Type of Event: Lecture-Workshop
Date: 2008-05-03
Venue: Heriot Watt University, Edimburgh, UK
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Description: The aim of this course is to introduce participants to Subtitling from a theoretical and a practical point of view, providing them with basic skills to subtitle and to critically analyse subtitled films and programmes. The course will also include a practical demonstration of Respeaking, a new speech-recognition-based technique that is being used by the BBC, among other television channels, to subtitle live programmes.

Using state-of-the-art subtitling software, participants will have the opportunity to subtitle audiovisual texts with different styles and registers (films, cartoons, documentaries, songs, etc.), applying a standard code of good subtitling practice. The course will also provide an introduction to Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing as a means of widening accessibility to the audiovisual media.

Outline of content:

 A brief history of Subtitling
 Different types of Subtitling (compared to other types of Audiovisual Translation, e.g. Dubbing and Audiodescription)
 Main features and conventions of Subtitling (constraints and priorities)
 Hands-on Subtitling
 A practical introduction to Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
 Subtitling as a field of practical research
 Subtitling as a profession (current working conditions and practices, job opportunities, etc.)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NUMBER OF PLACES IN THIS COURSE IS RESTRICTED TO 20. SUBJECT TO DEMAND, ALTERNATIVE DATES MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE.



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Contact details: For more information on the course, contact: Pablo Romero (P.Romero@hw.ac.uk)
For Registration and Payment, contact: Sheila Hodder (S.Hodder@hw.ac.uk)


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