Table 5 Examples of “suggestions”...

Table 5

Examples of “suggestions” extracted from Netflix

Netflix
Ex	Episode	Time	Original version	Politeness strategy	Dubbed version	Politeness strategy	Context
1	1	03:31	Looking for gifts, have you checked Dad's underwear drawer?	Negative politeness: questions	هل تبحثان عن الهدايا؟إنها في درج أبي	On-record	Brother to sisters
2		06:50	We could look in the basement	Negative politeness: minimize imposition	لنبحث في القبو	On-record, positive + ingroup identity	Sister suggesting to her sister
3		08:23	Allow me to look for the tinsel, and after I find it, I’ll rub your tired, aching tootsies	Negative politeness: adverbial hedges	سأبحث عن أدوات المطبخ من أجلك وسأدلك أصابع قدمك المتعبة	Positive politeness: notice attend to H’s interests	Daughter to mom
4	2	03:25	How can we help you?	Negative politeness: questions	سنساعدكم	Positive politeness: notice attend to H’s needs	Elder brother and friend offering help
5		5:10	You can help the next customer … partner	Positive politeness: offer	فلتساعد الزبون التالي … يا شريكي	On-record: direct imperative	Friend suggesting to his friend
6		05:20	Looks like you could use an assist	Positive politeness: attend to H’s interest	هل تحتاج للمساعدة؟	Negative politeness: question	A kid to a father
7	5	01:15	Why don’t you sit next to your brother?	Negative politeness: questions	اجلسي بالقرب من أخيك	On-record: direct imperative	Teacher suggesting to a student
8		01:16	Clyde you don’t mind moving, do you?	Positive politeness: assert common ground using tag questions	كلايد لا تمانع بتغيير مقعدك	On-record	Teacher suggesting to a student
9		02:40	If you want us to retain the information, I suggest a pop quiz	Negative politeness: minimize imposition	وان أردت ترسيخ المعلومات فلتفرضي اختبارا مفاجئا	On-record: direct	Smart student to a teacher
10		16:35	How about this one? It will bring out your eyes	Positive politeness: give reasons- questions	خذي هذا سيبرز لون عينيك	On-record + positive politeness	A kid to a customer
11		20:49	Care to explain!	Off record: presuppose	هلا شرحت الأمر	Negative politeness: question	A brother to his sister’s boyfriend
12	7	10:54	How about giving me something I'm not allergic to?	Negative politeness: questions, hedging opinion	أعطني شيئا لا أعاني حساسية منه	On-record: direct imperative	Neighbors
13		04:50	Maybe we shouldn’t have touched his egg	Positive politeness: use ingroup identity, hedging opinions	ما كان عليك لمس بيضتها	On-record	Friends talking
14	15	04:10	Who's up for a boy's day out music montage?	Positive politeness: notice, attend to H’s needs	هيا نخرج لنسمتع بالاستماع موسقى خاصة	On-record	Friends
15	1	02:30	You might want to grab your video camera instead	Positive politeness: hedging opinion	برايي أحضري الكاميرا وصوري فالتوأمان يتشاجران	On-record	Linc to older sister
16	5	02:53	Lori, could you maybe hang up the phone and get ready for school?	Negative politeness: questions, hedges	لوري هيا أنهي المكالمة واستعدي للمدرسة	On-record: direct imperative	Brother to elder sister
17		12:26	My point is why can’t we go someplace different like Aloha Beach	Positive politeness: ask for a reason	أنا أقصد لنذهب إلى مكان مختلف مثل شاطئ ألوها	On-record	Brother to sisters
18	6	07:43	Maybe you should talk to Lana	Positive politeness: hedging opinion	عليك التحدث إلى لانا	On-record	Sister to a brother
19		14:34	Would you look at the time?	Negative politeness: question	انظري للوقت	On-record	Brother to a sister
20	8	09:54	Ok, this time, instead of Marco Polo, why don’t we just use our real names?	Positive politeness: include S and H in the activity	حسنا هذه المرة بدلا من ماركو بولو نستخدم أسماءنا الأصلية	On record + ingroup identity	Sisters
21		12:20	Hey Lein, want to play video games?	Negative politeness: questions	ليني تعالي والعبي معي	On-record	Brother to sister
22		06:51	Can you come get me on the tandem?	Negative politeness: question	تعال خذني بدراجتك	On-record	Friends
23		14:46	Why don’t you admit it, Lynn?	Negative politeness: question	اعترفي بالأمر يا لين	On-record	Brother to sister
24			Why don’t you ask, Liza?	Negative politeness: question	ادهب واسال ليزا	On-record	Elder sister to brother
25	10	04:46	Why don’t you get miss smarty-pants to help her?	Negative politeness: question	فلتستعن بالآنسة العبقرية لتساعدها	On-record	Elder sister to brother
26		15:07	Instead of using why not use a renewable energy?	Positive politeness: give reasons, hedging opinion	بدلا من استخدام كل هذه الكهرباء فلتستخدي الطاقة المتجددة	On-record	Brother to younger sister
27	11	7:43	Also, maybe we should let the kids handle this themselves	Positive politeness: hedging opinion	ويجب أن نترك الصغار يتولون مسؤوليتهم بأنفسهم	On-record	Wife to husband
28	12	16:47	You guys, maybe we should listen to her and stop fighting	Positive politeness: hedging opinion	أخواتي يجب أن نتوقف عن الشجار	On-record	Brother to sisters
29	15	07:30	Maybe I can help	Negative politeness: be indirect	ساساعدك	On-record	A stranger to a girl

