing the existence of a male gaze. However, the issue here is whether we could see a revers...

this paper studies the image of latinos in the united states of americathrough the hollywood films production by the well-known mexican director,alejandrogonz?lez i??rritu. using content analysis of the latinos characters in the threefilms directed by him and in collaboration with screenwriter guillermo arriaga, thepresent paper examines the masculinity frame to see whether the latinos areportr...

OBJECTIVE To describe the development of the relationship between the tobacco industry and the entertainment industry. METHODS Review of previously secret tobacco industry documents available on the internet. RESULTS Both the entertainment and tobacco industries recognised the high value of promotion of tobacco through entertainment media. The 1980s saw undertakings by four tobacco companie...