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Strategies in Subtitling Jordanian Dialect on Netflix: A Case Study of AlRawabi School for Girls

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  • Ahmad Al-Harahsheh
  • Mona Malkawi
  • Rasha Al-Motlak

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This study explores the challenges faced by Netflix subtitlers and the strategies used to translate Jordanian dialectal expressions into English in the Netflix miniseries AlRawabi School for Girls . The corpus of this study consists of 50 authentic examples extracted from the series. Adopting a descriptive approach to translation studies, as suggested by Gideon (1995), our analysis reveals three major findings relevant to subtitling Jordanian dialectal expressions in English: (a) Some dialectal expressions are omitted or altered by replacing them with standard language to fit the Netflix target audience; (b) the Netflix subtitler applied a variety of subtitling strategies, most commonly pragmatic translation; and (c) the subtitling in most of the examples conveyed the intended meaning, albeit with a considerable loss of cultural context from the source language. Finally, this study concludes that the Netflix subtitler adopted a target-oriented translation, thus depriving the target audience of experiencing the cultural characteristics of the Jordanian dialect.

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  • Ahmad Al-Harahsheh & Mona Malkawi & Rasha Al-Motlak, 2025. "Strategies in Subtitling Jordanian Dialect on Netflix: A Case Study of AlRawabi School for Girls," SAGE Open, , vol. 15(1), pages 21582440241, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:15:y:2025:i:1:p:21582440241304190
    DOI: 10.1177/21582440241304190
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