Referentes culturales en la traducción de subtítulos. Desafíos planteados por dos culturas meta: la polaca y la española

Culture-bound terms in translation of subtitles. Challenges posed by two target cultures: Polish and Spanish In the article there are presented the results of comparative analysis of translations of two films by W. Allen: Mighty Aphrodite and Annie Hall into the Polish and the Spanish language. The main objective of analysis is to observe: how and to what extent the knowledge of the language of origin and acceptance of loan words can become a factor that influences translation of culture-bound terms in subtitles. According to the hypothesis of the article, there is a visible relation between acceptability of the English language in both cultures of destination: the Polish and the Spanish and translation preferences in subtitling. This hypotheses is supported by numerous examples from the analyzed texts.