Polish Screenplay in English Translation
Polish Screenplay in English Translation

Summary/Abstract: Screenplay is the script of a film, including acting instructions and scene directions. There is a long way from finished screenplay to the moment when the film is distributed and the audience can watch it on the screen in the cinema. If the film is a co-production engaging foreign actors and foreign financing, one of the stages in the process is translation of the screenplay from native to another language, for instance English. Screenplay itself is a literary text, but its final product is a film. Screenplay has a specific formatting style, and it is written according to set guidelines. It combines specialized text and literary text. Screenplay is both a work of art, inspiring all the people engaged in the process of film production, and a technical blueprint for the future movie. This article describes the task of the translation of a screenplay for production and shooting purposes, discusses the elements that must be taken into account while translating it, and focuses on possible issues connected to translation of this type of modular text.

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