by Rosário Valadas Vieira In the 1960s, Portugal had only one TV channel, in black and white. Daily broadcasting was introduced on March 7, 1957, in the midst of the dictatorship. Back then, going to the movies or watching TV was the source of entertainment for adults and children alike. All foreign and national audiovisual […]
On the Audiovisual Radar
How a Text Translator Can Become a Subtitler Presenter: Deborah Wexler Subject: Subtitling Where: CTTIC Summary: Deborah explored the differences between text translation and subtitling, subtitle formatting, the ins and outs of managing time and space constraints and how a text translator can begin training themselves in subtitling. https://www.cttic.org/ Oralidad, divino tesoro Presenters: Alberto […]
Behind-the- Scenes Hero: The Cinematic Universe of Quico Rovira-Beleta – Interview
by Lucía Hernández When I meet Quico Rovira-Beleta for a chat in December, he begins by telling me that like many audiovisual translators of his generation, he didn’t go to school for audiovisual translation. “At the time, audiovisual translation programs didn’t exist,” he recounts. “I studied biology. Arachnology, actually. The study of spiders. Can you […]
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 […]