{"id":1699,"date":"2023-09-06T12:59:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T12:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/?p=1699"},"modified":"2023-09-06T12:59:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T12:59:14","slug":"ritas-ybr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ata-divisions.org\/AVD\/ritas-ybr\/","title":{"rendered":"Rita’s YBR"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Rita Menezes<\/span><\/p>\n

I finished my degree in 2001, in Leiria, my hometown. After studying subtitling during the last semester of my degree, the plan in the back of my mind was clear: I needed to move to where subtitling companies were and contact them and offer my services. Easier said than done.<\/span><\/p>\n

Within months, I finally found a fulltime job in Lisbon (incidentally, it was in the audiovisual industry!). I moved there and weeks later I started my search for subtitling companies. One beautiful and sunny May afternoon, I knocked at one\u2019s door\u2013not actually knocked, there was a doorbell. They opened and I immediately asked, \u201cAre you looking for freelance subtitlers?\u201d They said they were. \u201cGreat\u201d, I thought. They asked for my experience. I had none. They wanted to know if I had had any training. I did, with a wonderful teacher. \u201cOkay, then we will need you to do a test\u201d. \u201cOf course,\u201d I said. \u201cWonderful.\u201d I thought.<\/span><\/p>\n

The next morning, I did the subtitling test on their equipment (I did not have my own). It was a nice and not easy spotting and translation task. In the afternoon, I received a phone call, \u201cHi Rita, you passed the test. We want to assign you your first project. Can you come tomorrow to pick up a VHS and its script?\u201d \u201cOf course,\u201d I said. \u201cWonderful,\u201d I thought. Yes, back then we used VHS tapes and we were given scripts to help us in the process of subtitling.<\/span><\/p>\n

We usually created a preliminary version of the subtitles in Word and if we didn\u2019t have one (which many of us didn\u2019t), then we had to book time at the company premises to do the spotting using their equipment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bottom line: I needed a couple of months to move my whole life to Lisbon and it only took me three days to get my first subtitling project.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rita Menezes<\/span> has been a subtitler since 2002 and reviser <\/span>since 2005. <\/span>She has been <\/span>in this industry <\/span>for two <\/span>decades now, <\/span>collaborating <\/span>with major <\/span>stakeholders <\/span>in interesting <\/span>AV projects. <\/span>Finding links <\/span>between audiovisual practice and audiovisual research has been one of Rita\u2019s professional goals. Currently Rita is working on her PhD dissertation in Audiovisual Translation. <\/span>Contact: <\/span>rita@ritamenezes.com.pt<\/a><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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