Filmfeliratban szereplő betűszók fordítása
Translation of Acronyms in Film Subtitles

Summary/Abstract: The introductory part of our study starts with the topicality of abbreviations and acronyms; subsequently, we distinguish between acronyms and abbreviations, including the difference between acronyms and initialisms. In order to study acronyms, we developed an algorithm to search for English and Hungarian acronyms from the first season of the TV series Designated Survivor and to collect them in a database. The database contains 128 individual English acronyms with 536 occurrences, while the Hungarian version contains 70 individual acronyms with 301 occurrences. Common translation strategies are examined and illustrated with examples, as well as spelling problems that we found examples of in the database are discussed. The concluding section argues for the importance of quality assurance, but also looks ahead to a possible future where we may encounter two types of text: the variant with or without acronyms.

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