Translation Café

What's going on in translation? Let's talk about it. Monthly roundtable around coffee time.

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Full details for Session 4 of #TranslationCafé! Thursday, June 24th, 15h BST. We will talk about #CreativeSubtitling -but we will let @StavroulaSokoli, @dorrego and @drwendyfox decide what that is. Everybody is welcome to post questions for the session.
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[Rita Menezes @RitiMenezes]

"Why was the building built in a way thay requires a ramp?"
Building = film
Ramp = subtitles
While discussing media access and filmmakers approach.
@drwendyfox @LetsTalkXl8

[David Orrego-Carmona @dorrego]

Thoroughly enjoy the chat about #creative #subtitles today. Thanks to everyone who attended, to @LetsTalkXl8 for organising it and to @drwendyfox, @SaraRamosPinto1 and Pablo!

[Lettie Dorst @agdorst]

People from all over the world signing in to Translation Café's @LetsTalkXl8 panel talk on #Creative #Subtitling! So excited about this one! @SaraRamosPinto1 @dorrego

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Students can provide excellent examples from the industry.

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If you're interested in going beyond the standards feel free to experience new things and experiences.

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Be bolder, more creative, more daring and final different solutions. There's room for cross-fertilization.

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@dorrego
We need to be more daring and try new things.
On a social and cognitive level.

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The Filmmaker's Eye: Learning (and Breaking) the Rules of Cinematic Composition

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Chaume/Romero: Creativity in Audiovisual Translation and Media Accessibility

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Romero-Fresco, Pablo (2021b) “Creative Media Accessibility: Placing the Focus Back on the Individual.” Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

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Romero-Fresco, Pablo (2021a) “Creativity in Media Accessibility: A Political Issue.” Cultus, 14, Special Issue on Translation plus: The added value of the translator.

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@drwendyfox
Colours that go beyond guidelines.
A space deriving from other fields of research.

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@drwendyfox
How can I visualize beyond.
Typography
Sensory experiences, how people are using colours.
Communication and design graphics.
Animation.

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Pablo Romero-Fresco
Need to involve deaf and hard-of-hearing in the process.

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Pablo Romero-Fresco
What do we need to know about how to understand a film? Film / media studies?

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Pablo Romero-Fresco
Not difficult to put data and info together. Pull together useful examples and engage film makers and students.

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How can creative subtitling be taught?
How do we teach?

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@dorrego investing time in educating film makers and opening opportunities for translators.
Awareness-raising process.

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@dorrego
Film makers are always interested in promoting creative experiences. A team work. Quite easy to convince them.

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Most of the reservations come from professional translators. Need to promote dialogue with different stakeholders through good practices and examples.