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On the Audiovisual Radar

December 16, 2021 By Webmaster

Audiovisual Translation-Related International Events 1) ITI Conference 2021 – Evolving in Changing Times – eConference Institute of Translation and Interpreting, UK When: May 12 – 14, 2021 Where: Milton Keynes Business Centre, Linford Wood, Milton Keynes, MK Description: Across three days, there will be two tracks of inspiring and thought-provoking talks for translators and interpreters, […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 10, Events, On the Adiovisual Radar Tagged With: APTRAD, ITI, Languages & The Media, UNIVERSITÀT DE BARCELONA, University College London, University of Córdoba, University of Palermo

We Kicked off 2021 with 2 More Instagram Lives

December 16, 2021 By Webmaster

by Daniela Costa January: Dubbing with Elodie Powers We started 2021 by interviewing Elodie Powers, Director of Global Streaming and Broadcast at Keywords Studios. She shared with us how COVID-19 affected their dubbing and postproduction process and how her team dealt with new circumstances. The company has teams in China and Italy, so they had […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 10, Events, Newsletter Tagged With: accessibility, Accessible Filmmaking, automatic live captioning, COVID-19, creative media accessibility, creative subtitling, Dubbing, Elodie Powers, IGTV, Instagram, Instagram Live, Interlingual Respeaking, intralingial live subtitling, Keywords Studios, lip-synching, live captioning, live subtitling, Pablo Romero-Fresco, Respeaking, Speech recognition softwares, technology

Behind-the- Scenes Hero: The Cinematic Universe of Quico Rovira-Beleta – Interview

December 16, 2021 By Webmaster

by Lucía Hernández When I meet Quico Rovira-Beleta for a chat in December, he begins by telling me that like many audiovisual translators of his generation, he didn’t go to school for audiovisual translation. “At the time, audiovisual translation programs didn’t exist,” he recounts. “I studied biology. Arachnology, actually. The study of spiders. Can you […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 10, Newsletter Tagged With: DC Comics, Disney, Dubbing, intertextuality, Lucía Hernández, Marvel, MCU, Quico Rovira-Beleta, Spain, Star Trek, Star Wars

Introducing “Subtitling: Concepts and Practices” – Book Review

December 16, 2021 By Webmaster

by Jorge Díaz Cintas & Aline Remael Subtitling has been around since the first half of the 20th century and has taken on many shapes and forms since then. With online activity increasing in virtually all domains of our preeminently audiovisual globalized cultures, its importance is growing exponentially. Subtitling: Concepts and Practices provides students, researchers, […]

Filed Under: Books, Deep Focus 10, Newsletter Tagged With: book review, Ooona Toolkit, Subtitling, technology, Wincaps

Boosting Inclusion through Easy-to-Read Texts in AVT

December 13, 2021 By Webmaster

by Mariella Di Bua It is often said that translation bridges gaps between different cultures. And that it helps to spread information with the peoples of the world. We also refer to translation as a tool that allows access to information through the power of words in written and oral channels. Today, acknowledgment of this […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 10, Newsletter Tagged With: accessibility, Audiodescription, disabilities, E2R, E2U, Easy-to-Read, easy-to-read texts, Easy-to-Understand language, inclusion, Mariella Di Bua, Rocío Bernabé Caro, Subtitling, universal design

Arabic Audio Description: Challenges and Possibilities

December 13, 2021 By Webmaster

by Heba Safwat Alattar A Brief History of Arabic Audiovisual Translation Arabic audiovisual translation (AVT) appeared with the emergence of cinema in Egypt back in 1896. Early movies were accompanied by the voice of elmefahematy who would simultaneously interpret the intertitles of silent foreign movies and, later, foreign dialogues. The practice evolved to presenting the […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 10, Newsletter Tagged With: Agnieszka Szarkowska, Anna Fernandez-Torne, Anna Jankowska, Anna Matamala, Arabic, Audiodescription, AVT MA, Centre for Archeology, Dubbing, Egyptian Ministry of Culture, Egyptian Museum, Gamal, guidelines, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Kuwaiti Ministry of Information, Kuwaiti TV, Louise Fryer, Mai Ibrahim, Marrakech International Film Festival, Masar Almakfofeen, Media Access Group, Michal Milc, Netflix, Omero Tactile Museum, Orbit Showtime Network, OSN, Route for the Blind, SDH, Sign language, SKASE Journal for Translation and Interpreting, Subtitling, text-to-speech, The Journal of Specialised Translation, TTS

Revisiting Translation Environment Tools (TEnTs) for Subtitling: Can We Use TMs and TBs to Translate TV Series?

December 13, 2021 By Webmaster

by Damián Santilli I’ve always loved technology, and during my years at university studying translation back in the early 2000s, I quickly realized that I would always be able to link my passion for computers with translation. Additionally, I have always also been a movie buff, so that’s why I knew I had to become […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 10, Newsletter Tagged With: automatic speech recognition, CAT tools, Closed Captioning, Damian Santilli, EZTitles, HispaTAV, machine translation, memoQ, Ooona Toolkit, SDL Trados Subtitling Plug-In, Subtitle Edit, Subtitling, technology, termbase, Trados, translation memory, workflow

Deep Focus 10: Editorial

December 13, 2021 By Webmaster

Dear colleagues, Springtime is here and we’re happy to bring you our first Deep Focus issue of 2021. As we come upon the one-year anniversary of the pandemic onset, things are finally looking up with vaccination expanding worldwide. We can actually dream of achieving herd immunity somewhere down the line. What’s more, our industry has […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 10, From the Editor, Newsletter Tagged With: Ana Gabriela González Meade, women

Deep Focus 10: Letter from the Administrator

December 13, 2021 By Webmaster

Are interpreters or subtitlers better at respeaking? I was asked this question at ATA’s 60th Annual Conference in Palm Springs by our Distinguished Speaker that year, Pablo Romero Fresco. My answer, “Interpreters for sure.” Less than a year later, I got certified by the Universidade de Vigo as an interlingual respeaker (live subtitler). If you […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 10, From the Administrator, Newsletter Tagged With: Agnieszka Szarkowska, DeborahWexler, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Hayley Dawson, Interlingual Respeaking, interpreters, live subtitling, Łukasz Dutka, Pablo Romero-Fresco, Respeaking, Rome Respeaking Conference, Universidade de Vigo, University of Antwerp

Linguistic Influencers? The Audiovisual Division’s Instagram Lives

April 12, 2021 By Webmaster

by Daniela Costa A couple of months ago, the Audiovisual Division launched a series of Instagram Lives where we chat with talented audiovisual translators. September: The Founding of the ATA AVD with Deborah Wexler, Ana Lis Salotti, Ana Gabriela Gonzalez Meade, and Mara Campbell We kicked-off on September 26 with an interview with the founders […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 10, Newsletter Tagged With: Ana Gabriela González Meade, Ana Salotti, Audiodescription, Carme Mangiron, Daniela Costa, DeborahWexler, IGTV, Instagram Live, Joel Snyder, Mara Campbell, Video Game localization, Videogame Localization

Three (Keepable) New Year’s Resolutions for the Audiovisual Translator

April 12, 2021 By Webmaster

by Angela Bustos The tidal wave that was 2020 hit each of us differently; however, it summoned all of us to turn off autopilot and reexamine our priorities. Paradoxically, amidst the unprecedented circumstances are opportunities for immense growth. Now is a great time to deepen our professional development. Yet, this year’s one-thing- after-the-next intensity can […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 10, Newsletter Tagged With: Jamie Hartz, mentee, mentor, mentoring, Mentoring Program, publication, volunteer

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