After a few months’ break, we hosted another Subtitle Chat on 24 January. The theme we chose for this chat was collaboration. We wanted to celebrate the publication of our article which explores academics’ and practitioners’ views of research collaborations (more on the article later), so we thought it would be nice to mark the … Read more
Our first subtitle chat of the new year was on the topic ‘Analysing subtitles’. It was great to see some new faces at the chat, and welcome back other people who have attended a few times before. We had an interesting discussion about analysing subtitles and some of the considerations and challenges that we encounter … Read more
In our most recent Subtitle Chat, we had a lively discussion on subtitling humour. Here are some highlights from the conversation. Participants’ recommendations for translating humour: Timing is important, so make sure to follow the pace of the original. Keep it short. Don’t cover relevant gestures with text. Learn about the mechanics behind jokes, so … Read more
We had another Subtitle Chat on Friday 20 October. This time, we talked about what we do when we are not working, either on subtitling or on research. The chat participants’ hobbies included: Learning languages and maintaining language skills, often by watching many kinds of shows and by reading Board games, card games – a … Read more
Welcome to another Subtitle Chats recap! Our latest chat took place on Friday, 9 June, and we had a lively discussion about workflows, training, working with different kinds of clients, and so on. Topic: My Ideal Subtitling Workflow The purpose of this chat was to give everyone a chance to share their thoughts on what … Read more
Welcome to the recap for our April Subtitle Chats! We gathered to discuss all things creative in audiovisual translation. If you missed it, read on to find a snapshot of what we talked about. Topic: Creativity in Audiovisual Translation In two groups, we were led by questions regarding templates, examples of when we have produced … Read more
Welcome to the second of our Subtitle Chat recaps! If you want to take a look at what came out of our Chat on February 24th, read on. Topic: Routes into the AVT Profession At our February Subtitle Chats, we discussed the different types of skills that are required of the modern AVT professional, … Read more
Welcome to the first recap of our subtitle chat events! For those who missed it (or those who want to refresh their memory), here is what we discussed: Topic: What should people know about subtitling? That it is a cultural activity, not just a linguistic one (or not just replacing words in one language … Read more
Subtitle Chats: Phone a Subtitler Friend Sign up here. Introducing Subtitle Chats: Phone a Subtitler Friend SubComm is launching a series of informal chats on questions related to subtitling. The topic of the first Subtitle Chat is ‘Phone a Subtitler Friend’. What is a question you have always wanted to ask a/nother subtitler? What is … Read more
