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The Audiovisual Division’s Instagram Lives: A Recap

December 29, 2022 By Webmaster

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 […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 11, Events, Newsletter Tagged With: 2021, associations, Chris Fetner, Daniela Costa, Deep Focus, Deep Focus Issue 11, EGA, IG Lives, Instagram Lives, Jorge Díaz-Cintas, Kate Edwards, Subtitling

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

Translating Accessibility and Sensitive Content

July 2, 2020 By Webmaster

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. […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 7, Newsletter Tagged With: 2020, accessibility, Daniela Costa, Deep Focus, Deep Focus Issue 7, pivot language templates, SDH, Subtitling, terminology, Timed master templates

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone: Translating Subtitles from Foreign Audio and an English Template

May 11, 2020 By Webmaster

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. […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 6, Newsletter Tagged With: 2020, Daniela Costa, Deep Focus, Deep Focus Issue 6, Netflix, Subtitling, Timed master templates

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