Zeinab Mobarak

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Summer Re-runs: The Translational Challenges of Dubbing and Subtitling

July 22, 2021

“So if we have a character that says “so” — which is one of Mobarak’s least favorite words because we do not have many monosyllabic words in Arabic ending in “o” — we cannot use its Arabic equivalent ثم, which necessitates closed lips.”

On Translation dubbing, subtitling, Zeinab Mobarak

In Other Words: The Translational Challenges of Dubbing and Subtitling

March 2, 2014

Last Monday, translator Zeinab Mobarak gave a lecture on the creative arts of dubbing and subtitling at the American University in Cairo (AUC). Contrary to popular belief, Mobarak said, dubbing for film is a difficult art.