Dear AVD Members, As we close the fifth calendar year since we founded the division, in the last December I will be writing in Deep Focus as your Administrator, I want to ask you to join me in celebrating the accomplishments of the teams that have made everything possible: past and present Leadership Council volunteers […]
Britta’s YBR
by Britta Noack How I got my feet wet in the audiovisual field I was working as a video game localization specialist at SOE. At the time, I oversaw a lot of in-game subtitle and dubbing projects. I was already pretty excited to work in a creative field such as gaming, and the combination of […]
Three (Keepable) New Year’s Resolutions for the Audiovisual Translator
by Angela Bustos The tidal wave that was 2020 hit each of us differently; however, it summoned all of us to turn off autopilot and reexamine our priorities. Paradoxically, amidst the unprecedented circumstances are opportunities for immense growth. Now is a great time to deepen our professional development. Yet, this year’s one-thing- after-the-next intensity can […]
Mentorship in an Era of Rapid and Sudden Change
By Alejandra Ramírez Olvera Change is the new normal. As we struggle to keep our balance and steer the ship amid the greatest storm many of us have ever seen, rapid change is the currency in which we negotiate our nights and days and the priorities we can fit in them nowadays. Thinking through this […]
Deep Focus 1: Letter from the Administrator
by Deborah Wexler During the 59th ATA Conference in New Orleans, a colleague asked me, “What was the motivation that drove a group of translators to create an audiovisual division in the ATA?” I sat for a minute, pondering. “Many different factors motivated each of us,” I said. He then asked, “Well, what do you […]
