Rendering Movies through the Prism of Eco-Translatology (Based upon the Ukrainian Dubbed Translations of Oppenheimer and Barbie)

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https://doi.org/10.46991/TSTP/2025.5.2.029

Keywords:

eco-translatology, holistic perspective, translational eco-environment, Oppenheimer, Barbie, translation shifts, cultural adaption

Abstract

The paper examines eco-translatology in the context of film translation from English into Ukrainian. Its primary aim is to apply an eco-translational approach to audiovisual translation and to identify the linguistic, cultural and communicative shifts that emerge in the process. The study analyzes two of the best-selling films of the 21st century – Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan and Barbie by Greta Gerwig – along with their Ukrainian dubbed versions. The research employs comparative and quantitative content analysis, culture-oriented and translation-focused methods and draws on the core principle of eco-translatology: the holistic perspective. The findings highlight the interdependence of translation, language, culture, humans and nature as integral elements of a unified process of transferring meaning from the source text to the target text.

Author Biographies

  • Artur Gudmanian, State University of Information and Communication Technologies

    D.Sc., Professor; Head of the Department of English for Engineering at National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Polytechnic Institute,” Ukraine; expert at the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance; editor-in-chief of the international scientific journal Advanced Linguistics; member of the doctoral council at Ivan Franko University of Lviv. His research interests primarily cover technical and literary translation, foreign language teaching methods and general issues in translation studies.

  • Andriana Ivanova, Uzhhorod National University

    PhD, Associate Professor of Translation Studies at the Department of English Philology, Uzhhorod National University, Ukraine; consecutive and simultaneous interpreter. Her research focuses on translation of fiction, genre peculiarities of horror literature and eco-translation.

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2025-12-20

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Vol. 5 No. 2(10) (2025)

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Gudmanian, Artur, and Andriana Ivanova. 2025. “Rendering Movies through the Prism of Eco-Translatology (Based Upon the Ukrainian Dubbed Translations of Oppenheimer and Barbie)”. Translation Studies: Theory and Practice 5 (2(10): 29-40. https://doi.org/10.46991/TSTP/2025.5.2.029.

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