I was lucky enough to have ATA63 in my backyard this year — and be selected to present at this prestigious convention!

(033) Getting Unstuck: Using Translation Theory to Get Out of Tough Situations in Media Localization

Everyone gets stuck while translating, but movies, games, and other audiovisual media pose even more challenges that can turn a little pothole into a huge sinkhole. Translation theory can be the rope ladder that leads you to a solution! Join the speaker, an audiovisual translator, as she reviews critical concepts in translation theory and how to apply them to sticky situations in movie and game localization with Japanese to English examples.

View and download the presentation– click here. (229MB — contains video examples)