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On the Audiovisual Radar

December 29, 2022 By Webmaster

1) Translators in the Wonderful World of Filming – Webinar Chartered Institute of Linguists, UK When: July 16, 2021 Where: Online Description: If you’ve been watching more films than usual during this pandemic, you will have noticed the rise in popularity of foreign-language films. From Call my Agent to Deutschland 89, you will appreciate the […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 11, Events, Newsletter Tagged With: APTRAD, Audiodescription, audiovisual translation, Chartered Institute of Linguists, conferences, Deep Focus, Deep Focus Issue 11, Languages & The Media, New Bulgaria University, On the Audiovisual Radar, Southeast European Center for Semiotic Studies, The American Council of the Blind, TRANSLATA, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, University of Innsbruck, webinar

Uruguayan Translation and Interpreting Conference And Interactive Proposal

December 29, 2022 By Webmaster

by María Paula Plazas Continuing education is very important for all language professionals. It helps us improve our skills, leads to opportunities for career development, and can also contribute to more networking opportunities. These are the main purposes of the Congreso Uruguayo de Traducción e Interpretación (CUTI, Uruguayan Translation and Interpreting Conference), which was born […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 11, Newsletter Tagged With: Audiodescription, Closed Captioning, conferences, deaf and hard-of-hearing, Deep Focus Issue 11, Dubbing, María Paula Plazas, SDH, Subtitling

Envision the Importance of Audio Description

December 21, 2022 By Webmaster

by Ashley Alvey I have been blind since birth due to retinopathy of prematurity. Before audio description, I could follow along with most TV shows or movies. Based on the dialogue, as a scene would play out, I would imagine what they might be setting on a table, or based on sound such as being […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 11, Newsletter Tagged With: Ashley Alvey, Audiodescription, Deep Focus, Deep Focus Issue 11

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

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

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

On the Audiovisual Radar

July 2, 2020 By Webmaster

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 […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 7, Newsletter, On the Adiovisual Radar Tagged With: 2020, accessibility, Ana Salotti, Audiodescription, Berlin, Closed Captioning, conferences, deaf and hard-of-hearing, Deep Focus, Deep Focus Issue 7, Languages & The Media, SDH, Subtitling

The Road To The Olympics: How and Why We Took On Live Audio Description

May 11, 2020 By Webmaster

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 […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 6, Newsletter Tagged With: 2020, accessibility, Audiodescription, blind, Deep Focus, Deep Focus Issue 6, Diane Johnson, Olympics

Audio Description as an Aesthetic Innovation

February 24, 2020 By Webmaster

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 […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 5, Newsletter Tagged With: 2019, accessibility, Accessible Filmmaking, Audiodescription, Deborah Fels, Deep Focus, Deep Focus Issue 5, Joel Snyder

ATA 60 Recap: Audio Description: The Visual Made Verbal

February 24, 2020 By Webmaster

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 […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 5, Newsletter Tagged With: 2019, 60th ATA Conference, accessibility, Audiodescription, blind, conferences, Deep Focus, Deep Focus Issue 5, Joel Snyder

ATA 60 Recap: Audiovisual Accessibility: What Translators Need to Know

January 29, 2020 By Webmaster

By Gabriela Ortiz This article is a summary of the presentation at the ATA Conference in Palm Springs and, as the title suggests, it is an introduction to audiovisual accessibility. It is arranged as a series of questions and answers to walk you through this field. Why should we care about accessibility? Two notions are […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 5, Newsletter Tagged With: 2019, 60th ATA Conference, accessibility, Accessible Filmmaking, Audiodescription, Closed Captioning, conferences, Deep Focus, Deep Focus Issue 5, Gabriela Ortiz, live subtitling, Mara Campbell, SDH, Sign language, Subtitling, Surtitles

On the Audiovisual Radar: ATA 60

January 12, 2020 By Webmaster

AVD-Related Presentations and Workshops on ATA60 October 24, 2019 Are you a CAD (Certified Audio Describer)? Joel Snyder This session offered an overview of the fundamentals of audio description and how interested individuals can become professional audio describers.   Subtitle Editing: Walking the Fine Line Between Red-Pen Pedantry and Facilitating Audience Immersion Vanessa Wells This […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 5, Events, Newsletter Tagged With: 2019, 60th ATA Conference, accessibility, Accessible Filmmaking, Ana G. González Meade, Audiodescription, audiovisual interpreter, Closed Captioning, conferences, DeborahWexler, Deep Focus, Deep Focus Issue 5, Dubbing, interlingual real-time captioning, localization, opera supertitles, Pablo Romero-Fresco, Respeaking, SDH, software, Subtitling

Professional Development Program: Preview and Trailers

August 10, 2019 By Webmaster

by Fernanda Brandao-Galea The Professional Development Program of the Audiovisual Division is a career-building opportunity for translators who want to know more about this branch of translation. If you want to build the skills required to enter the audiovisual field, this program might be for you. We plan to help audiovisual translators broaden their knowledge […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 3, Newsletter Tagged With: 2019, Audiodescription, Closed Captioning, Deep Focus, Deep Focus Issue 3, Dubbing, Fernanda Brandao-Galea, Multimedia translation, Professional development, SDH, Subtitling, Video Game localization

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