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 […]
A little overview: Media For All Conference 2019
By Sophie Ceneray I had the pleasure of attending the Media For All Conference (Complex Understandings) in Stockholm back in June 2019. It was three days packed with wonderful presentations and speakers, passionate audiovisual professionals, and excitement over a bubbling industry. The organizers did a fantastic job of keeping the conference on schedule while providing […]
On the Audiovisual Radar
AVD Members Contributions @ 2019 Conferences MATI (Midwest Association of Translators and Interpreters) 16th Annual Conference Deborah Wexler September 7, 2019 Chicago, Illinois Demystifying the job of the Audiovisual Linguist In this presentation, you will learn about the different jobs performed by audiovisual linguists, including subtitling, dubbing, lektor, closed-captioning, SDH, audio description, re-speaking, simultaneous subtitling, […]
Deep Focus 4: Editorial
by Ana G. González Meade Dear Audiovisual Division members: This 2019 has gone by so fast! In this issue, we celebrate the coming International Translation Day on September 28th by bringing to you highlights from this year’s major audiovisual translation-dedicated conference Media for All 8 that took place recently. And in the spirit of creating […]
Events in 2019 for Audiovisual Translators
By Sophie Céneray We are welcoming 2019 with great anticipation at the Audiovisual Division! Translators and interpreters have many ways of finding resources to develop their business and professional skills. It can be through reading newsletters and communications from associations they belong to or follow online, social media, colleagues, workshops, conferences, and much more. Audiovisual […]
Looking forward to Media for All 8!
by Mara Campbell In just a few days, Stockholm will be swarming with audiovisual professionals from all areas who will be attending the Media for All 8 conference at the Institute for Interpreting and Translation Studies at the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism at the main campus of Stockholm University. The Media for All […]
Deep Focus 3: Editorial
by Ana G. Gonzáles Meade Dear Audiovisual Division members: Summer and our third edition launched simultaneously! For this issue we gathered an array of material authored by key practicing professionals, articles that aim to keep our readers updated on the latest developments in the audiovisual translation field. We gave our newsletter a bit of a […]