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 […]
Deep Focus 10: Letter from the Administrator
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 […]
Writing interpretation: an overview on a fascinating AV discipline
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 different kind of audiovisual translation: Intralingual respeaking
By Dietlinde DuPlessis Any trained interpreter knows an exercise called “shadowing” which is used to prepare students for simultaneous interpreting. It consists of listening to spoken text and repeating spoken words as exactly as possible. It is harder than it might sound because one must listen and speak at the same time. It helps to […]
On the Audiovisual Radar: ATA 60
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 […]
Looking forward to ATA 60 with Distinguished Speaker Pablo Romero Fresco
By Mara Campbell The AV Division is thrilled to have Mr. Pablo Romero Fresco as our first Distinguished Speaker in the ATA 60th Annual Conference this October in Palm Springs, California. Mr. Romero Fresco is a Ramón y Cajal researcher at Universidade de Vigo (Spain) and Honorary Professor of Translation and Filmmaking at the University […]
Traveling the Globe to Go More Global
by Graciela Cuello Two major events on audiovisual translation were held last October. Planning a trip that involves academic activities raises the question: is it worth the effort and stamina it takes? One of them was Languages & The Media, in Berlin, and the other was CITA, in Madrid. In my opinion, a professional should […]
October Should Be Declared Audiovisual Translation Conference Month
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 […]