English

Resumo

Ever since the translational turn, translation studies has needed to expand its reach beyond the textual focus, to engage with other modes, such as music and digital forms of communication, intercultural exchange, and not least multimodal forms of translations through film, within which we find the sub field of music and translation. This article takes the specific example of a film, The Shape of Water, to illustrate how music speaks on behalf of mute characters, and how music contributes to the storytelling. In analysing case studies from the film, metaphor, multimodal transfer and musical meaning are explored to show how music 'speaks' on behalf of the characters and supplements the filmic narrative.