| CODE | TTI5004 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Subtitling Lab | ||||||||
| 今日黑料 LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| EQF/MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Translation, Terminology and Interpreting Studies | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This unit offers practical training in Audiovisual Translation (AVT), with a specific focus on subtitling. Subtitling facilitates linguistic and cultural access to audiovisual content by adding intralingual or interlingual captionson screen. Students gain expertise in translating and adapting media content for subtitling purposes. They learn the entire process, from creating a timed template to translation, quality control, quality review, and post-editing procedures. They learn to apply global standards and conventions, comply with specifications and guidelines, and familiarise themselves with client expectations, professional workflows and deliverables. Students practise subtitling with cloud-based professional tools. The training approach is globally-oriented and non-language-specific, while practical tasks are tailored to various language combinations, including the possibility of English as a target language. Students also practise using pivot translation workflows. Study-unit Aims: - To practise translation for subtitling purposes; - To practise creating timed-text templates; - To develop proficiency in subtitling tools and technologies; - To learn how to review and edit subtitles; - To learn how to manage subtitling projects. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Reproduce professional subtitling workflows; - Identify technical and linguistic issues and strategies; - Identify client demands and specifications; - Identify and label errors; - Compare template and direct origination workflows; - Compare direct and indirect translation workflows. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Subtitle audiovisual content complying with standard norms and conventions; - Apply different guidelines and specifications depending on the client; - Carry out direct subtitle origination; - Create and use subtitling templates; - Use subtitling software tools and technologies; - Work in a localisation team; - Set up subtitling workflows; - Manage subtitling projects; - Assess and review subtitling projects for quality control purposes. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-Requisite Study-units: TTI5002, TTI5013 | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Practical | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Giselle Spiteri Miggiani |
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