Technology courses: Introduction to Subtitling‏

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Imperial College London

The Translation Group at Imperial organises a wide range of stand alone courses in Translation Technology for those looking to learn more about this ever-changing area.

The details of our next course are:

Introduction to Subtitling
Dr Jorge Díaz-Cintas

Date: Saturday, 7 March 2009
Time: 10:30-16:30
Room: S309, Level 3, Sherfield Building
Fee: £110 full rate / £55 studen concession (including tea/coffee and buffet lunch)

Course content: After a definition and a survey of the different types of subtitles, the interaction between text and images will be discussed and you will learn about the technical issues that constraint subtitling in terms of time and space. We will then take a look at the different conventions applied in what is considered standard practice in interlingual subtitling, and examples of strategies such as segmentation, condensation and reformulation will be offered.

During this practical workshop, you will work with clips and will carry out some of the tasks pertaining to subtitling, like the spotting or cueing (i.e. deciding the in and out times of the different subtitles) as well as the actual translation of the clip following the appropriate limitations imposed by the medium. WinCAPS, a state-of-the-art professional subtitling program, will be demonstrated so that you can experience the technical and technological dimensions of subtitling.

An insight into the working environment will also be presented and some time will be left at the end for questions. A list of useful websites and other sources of information will be given to all the participants.

More detailed information about the course can be found on the following website:
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/humanities/translationgroup/translationtechnologycourses

For registration and further enquiries please contact Terri Jacques:
t.jacques@imperial.ac.uk

To unsuscribe from this list, please send a mail to j.diaz-cintas@imperial.ac.uk

Dr Jorge Díaz-Cintas
Senior Lecturer in Translation
Imperial College London
Sherfield Building, Room S310
South Kensington Campus
London SW7 2AZ

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