Abstract
"Mexicanismos" are expressions used daily by Mexicans. What happens when they appear in movies and are translated into another language? Is it possible to contextualize through the dubbing process, linguistic expressions peculiar to a country without losing their original meaning? The purpose of this qualitative study was to analyze the dubbing of Mexican cinema taken abroad, and subtitling in films of American cinema that is shown in Mexico. It was found, among other results, that in the process, the language loses its original meaning but the destination country's cultural references are adapted in translation.
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