Multi Media Translation Concepts - Practices

And research The globalisation of communication networks has increased the domains of translation and is challenging ever more the translator's role. This volume is a collection of contributions from two different conferences misano, 1997 and berlin, 1998 . Multi media translation, especially screen translation tv, cinema, video , has made more explicit the complexities of any communication and has led us to take a fresh look at the translator's strategies and behaviours.Several papers ponder the concepts of media and multimedia, the necessity of interdisciplinarity, the polysemiotic dimension of audiovisual media. Quite a few discuss the current transformations in audiovisual media policy. A great many deal with practices, mainly in subtitling but also in interpreting for tv and surtitling: what are the quality parameters and the conditions to meet audience's expectations finally some show the cultural and linguistic implications of screen translation. Digitalisation is changing production and broadcasting and speeding up convergence between media, telecommunications and information and communication technology.Is multi media translation a new field of study or an umbrella framework for scholars from various disciplines is it a trick to overcome the absence of prestige in translation studies or is it just a buzz word which gives rise to confusion these questions remain open: the 26 contributions are partial answers.

And research The globalisation of communication networks has increased the domains of translation and is challenging ever more the translator's role. This volume is a