Minors, Helen Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0212-9030 (2025) Translation through music, speaking through music, The Shape of Water. Translation matters. (In Press)

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Abstract

Taking a multimodal example, that of the film The Shape of Water (2017), this article explores the current research on translation and music, then examines the role of music in this film to illustrate how translation between modes is possible through the notion of metaphor. The multimodal context is complex and offers a way to tackle how research into musical meaning has the potential to apply translation processes to support understanding in a manner that is original. Music is the key agent in expressing emotion through metaphor. The article offers a case for how translation studies can and should be used more widely within the arts and humanities, through using this particular film example.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	In Press
School/Department:	School of the Arts
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/11948

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