by Paula Igareda COVID-19 has taken many things away from us and one of them was the human side of face-to-face meetings at events such as congresses, conferences, and seminars, where academia and industry join hands and work together toward a common goal. Now that the most serious part of the storm seems to have […]
Alba’s YBR
by Alba Martínez The first thing that come to mind when talking about audiovisual translation are usually movies and series. The truth is that everyone wants to work on the next blockbuster movie or one of the most watched series on Netflix or HBO. But how do you get there? For me, it was difficult […]
On the Audiovisual Radar
How a Text Translator Can Become a Subtitler Presenter: Deborah Wexler Subject: Subtitling Where: CTTIC Summary: Deborah explored the differences between text translation and subtitling, subtitle formatting, the ins and outs of managing time and space constraints and how a text translator can begin training themselves in subtitling. https://www.cttic.org/ Oralidad, divino tesoro Presenters: Alberto […]
We Kicked off 2021 with 2 More Instagram Lives
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 […]
Boosting Inclusion through Easy-to-Read Texts in AVT
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 […]
Getting the Ball Rolling on Accessible Streaming
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 […]
Translating Accessibility and Sensitive Content
by Daniela Costa A few months ago, I was assigned the subtitle translation of a documentary. So far, nothing new to me. Before starting a project, I usually do some research about the director, characters, and theme. In this case, it was a documentary about a camp for teenagers, and how it changed their lives. […]
On the Audiovisual Radar
Audiovisual Translation-Related International Events COURSE Curso de Subtitulado y Doblaje dirigido a traductores, profesores, intérpretes y estudiantes (Subtitling and Dubbing Course for Translators, Teachers, Interpreters, and Students) When: Oct 2 – 16, 2020 Where: 100% Online Description: Subtitling script composition, dubbing script composition, Neutral Spanish practice, translation with and without script, software, job opportunities, final […]
The Road To The Olympics: How and Why We Took On Live Audio Description
by Diane Johnson If you were blind how would you be able to keep up on a trending topic like the Olympics? At Descriptive Video Works (DVW), we have been making recorded television programming accessible to people who are vision impaired and blind for 16 years. We started in Canada 2003 and then opened up […]
On the Audiovisual Radar: April-June 2020 Audiovisual Translation-Related International Events
1ª Conferência Internacional de Audiovisual da Aptrad 1st International Aptrad Audiovisual Conference CANCELLED When: Apr 3 – 4, 2020 Where: Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administracao do Porto, R. Jaime Lopes Amorim s/n, 4465-004 Matosinhos, Portugal Description: PATHS TO AN ACCESSIBLE WORLD The audiovisual industry today is producing more material than ever and the impact […]
Writing interpretation: an overview on a fascinating AV discipline
by Mara Campbell Last June, the Media for All 8 conference took place at the University of Stockholm. It was two days packed with 15 minute talks on many different subjects regarding audiovisual translation. One very interesting feature at the conference was the speech-to-text (STT) interpretation services provided. STT is basically a live transcription of […]
Forced Narratives? Forced Audiences!
By Mara Campbell and Sebastián Arias Sometimes it takes us ages to realize that we have been doing something inefficiently for a long time and nobody said a thing (probably because they didn’t notice). Generally, we can’t even establish the exact moment it started happening or who began doing it differently. My colleague and co-author […]
A different kind of audiovisual translation: Intralingual respeaking
By Dietlinde DuPlessis Any trained interpreter knows an exercise called “shadowing” which is used to prepare students for simultaneous interpreting. It consists of listening to spoken text and repeating spoken words as exactly as possible. It is harder than it might sound because one must listen and speak at the same time. It helps to […]
Audio Description as an Aesthetic Innovation
By Joel Snyder and Deborah Fels In his introduction to the second edition of “The Mastery of Movement”, Rudolph Laban wrote: “What really happens in a theatre does not occur only on the stage or in the audience, but within the magnetic current between both these poles.” (Laban, 1950.) He suggests that the performers on […]
ATA 60 Recap: Audio Description: The Visual Made Verbal
By Joel Snyder Audio Description is a kind of literary art form. It’s a type of poetry–a haiku. It provides a translation—a verbal version of the visual: the visual is made verbal, and aural, and oral. Using words that are succinct, vivid, and imaginative, we convey the visual image that is not fully accessible to […]
