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Audiovisual Translation in a Global Context

Mapping an Ever-changing Landscape

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Rocío Baños Piñero

    1. University College London, UK

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  2. Jorge Díaz Cintas

    1. University College London, UK

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Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting (PTTI)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Audiovisual Translation in a Global Context

    1. Audiovisual Translation in a Global Context

      • Rocío Baños Piñero, Jorge Díaz Cintas
      Pages 1-10

  3. Addressing Quality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Institutional Audiovisual Translation: A (Shop) Window on the World

      • Adrián Fuentes-Luque
      Pages 13-27

    3. Accuracy Rate in Live Subtitling: The NER Model

      • Pablo Romero-Fresco, Juan Martínez Pérez
      Pages 28-50

    4. Synchronized Subtitles in Live Television Programmes

      • Mercedes de Castro, Luis Puente Rodríguez, Belén Ruiz Mezcua
      Pages 51-71

    5. Cross-fertilization between Reception Studies in Audio Description and Interpreting Quality Assessment: The Role of the Describer’s Voice

      • Emilia Iglesias Fernández, Silvia Martínez Martínez, Antonio Javier Chica Núñez
      Pages 72-95

  4. Targeting the Audience

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Audio Describing for an Audience with Learning Disabilities in Brazil: A Pilot Study

      • Eliana P. C. Franco, Deise M. Medina Silveira, Bárbara C. dos Santos Carneiro
      Pages 99-109

    3. Analysing Redubs: Motives, Agents and Audience Response

      • Serenella Zanotti
      Pages 110-139

    4. Subtitling in the Era of the Blu-ray

      • Nicolas Sanchez
      Pages 140-148

    5. The MultilingualWeb (MLW) Project: A Collaborative Approach and a Challenge for Translation Studies

      • Cristina Valdés
      Pages 149-160

  5. Mapping Professional Practices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. Professional Realities of the Subtitling Industry: The Subtitlers’ Perspective

      • Arista Szu-Yu Kuo
      Pages 163-191

    3. The Pros and Cons of Using Templates in Subtitling

      • Kristijan Nikolić
      Pages 192-202

    4. Signing and Subtitling on Polish Television: A Case of (In)accessibility

      • Renata Mliczak
      Pages 203-224

    5. Voiceover as Spoken Discourse

      • Agata Hołobut
      Pages 225-252

    6. Dubbing Directors and Dubbing Actors: Co-authors of Translation for Dubbing

      • Regina Mendes
      Pages 253-265

    7. Audio Description in Hong Kong

      • Dawning Leung
      Pages 266-281

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 282-291
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About this book

This book offers an up-to-date survey of the present state of affairs in Audiovisual Translation, providing a thought-provoking account of some of the most representative areas currently being researched in this field across the globe. The book discusses theoretical issues and provides useful and practical insights into professional practices.

Reviews

"Delving into topics of paramount importance in audiovisual translation such as quality, audiences and professional practices, this collective volume offers a stimulating overview of the global audiovisual landscape. Through contributions investigating various modes, contexts and genres, the volume provides an invaluable insight into under-researched issues and realities, showing how technology, commercial aspects and audience preferences, among other factors, are noticeably changing the current landscape."

-Professor Frederic Chaume, Universitat Jaume I, Spain

"This volume contains state-of-the art research on audiovisual translation and accessibility. It displays many fresh views from both new and established scholars in the field and demonstrates the importance of looking at these areas from a global perspective, as it investigates quality, audience design and professional practices, and shows the importance of context in translation studies."

-Dr Jan Pedersen, Stockholm University, Sweden

Editors and Affiliations

  • University College London, UK

    Rocío Baños Piñero, Jorge Díaz Cintas

About the editors

Rocío Baños Piñero, University College London, UK Mercedes de Castro, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain Antonio Javier Chica Nuñez, University Pablo de Olavide in Seville, Spain Jorge Díaz Cintas, University College London, UK Eliana Paes Cardoso, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Brazil Adrián Fuentes-Luque, Universidad Pablo de Olavide in Seville, Spain Agata Ho?obut, Jagiellonian University, Poland Emilia Iglesias Fernández, Universidad de Granada, Spain Arista Szu-Yu Kuo, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Dawning Leung, University College London, UK Juan Martínez Pérez, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Silvia Martínez Martínez, University de Granada, Spain Deise Mônica Medina Silveira, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil Regina Mendes, Faculdade CCAA, Brazil Renata Mliczak, University College London, UK Kristijan Nikoli?, University of Vienna, Austria Luis Puente Rodríguez, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Pablo Romero-Fresco, University of Roehampton, London, UK Belén Ruiz Mezcua, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain Nicolas Sanchez, Independent Scholar Bárbara Cristina dos Santos Carneiro, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil Cristina Valdés, University of Oviedo, Spain Serenella Zanotti, Roma Tre University, Italy

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