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The aim of this Wikibook is to introduce the readers to the AVT technique known as Dubbing. This introduction is based on the Polish dubbed version of the movie Shrek. You are going to learn about various strategies and techniques used during a translation process and then you may use this knowledge in practice - by doing the translation exercises that will test your creativity, language-sensitivity, and ability to condense, reduce, or domesticate the lines and dialogues taken from the movie.

Practice
Now you have an opportunity to use theory in practice. Try your hand at these fragments presented in the table. First, you have the original line in English, then transcribed line from Polish dubbing and the last column is for you and your version. In this exercise try to reduce the sensation of something being "exotic", "foreign","unknown" for an average Polish viewer and try to come up with names, places, popcultural references that are widely known in Poland.

1. We will start with something pretty easy, meaning national cuisine and typical plates. In the original Donkey wants to prepare waffles for breakfast, in the Polish translation we have jajecznica. Do you have other idea? What else do Poles like to eat for breakfast?

2. Next example is also connected with food. In the original version Donkey talks about dessert called parfait which is not widely known in Poland, so the translator decided to change it to something much more popular in our country, traditional even, namely: kremówki. Think about another popular Polish dessert, it has to have layers.

Practice
In this section you are going to practise condensation technique which, as you have learned, is widely used in audiovisual translation. Your version should be a summary of the original lines and it should include the initial meaning.

1. In this scene Donkey is looking for the stairs and at the same time he is "motivating" himself. The whole image here revolves around the stairs and their construction elements. The protagonist uses a few idioms and phrases connected with stairs. Try your hand at this challenge - remember to condense this excerpt and to play with idioms, with the whole image.

Creative thinking exercises
Now it is time to get creative! Below you have various movie fragments that I consider to be a challenge. There are songs, cultural references, rhymes, and stylization. Your task is to provide better (I know it is extremely difficult), funnier, more contemporary translations; you have to defeat Bartosz Wierzbięta, humour and words are your weapon:)

1. You will start with a quotation that has entered an everyday speech. Here you have a reference to the lyrics of the song "Śpiewać każdy może" performed by Jerzy Stuhr (he voiced Donkey). Try to come up with something different, colloquial, not necessarily a cultural reference.

2. Now we move on to rhyming. Interestingly enough, the rhymed line uttered by Donkey has not been retained in the translation. It is time to make up for it! Looking for the words that rhyme is a great "linguistic" warm-up.

3. Now it is time for a short word formation exercise: do your best and attempt to come up with as many versions as possible:

4. Create your own version of the Gingerman Verse