In today’s global media environment Hollywood films are distributed in many non English-speaking markets. This requires a nuanced translation of the original title to accurately convey the essence of a film. Less well-known is that fact is that American movies also need translation in…
War. What is it good for? – Edwin Starr Dear Mr. Starr, War is often a mechanism for settling territorial disputes, and sometimes a channel for imperial ambitions. Adherents of just war theory have also identified several instances where a war may…
Kutty Pattalam is a Malayalam television show whose name roughly translates to “Kiddie Army”. It’s a fairly straightforward lifting of the “Kids Say the Darndest Things” concept, where kids are seated on elevated mini-thrones in front of studio audiences and…
The fourth installment in the dinos-run-amok series isn’t a reboot but might as well be, given the years elapsed since 2001’s third installment and the even greater cultural distance that’s opened up since Netscape Navigator introduced us to an internet festooned with…