{"id":27,"date":"2018-09-13T19:14:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-13T19:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2025-10-23T17:40:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T17:40:43","slug":"newsletter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Focus, AVD&#8217;s Quarterly Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<div>Take a journey through the <strong>ATA65 Special Issue<\/strong> of Deep Focus and discover <strong>what lies ahead for audiovisual translation<\/strong>. Explore highlights from the Portland conference, where experts discussed <strong>how subtitling and interpreting are coming together<\/strong>, why translators matter from the very start of a project, and the powerful difference <strong>human knowledge makes in an age of automation<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/div>\r\n<p>Download <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Special Edition &#8220;ATA65 Conference RECAP&#8221;<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Special-ATA65-Issue.pdf\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>Deep Focus 16th edition is now available: a Fall 2025 special from ATA\u2019s Audiovisual Division spotlighting bold perspectives on <strong>Neural Machine Translation\u2019s <\/strong>performance on context-sensitive content, <strong>fair work and training<\/strong>, and <strong>the future of media localization <\/strong>in light of professional standards<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Download <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Issue 16<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #008080;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16th_Issue_Final-with-credit.pdf\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>The awaited 15th issue of Deep Focus is available now! Read about AVD in <strong>Turkey<\/strong>, <strong>Portugal<\/strong>, and <strong>Brazil<\/strong>, <strong>AI<\/strong>, and the challenges of translating a <strong>multilingual series<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n<p>Download <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Issue 15<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Deep-Focus-Issue-15.pdf\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The submission deadline for our next edition of <em>Deep Focus<\/em>, our quarterly newsletter, is in <strong>December, 2023<\/strong>.<br \/>If you would like to collaborate with the periodical, please get in touch with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/about-us\/who\/\">Ana Gabriela Gonzalez Meade<\/a>.<br \/>Please download our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Deep_Focus_Guidelines_Updated.pdf\">Guidelines<\/a>.<br \/>We look forward to hearing your ideas and expertise!<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>Finish 2022 on a high note, reading our latest <em>Deep Focus<\/em>!<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Issue 14 <\/span>is bursting with articles on <strong>audiodescription<\/strong>, <strong>hotkeys<\/strong> for subtitling, <strong>eye-tracking<\/strong> research, <strong>Korean<\/strong> subtitling, tips for starting a <strong>career in AVT<\/strong>, and a review of the <strong>ICAIT<\/strong> conference!<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Download <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Issue 14<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Deep-Focus-Issue-14.pdf\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n<p>Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>We like to mix things up here in the AVD, so we have put together the most special of issues, ahead of<strong> International Translation Day<\/strong> on September 30th.<\/p>\r\n<p>Did you ever want to ask an audiovisual translator how they took their <strong>first steps<\/strong> in the industry? Wait no more and read our &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Yellow Brick Road<\/strong><\/span>&#8221; <em>Deep Focus<\/em> edition, where 15 seasoned audiovisual translators tell us how it all began for them. Follow this yellow brick road to find the magical land of AVT.<\/p>\r\n<p>Download <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Special Edition &#8220;Yellow Brick Road&#8221;<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/YBR_Issue.pdf\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>Are you ready for a <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Special Edition <\/strong>of <em>Deep Focus<\/em><\/span> with a recap of all the audiovisual translation events in 2021? Read the extended abstracts of all the <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ATA 62<\/strong><\/span> AVD talks, and check out the h<span class=\"JsGRdQ\">ighlights of what is being said about audiovisual translation in the most influential summits, conferences, and organizations of the past year: <strong>APTRAD<\/strong>, the <strong>CTTIC<\/strong>, the <strong>CITA<\/strong>, and <strong>Languages &amp; The Media<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>Download <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Special Edition &#8220;AV Events 2021&#8221;<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Issue_13.pdf\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>Need a great read to curl up with while the weather changes? Look no more, issue 12 of<em> Deep Focus<\/em> is here! With interesting articles on <strong>timing<\/strong> of subtitles, improving <strong>mental skills<\/strong>, ready-to-use <strong>subtitling tools<\/strong>, <strong>localization<\/strong> of niche films and series, and a <strong>brand new column<\/strong> about cultural references from the US and the UK.<\/p>\r\n<p>Download <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Issue 12<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Deep-Focus-Issue-12.pdf\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Are you ready for Issue 11 of <em>Deep Focus<\/em>? Enjoy articles on <strong>machine translation<\/strong> for subtitling, tips for creating great <strong>KNPs<\/strong>, <strong>audiodescription<\/strong> and what life was before it existed, different variants of <strong>French<\/strong>, and the <strong>Uruguayan Translation and Interpreting Conference<\/strong> in August, as well as the recap of our <strong>Instagram Lives<\/strong>, the Division&#8217;s presence on <strong>social media<\/strong>, and upcoming conferences and courses on our &#8220;<strong>audiovisual radar<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>Download <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Issue 11<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Deep-Focus-Issue-11.pdf\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>Issue 10 is out now! Read about <strong>TEnTs<\/strong> for subtitling, Arabic <strong>audiodescription<\/strong>, <strong>easy-to-read texts<\/strong> for