Audiovisual Translation: advanced techniques

Language

French
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Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet. 

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Main themes

Theoretical and practical study of interlingual subtitling and introduction to subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing and to surtitling. 

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

Contribution of teaching unit to learning outcomes assigned to programme  This unit contributes to the acquisition and development of the following learning outcomes, as assigned to the Master's degree in translation:  analyse a source document, identify potential textual and cognitive difficulties and assess the strategies and resources needed to reformulate it in line with communicative needs (1 – Translation);  pre-process, process and manage files and other media/sources as part of the translation workflow, e.g., web and multimedia files (17 – Technology).  Specific learning outcomes on completion of teaching unit  On completing this unit the student is able to:  produce interlingual or intralingual subtitles and surtitles.

Content

The "Audiovisual Translation: Specialised Techniques" course will look at how audiovisual media is made accessible to foreign viewers (subtitling, surtitling) and viewers with hearing or visual loss (subtitles for the deaf or hard-of-hearing and audiodescription). The theoretical elements will provide the necessary background to the practical exercises, using EZTitles© software mainly, which will be commented and corrected by the lecturer.

Teaching methods

Face-to-face teaching (in the AVT computer lab)
Individual work
Team work

Evaluation methods

Continuous and certificate evaluation (assignment)

Online resources

1. Glossaire de la traduction audiovisuelle professionnelle : http://ataa.fr/revue/archives/3422

2. Charte relative à la qualité du sous-titrage à destination des personnes sourdes ou malentendante (2011) www.csa.fr/Television/Le-suivi-des-programmes/L-accessibilite-des-programmes/Charte-relative-a-laqualite-du-sous-titrage-a-destination-des-personnes-sourdes-ou-malentendantes-Decembre-2011
 
3. Hyks, Veronikka (2005): Audio description and translation. Two related but different skills. Translating Today. 4:6-8.

Bibliography

1. Díaz Cintas, Jorge, Anna Matamala and Josélia Neves (eds) (2010) New Insights into Audiovisual Translation and Media Accessibility. Media for All. Manchester and New York: Rodopi.
2. Hyks, Veronikka (2005): Audio description and translation. Two related but different skills. Translating Today. 4:6-8.
3.Tous travaux de ces mêmes auteurs et de Yves Gambier, Zoé de Linde, Ian Ivarson.

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