By Hannah and Tiina As we prepare for our Subtitle Chat next week, we’ve been reflecting on our activities over the past few months. As we wrote in this blog post, Hannah was busy having a baby, and Tiina was starting a new job. However, the SubComm work went on, though in a slightly more … Read more
By Tiina Tuominen Today is the feast day of St. Jerome, the day to celebrate translators everywhere. I hope everyone is having a great day! SubComm is currently in the middle of a somewhat quiet period. As we mentioned in our last blog post in June, this autumn is an unusual time for both Hannah … Read more
By Tiina Tuominen Now that the new year is well underway, I have been looking back at everything we did in 2023, and where SubComm is at the beginning of 2024. 2023 was a fairly busy year for us. We held five Subtitle Chats with a variety of topics. At each of them we had … Read more
Written by Hannah Silvester and Tiina Tuominen Languages and the Media, Berlin Hannah Tiina and I recently attended Languages and the Media in Berlin to share news of SubComm and look for more people to join the community. It was great to be back in a room with all the wonderful people working on AVT, … Read more
Written by Amy Sexton Hi, my name is Amy, and I am delighted to introduce myself as the research assistant for SubComm in this, my first blog for the project. I will be helping Tiina and Hannah out with driving this project forward, and I am excited to get to know everyone in the community! … Read more
Written by Hannah Silvester I interviewed Mariana Ciocca Alves Passos, member of the executive committee of the Irish Translators’ and Interpreters’ Association (ITIA) about her work on the ITIA executive committee and her role as Irish representative to Audiovisual Translators Europe (AVTE). I found out more about what Mariana is hoping to achieve in these … Read more
Written by Tiina Tuominen Today is a day of celebration and recognition for translators and interpreters all over the world. We celebrate International Translation Day every year on 30 September, on the feast day of St Jerome. St Jerome is the patron saint of translators, and he is best known for his Latin translation of … Read more
Written by Hannah Silvester Since launching SubComm in 2021, Tiina and I have spoken a great deal about how to move the initiative forward. We have had fascinating discussions with practitioners about what this project might lead to. SubComm has been well-received by many, who are keen to see this community grow, and wondering where … Read more
Every year on 30 September, the global translation and interpreting community comes together to celebrate International Translation Day. It is a great opportunity to make the work of translators and interpreters more visible, and to show our pride in our work. This year’s theme, selected by the International Federation of Translators, is “United in Translation.” … Read more
On Monday 14th June, we invited subtitlers to join us for an online event, Share Your Story. The idea for the event arose from our very first debriefing event back in March, in which it emerged that subtitlers have such diverse backgrounds, experiences, clients, etc, that they really just wanted the chance to talk through these different ways of working, and their various … Read more
