by Daniela Costa I started my career as an audiovisual translator almost by chance. I was fresh out of college and hadn’t planned to specialize in AVT. This field hadn’t crossed my mind until a good friend of mine told me that she had received an email from a new company that was looking for […]
The Audiovisual Division’s Instagram Lives: a Deeper Look into Project Management with Gisele Garbin Guerra
by Daniela Costa On August 21, we had the pleasure of talking with Gisele Garbin Guerra, Quality Lead and Project Manager at Plint. Giselle told us about her career in subtitling and then project management, and how she moved from working as a freelance subtitler to being a project manager and quality lead. Then we […]
The Audiovisual Division’s Instagram Lives: A Recap
by Daniela Costa March: Jorge Díaz Cintas Jorge Díaz Cintas needs no introduction. He’s a renowned author in the AVT field, and I talked with him about his new book, Subtitling: Concepts and Practices. Jorge told us how this book was born and what it took to make it happen. The book contains exercises and […]
Linguistic Influencers? The Audiovisual Division’s Instagram Lives
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 […]
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. […]
Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone: Translating Subtitles from Foreign Audio and an English Template
by Daniela Costa The growth of streaming isn’t surprising. From music and audiovisual content to podcasts, technology has helped these new platforms showcase original works. In recent years, there has been a surge in Netflix’s non-English materials. 50% of subscribers watch foreign-language shows when only 30% of viewers did so a couple of years ago¹. […]
