El doblaje de acentos extranjeros y regionales en Los Simpson

“The dubbing of foreign and regional accents in The Simpsons ” Although the dubbing of accents is a common phenomenon on our screens, it has not received enough scholarly attention. This study compares the original version with the dubbed version of the animated series The Simpsons (Matt Groening 1989- ), and 1. El presente artículo ha sido realizado en el marco del grupo de investigación consolidado CEDIT (2014 SGR 843) del Departament de Traducció i Ciències del Llenguatge de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra. analyses 32 characters with a non-standard accent. The research is also based on the first-person experience of María José Aguirre de Cárcer, the current translator of the series to European Spanish. This investigation discloses that factors such as linguistic obstacles, visual restrictions or stereotypes determine the final solution. Despite the close link between accents and identity, the results obtained suggest that most translation techniques imply changes in characterisation to a greater or lesser extent.