Selected Issues from the Theory and Practice of Audiovisual Translation Teaching in Polish Modern Language Faculties

Abstract

Audiovisual translation (AVT) is the most dynamically developing kind of translation of the modern era. According to the authors of this article, the popularity of this type of translation will only increase. Unfortunately, within the framework of contemporary Polish modern language faculties, classes in audiovisual translation have not yet entered the curricula as obligatory subjects. The aim of this article is to draw the academic community’s attention to the necessity of introducing AVT translation classes into the curricula of modern language faculties, such as applied linguistics, translatology and contemporary linguistics. The article discusses the latest theoretical trends in AVT and presents the most popular types of translation of this type, which can be successfully used in the process of learning foreign languages in neophilological fields. These include, above all, subtitling and dubbing. The article ultimately raises the main question of how this type of translation can be used in class and what glottodidactic effects can be achieved in this way.