Netflix
Ex	Episode	Time	Original version	Politeness strategy	Dubbed version	Politeness strategy	Context
1	1	03:31	Looking for gifts, have you checked Dad's underwear drawer?	Negative politeness: questions	هل تبحثانعنالهدايا؟إنهافي درج أبي	On-record	Brother to sisters
2		06:50	We could look in the basement	Negative politeness: minimize imposition	لنبحث فيالقبو	On-record, positive + ingroup identity	Sister suggesting to her sister
3		08:23	Allow me to look for the tinsel, and after I find it, I’ll rub your tired, aching tootsies	Negative politeness: adverbial hedges	سأبحث عنأدواتالمطبخ منأجلكوسأدلكأصابع قدمكالمتعبة	Positive politeness: notice attend to H’s interests	Daughter to mom
4	2	03:25	How can we help you?	Negative politeness: questions	سنساعدكم	Positive politeness: notice attend to H’s needs	Elder brother and friend offering help
5		5:10	You can help the next customer … partner	Positive politeness: offer	فلتساعدالزبونالتالي … ياشريكي	On-record: direct imperative	Friend suggesting to his friend
6		05:20	Looks like you could use an assist	Positive politeness: attend to H’s interest	هل تحتاجللمساعدة؟	Negative politeness: question	A kid to a father
7	5	01:15	Why don’t you sit next to your brother?	Negative politeness: questions	اجلسيبالقرب منأخيك	On-record: direct imperative	Teacher suggesting to a student
8		01:16	Clyde you don’t mind moving, do you?	Positive politeness: assert common ground using tag questions	كلايد لاتمانع بتغييرمقعدك	On-record	Teacher suggesting to a student
9		02:40	If you want us to retain the information, I suggest a pop quiz	Negative politeness: minimize imposition	وان أردتترسيخالمعلوماتفلتفرضياختبارامفاجئا	On-record: direct	Smart student to a teacher
10		16:35	How about this one? It will bring out your eyes	Positive politeness: give reasons- questions	خذي هذاسيبرز لونعينيك	On-record + positive politeness	A kid to a customer
11		20:49	Care to explain!	Off record: presuppose	هلا شرحتالأمر	Negative politeness: question	A brother to his sister’s boyfriend
12	7	10:54	How about giving me something I'm not allergic to?	Negative politeness: questions, hedging opinion	أعطني شيئالا أعانيحساسية منه	On-record: direct imperative	Neighbors
13		04:50	Maybe we shouldn’t have touched his egg	Positive politeness: use ingroup identity, hedging opinions	ما كان عليكلمس بيضتها	On-record	Friends talking
14	15	04:10	Who's up for a boy's day out music montage?	Positive politeness: notice, attend to H’s needs	هيا نخرجلنسمتعبالاستماعموسقىخاصة	On-record	Friends
15	1	02:30	You might want to grab your video camera instead	Positive politeness: hedging opinion	براييأحضريالكاميراوصوريفالتوأمانيتشاجران	On-record	Linc to older sister
16	5	02:53	Lori, could you maybe hang up the phone and get ready for school?	Negative politeness: questions, hedges	لوري هياأنهيالمكالمةواستعديللمدرسة	On-record: direct imperative	Brother to elder sister
17		12:26	My point is why can’t we go someplace different like Aloha Beach	Positive politeness: ask for a reason	أنا أقصدلنذهب إلىمكان مختلفمثل شاطئألوها	On-record	Brother to sisters
18	6	07:43	Maybe you should talk to Lana	Positive politeness: hedging opinion	عليكالتحدث إلىلانا	On-record	Sister to a brother
19		14:34	Would you look at the time?	Negative politeness: question	انظريللوقت	On-record	Brother to a sister
20	8	09:54	Ok, this time, instead of Marco Polo, why don’t we just use our real names?	Positive politeness: include S and H in the activity	حسنا هذهالمرة بدلامن ماركوبولو نستخدمأسماءناالأصلية	On record + ingroup identity	Sisters
21		12:20	Hey Lein, want to play video games?	Negative politeness: questions	ليني تعاليوالعبي معي	On-record	Brother to sister
22		06:51	Can you come get me on the tandem?	Negative politeness: question	تعال خذنيبدراجتك	On-record	Friends
23		14:46	Why don’t you admit it, Lynn?	Negative politeness: question	اعترفيبالأمر يا لين	On-record	Brother to sister
24			Why don’t you ask, Liza?	Negative politeness: question	ادهب واسالليزا	On-record	Elder sister to brother
25	10	04:46	Why don’t you get miss smarty-pants to help her?	Negative politeness: question	فلتستعنبالآنسةالعبقريةلتساعدها	On-record	Elder sister to brother
26		15:07	Instead of using why not use a renewable energy?	Positive politeness: give reasons, hedging opinion	بدلا مناستخدام كلهذه الكهرباءفلتستخديالطاقةالمتجددة	On-record	Brother to younger sister
27	11	7:43	Also, maybe we should let the kids handle this themselves	Positive politeness: hedging opinion	ويجب أننتركالصغاريتولونمسؤوليتهمبأنفسهم	On-record	Wife to husband
28	12	16:47	You guys, maybe we should listen to her and stop fighting	Positive politeness: hedging opinion	أخواتي يجب أننتوقفعن الشجار	On-record	Brother to sisters
29	15	07:30	Maybe I can help	Negative politeness: be indirect	ساساعدك	On-record	A stranger to a girl

Source(s): Table prepared by author

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