Basic Concepts in the Theory of Audiovisual Translation

This study briefly talks about the history of audiovisual translation and discusses some of the evolving conceptual theories in AVT and examine the basic concepts that underline the specific aspect of the audiovisual text. The concepts of constrained translation, the various audiovisual codes in AVT, multimodality and prefabricated orality are some of the basic issues that underlie the concept of audiovisual texts and thus greatly influences their translation. Research in audiovisual translation has to take into consideration the basic translation issues driving the theorization of this field.