Media Across Borders: Localising TV, Film and Video Games
Introduction Andrea Esser, Miguel A. Bernal Merino and Iain Robert Smith Defining "the local" in localization or "adapting for whom?" Andrea Esser Transnational Holmes: theorising the global local nexus through the Japanese anime Sherlock Hound (1984 Iain Robert Smith The context of localization: children's television in Western Europe and the Arabic speaking world Jeanette Steemers Audiovisual translation trends: growing diversity, choice and enhanced localization Frederic Chaume Transformations of Montalbano through languages and media: adapting and subtitling dialect in the terracotta dog Dionysios Kapsaskis and Irene Artegiani Localizing Sesame Street: the cultural translation of The Muppets Aaron Calbreath Frasieur Television formats in Africa: cultural considerations in format localization Martin Nkosi Ndlela Exploring factors influencing the dubbing of tv series into Spanish: key aspects for the analysis of dubbed dialogue Rocio Banos Jerome Bruner and the transcultural adaptation of 1970s Hollywood classics in Turkey Laurence Raw Tracing Asian franchises: local and transnational reception of Hana Yori Dango Rayna Denison Fiction tv formats in Poland "why bother to adapt?" Sylwia Szostak Analyzing players' perceptions on the translation of video games: assessing the tension between the local and the global concerning language use Alberto Fernandez Costales Glocalization and co creation: trends in international game production Miguel A. Bernal Merino.