Job profiles in audiovisual translation: dubbing and subtitling

• Origins of dubbing and subtitling: the early 1930s and the advent of talking film.

• Dubbing and subtitling, two very different ways to translate film and audiovisual dialogue:

• dubbing: speech-to-speech adaptation, substituting the original dialogue and voices with different language(s) and voices;

• subtitling: speech-to-text adaptation, inserting a written translation of the original dialogue within the image.

• The dubbing process:

• technical steps before the translation / lip-synching adaptation / voice recording / sound mix;

• the main two methods used in the dubbing world.

• The subtitling process:

• spotting / adaptation under time and space constraints / “simulation” or rehearsal;

• subtitling for cinema, television, and platforms.

• Other aspects:

• How long does it take?

• Who are the dubbing and subtitling translators?

• What are their skills?

• Author’s rights in dubbing and subtitling.

• Questions and answers.

Links:

AudioVisual Translators Europe

History of film translation (in French)