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Localize the Planet

December 16, 2021 By Webmaster

by Mara Campbell and Sebastián Arias Audiovisual translation is full of challenges. Conveying meaning, nuance, intention, and things unsaid is not just “replacing words in the source language with their equivalent in the target”. But some projects stand out. Case in point: The History of Swear Words, a series that premiered on Netflix in January […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 12, Newsletter Tagged With: Accessible Filmmaking, AI, Dubbing, Kids in the Hall, lip-synching, localization, Mara Campbell, Monty Python, Netflix, Pablo Romero-Fresco, Peter Capusotto y sus videos, Regina Longo, Sebastián Arias, SNL, Spitting Image, Subtitling, The History of Swear Words, VOD

We Kicked off 2021 with 2 More Instagram Lives

December 16, 2021 By Webmaster

by Daniela Costa January: Dubbing with Elodie Powers We started 2021 by interviewing Elodie Powers, Director of Global Streaming and Broadcast at Keywords Studios. She shared with us how COVID-19 affected their dubbing and postproduction process and how her team dealt with new circumstances. The company has teams in China and Italy, so they had […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 10, Events, Newsletter Tagged With: accessibility, Accessible Filmmaking, automatic live captioning, COVID-19, creative media accessibility, creative subtitling, Dubbing, Elodie Powers, IGTV, Instagram, Instagram Live, Interlingual Respeaking, intralingial live subtitling, Keywords Studios, lip-synching, live captioning, live subtitling, Pablo Romero-Fresco, Respeaking, Speech recognition softwares, technology

Deep Focus 10: Letter from the Administrator

December 13, 2021 By Webmaster

Are interpreters or subtitlers better at respeaking? I was asked this question at ATA’s 60th Annual Conference in Palm Springs by our Distinguished Speaker that year, Pablo Romero Fresco. My answer, “Interpreters for sure.” Less than a year later, I got certified by the Universidade de Vigo as an interlingual respeaker (live subtitler). If you […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 10, From the Administrator, Newsletter Tagged With: Agnieszka Szarkowska, DeborahWexler, Dragon Naturally Speaking, Hayley Dawson, Interlingual Respeaking, interpreters, live subtitling, Łukasz Dutka, Pablo Romero-Fresco, Respeaking, Rome Respeaking Conference, Universidade de Vigo, University of Antwerp

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

Deep Focus 5: Editorial

January 12, 2020 By Webmaster

by Ana G. González Meade Dear readers: During the annual ATA60 Conference, we commemorated our second year attending as one of the official divisions. Yet this time around, for the first time, with the fabulous addition of our very own Distinguished Speaker, Pablo Romero-Fresco, who is a researcher, Honorary Professor of Translation and Filmmaking; author […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 5, From the Editor, Newsletter Tagged With: 2019, 60th ATA Conference, Ana G. González Meade, conferences, Deep Focus, Deep Focus Issue 5, Distinguished Speaker, Letter from the Editor, Pablo Romero-Fresco

October Should Be Declared Audiovisual Translation Conference Month

August 13, 2019 By Webmaster

by Gabriela Ortiz October is a perfect month to travel to Europe: the weather is mild, days are still not too short… AND two quite interesting conferences on AVT are held every two years. This year, I was lucky enough to attend both. 1) 12th International Conference on Language Transfer in Audiovisual Media – Languages […]

Filed Under: Deep Focus 1, Newsletter Tagged With: 2018, 60th ATA Conference, Accessible Filmmaking, Aline Remael, Allison Smith, Anna Matamala, ATRAE, Belén Agulló, Berlin, Bernd Benecke, Chris Hughes, CITA, conference, David Padmore, Deep Focus, Deep Focus Issue 1, Enric Torres I Feixas, ESIST, Francesc Mas, Gabriela Ortiz, GALMA Project, H2020 Project ImAc, Ian Ivarsson Award, immersive subtitles, Joel Snyder, Jorge Díaz-Cintas, Languages & The Media, Pablo Romero-Fresco, Patrick Zabalbeascoa, Pilar Orero, Reality Shows, Respeaking, Shak Yousaf, Sonali Rai, Subtitling, Voice-Over, Xénia Martínez Award

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