A tradução e a omissão dos marcadores discursivos nas legendas da série Friends: o (des)respeito às funções comunicativas

Abstract

This work aims to analyse how discourse markers are translated in the subtitles of the American sitcom Friends in order to check if this translation can establish and maintain the same meaning effects in Portuguese language. The corpus consists of fifteen excerpts taken from the first episodes of the first, the fifth and the tenth seasons of the series, broadcast on Warner Channel, and also available on DVD and on the Internet. The audio analysis and the transcription of the subtitles were presented in two formats: the speech script followed by the characters in English and the subtitles in Portuguese. Towards methodological procedures, the data that were selected for analysis followed an empiricalinductive approach, with qualitative-interpretative nature. The theoretical framework was mainly based on the concepts of Conversation Analysis, stated by Chafe (1982), Favero, Andrade and Aquino (2007), Fraser (1988, 1994), Galembeck (1999), Galembeck and Carvalho (1997 ) Hilgert (2011), Marcuschi (1989, 2001, 2006) and Preti (2003), as well as on the concepts of Translation Studies, proposed by Arrojo (2007), Fleet (2000), Gorovitz (2006 ) Oustinoff (2011), Paes (1990) and Rodriguez (2000). It is relevant to point out that discourse markers play an important role in the maintenance of verbal interaction, and they contribute to the monitoring of conversation as well as to the organization of spoken text. They can function as textual organizers and/or articulators, illocutionary force indicating devices, verbal planners, mitigation devices, among other functions. Recognizing that the discourse markers are essential elements in the meaning process of linguistic activity involves recognizing the interactional dimension of language.