Audiovisual TranslationCourse Description

Course Title:Audiovisual Translation

Course Prerequisites:

Total Semester Credit Hours:32

Lecture Hours:32

Experiment/ Computer Hours:

Credit:2

Major:English

Course Description:

Audiovisual Translation is an optional course for third-year English majors. This course addresses the growing demand for translators with skills in translating audiovisual texts such as TV shows and films. It covers a range of areas, including: subtitling, accessibility (subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing, audio description and live subtitling), multimedia localization, dubbing and voice-over for films. This course provides a theoretical framework for translators and researchers in the area of audiovisual translation as well as hands-on training with professional software and audiovisual material taken from different authentic contexts.

Textbooks and Course Materials:

1.肖维青.英汉影视翻译实用教程[M].上海：华东理工大学出版社,2017. (Xiao Weiqing.A Practical Course of English-Chinese Audiovisual Translation. Shanghai: East China University of Science and Technology Press, 2017)

2. Jorge Diaz Cintas and Aline Remael.Audiovisual Translation: Subtitling. New York: Routledge, 2007.

3. D. Bannon.The Elements of Subtitles (Third Edition). Blackstock: Translation Studies Press, 2013.