inclusion, the review of <strong>Jorge D\u00edaz-Cintas and Aline Remael&#8217;s new book<\/strong> <em>Subtitling: Concepts and Practices<\/em>, an interview with <strong>Quico Rovira-Beleta<\/strong>, and all the scoop on last year&#8217;s<strong> Instagram Lives<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n<p>Download <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Issue 10<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Deep-Focus-Issue-10.pdf\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>We are so thrilled to be ending this year on a high note with this very special edition of <em>Deep Focus<\/em>! Issue 9 has many interesting articles on <strong>New Year&#8217;s Resolutions<\/strong> for audiovisual translators, the <strong>Linguistic Influencers <\/strong>we interviewed in our Instagram Live series, customizing shortcuts in <strong>Aegisub<\/strong>, the tools of a <strong>Video Game Localizer<\/strong>, the changes brought by the latest <strong>Netflix style guide<\/strong>, the new <strong>ASTM F43.06 Captioning<\/strong> standard, as well as a recap on the <strong>AVT presentations<\/strong> we had at the ATA 61 Conference.<\/p>\r\n<p>Download <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Issue 9 <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Deep-Focus-Issue-9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>Come check out the <strong>Eighth Edition<\/strong> of <em>Deep Focus<\/em>! Full of information on the <strong>ATA 61 Conference<\/strong> and very interesting articles on <strong>regex<\/strong> (or regular expressions,) <strong>mentoring<\/strong>, <strong>accessible streaming<\/strong>, and much more!<\/p>\r\n<p>Download <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Issue 8<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Deep-Focus-Eighth-Edition.pdf\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>Check out the new issue of <em>Deep Focus<\/em>! Our seventh one is a very special one, dedicated to the memory of the victims of coronavirus and police brutality. Read all of our super interesting articles on how this worldwide pandemic has changed <strong>the way we work<\/strong>, tips on increasing <strong>productivity<\/strong>, maintaining <strong>mental health<\/strong>, a recap on our <strong>Virtual Meetups<\/strong>, and so much more! Don&#8217;t miss it!<\/p>\r\n<p>Download <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Issue 7<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Deep-Focus-Issue-7.pdf\">here<\/a> or read the articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/newsletter\/deep-focus-issue-7\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p><em>Deep Focus<\/em> <strong>issue 6<\/strong> is here! Make good use of your social distancing time by reading it from cover to cover! Articles on <strong>templates<\/strong> and <strong>pivot languages<\/strong>, <strong>live audio description<\/strong>, the genre of <strong>movie trailers<\/strong>, <strong>productivity<\/strong> tools, and a new <strong>software review<\/strong>!<\/p>\r\n<p>Download <strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Issue 6<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Deep-Focus-Issue-6.pdf\">here<\/a> or read the articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/newsletter\/deep-focus-issue-6\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>The <strong>fifth issue<\/strong> of <em>Deep Focus<\/em> is the biggest one so far! Kick off the new year with lots of juicy articles on <strong>ATA 60<\/strong>, <strong>dubbing<\/strong>, <strong>intralingual subtitling<\/strong>, <strong>audiodescription<\/strong>, and much more!<\/p>\r\n<p>Download <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Issue 5<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Deep-Focus-Issue-5.pdf\">here<\/a> or read the articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/newsletter\/deep-focus-issue-5\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The <strong>fourth issue<\/strong> of <em>Deep Focus <\/em>is ready for your enjoyment! Don&#8217;t miss the articles on the <strong>things a good Project Manager knows<\/strong>, <strong>creative reports<\/strong> that help audiovisual professionals, <strong>errors<\/strong> that are not such, and get to know the fascinating area of <strong>writing interpretation<\/strong>, as well as finding more about our <strong>Mentoring Program<\/strong> and a new <strong>software review<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n<p>Download <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Issue 4<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Deep-Focus-Edition-4-Final-compressed.pdf\">here<\/a> or read the articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/newsletter\/deep-focus-issue-4\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>In the <strong>third issue<\/strong> of <em>Deep Focus<\/em>, read very interesting articles on French <strong>dubbing in the 80&#8217;s<\/strong>, master <strong>templates<\/strong>, <strong>quality<\/strong>, a <strong>software review<\/strong>, and more on <strong>speech recognition<\/strong> softwares.<\/p>\r\n<p>Download <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Issue 3<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Final_Issue3-compressed.pdf\">here<\/a> or read the articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/newsletter\/deep-focus-issue-3\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n<p>In the <strong>second edition<\/strong> of our newsletter, enjoy articles on <strong>AVT events <\/strong>around the world, <strong>automatic speech recognition <\/strong>software, <strong>hybrid technologies<\/strong>, teaching <strong>AVT courses<\/strong>, and more from our esteemed colleagues.<\/p>\r\n<p>Download <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Issue 2<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Deep_Focus_Issue2_Mar19.pdf\">here<\/a> or read the articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/newsletter\/deep-focus-issue-2\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In the <strong>first edition<\/strong> of our newsletter, read all about the <strong>ATA59 NOLA<\/strong> Conference, <strong>Languages &amp; The Media<\/strong> in Berlin, <strong>CITA<\/strong> in Madrid, words of expertise by our colleagues, and the letter of our Administrator.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Download <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong><em>Deep Focus<\/em> Issue 1<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Deep_Focus_Issue1_Dec18.pdf\">here<\/a> or read the articles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/newsletter\/deep-focus-issue-1\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Take a journey through the ATA65 Special Issue of Deep Focus and discover what lies ahead for audiovisual translation. 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