Introduction: special issue on key debates in advertising

Beverly Adab, Cristina Valdés

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Abstract

Research on advertising has been conducted mainly from within disciplines such as marketing and reception studies. Within translation studies, research has focused more on comparative analysis of language pairs for intersystemic differences, and more recently on intercultural differences in product appeal and cultural values. Advertising as text type was most comprehensively used and developed within Western cultures, then 'exported' to other cultures. Initially the assumption was that the message could be translated and the product would sell on the basis of Western value-based market research, although this is now clearly shown not to be the case, as contributors to this volume all demonstrate through empirical studies. The introduction to this volume offers a comprehensive survey of work done in the field, both within and outside translation studies, outlines the use of semiotics as a suitable framework for research, and summarizes the key issues relating to the global vs. local debate
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)161-177
Number of pages17
JournalTranslator
Volume10
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 1 Nov 2004

Keywords

  • advertising
  • global vs local
  • semiotics

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