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The Art of Subtitle Writing: Tips for Effective Translation
A practical look at subtitle writing: condensing speech, breaking lines, setting timing and reading speed, and making sound translation choices.
Translation
Translation Craft
How subtitles are written, translated and checked.
Localization Compared With Translation
How localization goes beyond translating words, covering dates, units, references, tone and visuals, and what that means for subtitles and captions.
Pivot Translation and Its Risks
What pivot translation is, why a third language is sometimes used between source and target, and the errors and checks that come with the extra step.
The Importance of Accurate Subtitle Translation for Medical and Educational Content
Why translation accuracy matters most in health and teaching material, what kinds of errors cause harm, and why a qualified human reviewer should check it.
The Importance of Cultural Considerations in Subtitle Translation
How idioms, humor, forms of address and cultural references fail to carry across languages, and the options translators use to adapt them in subtitles.
The Role of AI in Subtitle Translation: Opportunities and Challenges
A balanced look at what machine translation does well and badly in subtitles, why output is not error-free, and how people and tools can work together.
The Technical Challenges of Subtitle Translation: A Look at the Process
A walk through the stages of a subtitle translation job, from transcript and timing to review, and where technical problems such as text expansion arise.
Translating From a Script or From the Audio
How the starting point, a written script or the spoken audio, changes the subtitle translation process, its risks and the checks that help.
Translation Memory in Subtitling
What translation memory is, how reusing earlier translated text supports consistency in subtitle projects, and where it works poorly.
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