Abstract

This article examines Diana Gabaldon’s process of translating Outlander from page to screen, tracing the author’s creative origins, her thematic focus on memory and time, and the narrative choices that underpinned successful adaptation. Drawing on primary texts and production histories, it analyses how Gabaldon’s characterisation, historical detail and episodic structure were reworked for television, and evaluates the adaptation’s impact on audience reach and the author’s reputation. The study demonstrates how literary devices were transformed into visual and dramatic strategies to preserve the series’ emotional and temporal complexity. Finally, the research notes the linguistic challenges encountered when dubbing Gabaldon’s finely wrought scripts – and other television dramas – into Georgian and Russian.