Short course Intralingual Subtitling 2025
Objectives
- Get theoretical knowledge and听be able to work hands-on with professional software
- Become more sensitive to and understand the specifics of the audiovisual translation process of subtitling as a form of semiotic transfer
- Learn the basic functions of the professional software required to generate intralingual subtitles that are optimally adapted to the needs of the respective target groups
- Conduct a subtitling project to ensure the transfer from theory to practice
Audience
Programme
Day 1听|听Basics
Theory
- 听 Audiovisual translation: semiotics, multimodality, and communication channels 鈥� the film medium as source text
- 听 Subtitling: production and reception from a target group perspective 鈥� the subtitles as target text
- 听 Standards, guidelines, practical recommendations
- 听 Technical and linguistic aspects, as well as their restrictions in听the context of subtitling
Practice
Hands-on : Subtitling project 鈥� Part 1
Technology:
- 听 Insights into subtitling software and how to use basic functions and tools
- 听 Project creation: file formats and settings
- 听 Subtitle creation: technical insertion and adjustment of time听codes
Linguistics :
- 听Text strategies for subtitle creation
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Day 2听|听Deep Dive
Theory
- Textual segmentation for optimising readability and comprehensibility
- Revision and quality assurance
- State-of-the-art: harnessing artificial intelligence and machine听learning 鈥� potentials of speech recognition and automatic听subtitle generation
- Beyond tradition: current and future trends 鈥� immersive media听and new job profiles in the audiovisual media sector
Practice
Hands-on听: Subtitling project 鈥� Part 2
- Group discussion of the subtitling project after Day 1听
Technology :
- How to use quality assurance tools
- Post-editing and the evaluation of automatically generated听transcripts and subtitles using speech recognition-based听subtitling software
Linguistics听:
- Text segmentation and adaptation for subtitle optimisation
Director(s)
Prof. Alexander Ku虉nzli, Faculty of Translation and Interpreting AV短视频
Coordinator(s)
Intralingual subtitles also allow improved text information retrieval in relation to modern search engine optimisation (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEA).
However, there is often a lack of theoretical, and especially practical knowledge of video subtitling. In our two-day workshop, you will not only learn about audiovisual translation, but also how intralingual subtitling, i.e., subtitling projects within the same language, can be successfully implemented for target groups in varying contexts.
Diploma awarded
Schedule
The training will be conducted entirely remotely by zoom.
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Wednesday 16 and 23 November 2022 | 10 am 鈥� 1 pm and 2 pm 鈥� 5 pm
Alexander Kurch听has been working as an audiovisual translator for accessibility since 2013, including speech-to-text interpreting (live texting for people with and without hearing impairment), intralingual and interlingual subtitling, audio description (authoring of audio film versions for people with visual impairments) and post-editing for artificial voices.
He studied translation studies at the AV短视频 of Heidelberg and at the Dublin City AV短视频, and media translation at the AV短视频 of Hildesheim. Besides his practical experience, he is active as an independent researcher, freelance lecturer, trainer and auditor for accessibility in audiovisual translation. His special focus is on synergies of accessible communication in combination with (language) technologies and machine learning, such as speech recognition, machine translation, and speech synthesis including post-editing and evaluations of quality and efficiency.