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Regex: Picking the Low-Hanging Fruit

April 12, 2021 By Webmaster

By Nora Díaz For a translator looking to save time and improve productivity, regular expressions, also known as regex, provide a valuable tool that can be used whenever a pattern can be identified. However, at first sight, regular expressions can be intimidating and seem difficult to learn, keeping us from what could be a fantastic […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 8, Newsletter Tagged With: Aegisub, cheat sheet, Nora Díaz, productivity, regex, Regex Storm, regular expressions, Trados

Getting the Ball Rolling on Accessible Streaming

March 30, 2021 By Webmaster

By Mariella Di Bua Do you agree that innovation arises from a vision? Or do you think it stems from mere observation? I’d like to share a story of innovation with you. This innovation is the result of both: a vision and observation. And it put a service considered ordinary by most at the fingertips […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 8, Newsletter Tagged With: accessibility, Audiodescription, blind, deaf and hard-of-hearing, SDH, Sign language, technology, Teilu

Mentorship in an Era of Rapid and Sudden Change

March 30, 2021 By Webmaster

By Alejandra Ramírez Olvera Change is the new normal. As we struggle to keep our balance and steer the ship amid the greatest storm many of us have ever seen, rapid change is the currency in which we negotiate our nights and days and the priorities we can fit in them nowadays. Thinking through this […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 8, Newsletter Tagged With: Alejandra Ramirez Olvera, Angelica Cervantes, mentor, mentoring, Mentoring Program, training

My Experience as a Newbie at my First ATA Conference

January 22, 2021 By Webmaster

“The first ATA Conference that I attended was in San Francisco, in 2007, and it was an absolutely fantastic experience. I remember thinking that all that world of wonderful presentations and speakers, of information and opportunities, of fellow linguists from so many different parts of the country and the world was an absolutely magical experience, […]

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On the Audiovisual Radar

January 22, 2021 By Webmaster

Audiovisual Translation-Related International Events Rescheduling Announcements 1) 13TH LANGUAGES & THE MEDIA CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION When: Sep 20 – 22, 2021 Where: Radisson Blu Hotel Berlin, Germany Description: Throughout its 25-year long history, Languages & the Media, the Biennial International Conference on Audiovisual Language Transfer in the Media, has established itself as Europe’s leading conference […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 8, Newsletter, On the Adiovisual Radar

Deep Focus 8: Editorial

January 22, 2021 By Webmaster

Dear friends, When it comes to 2020, challenging is an understatement. Nonetheless, we have continued to devote as much time and effort to bringing colleagues everywhere some respite from politics, the pandemic, the economy, and due dates. Oh, the due dates. Unlike professionals from other walks of life, most of us have done nothing but […]

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Deep Focus 8: Letter from the Administrator

January 22, 2021 By Webmaster

Taming your Response to Feedback Do you like negative feedback? Do you wait for it with excitement like you wait for that special package you ordered to arrive at your door? If not, you’re not alone. Nobody likes feedback. It’s daunting and weighs heavily on our shoulders. It stirs our emotions. It makes our heart […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 8, From the Administrator, Newsletter

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