CHN8033 Drama Translation for Translators and Interpreters Created with the support of UTLSECValerie Pellatt and Chia-Ying Yang2012

Acting words: the words

Acting words: discussion

Acting pictures: the pictures

Acting pictures: action

Speakability and performability

Translation for stage Translation for page

What does the actor need? The scaffold for performance Performability = speakability + marking

What does the spectator want? Enjoyment

UnderstandabilityConnection ‘through the emotions I discover this concerns me after all’(Gabriel Marcel)

Getting to grips with the text

Creating a version

All busy

Job done?

Come and see the show!

PoisonFriday Feb 8 7 pm

Northern StageStage 3