My article revisiting authorship of Anthony Burgess's subtitles for Cyrano de Bergerac out in @transpaces.bsky.social! www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour... Draws on archival material at @anthonyburgess.bsky.social & @ransomcenter.bsky.social, w/ thanks! #filmtranslationhistory #translationhistory

Authorship, creativity and the English subtitles of Rappeneau’s Cyrano de Bergerac

Abstract Subtitling is a highly specialised craft. It is rare that a well-known writer is given a subtitle credit. I analyse one such case, where Anthony Burgess was credited with the English subtitle...

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💡 The latest SI of @transpaces.bsky.social spaces.bsky.social positions #avt as a paradigmatic space where tensions between automation and human agency, standardization and expression, and efficiency and creative intent are negotiated. 🔓 partly #openaccess: benjamins.com/catalog/ts.1...

📢📢📢 CfP for a special issue in @transpaces.bsky.social (2027) on the topic of Translator Norms, co-edited by our very own Anna Strowe, Richard Mansell & Helle V. Dam. Abstracts due 24 Nov; notification of successful proposals by 15 Dec; articles due 30 May 2026. More details: t.co/gVJ29PBTDm

New article! Translation and queer audiovisual culture: Embodiment in the music video of “Es una pasiva”. Iván Villanueva-Jordán analyses amplification and recontextualisation of elements of an interlingual song translation video, drawing from queer cultural frameworks. See doi.org/10.1075/ts.2...

New open access article! The effects of corpus-focused instruction (CFI) on the development of stylistic translation revision competence in future translators Ella Diels, Jim Ureel, Isabelle Robert, and Carola Strobl test the effects of CFI for NL-EN #translation. See doi.org/10.1075/ts.2...

New open access article! The machine translator’s visibility: A postphenomenological analysis of machine translation. @jossmo.bsky.social uses concepts from postphenomenology to show how machine and human #translation differ in use. See doi.org/10.1075/ts.2... #openaccess

Recently published! Rethinking creativity in dubbing: Potential impact of AI dubbing technologies on creative practices, roles and viewer perceptions. Giselle Spiteri Miggiani explores the concept of creativity as a possible key differentiator between human and AI dubs. See doi.org/10.1075/ts.2...

Recently published! Creativity in didactic audiovisual translation (DAT): Possibilities and preliminary findings by Noa Talaván & @jenniferlertola.bsky.social. The article highlights the potential benefits of creative DAT practices in language education. Details at doi.org/10.1075/ts.2...

Recently published open access article: Rethinking censorship in translation: A Bourdieusian field approach Behrouz Karoubi addresses the broadening concept of censorship and its constitutive modes. Article at doi.org/10.1075/ts.2... #onlinefirst #translationstudies #openaccess

Recently published: Self-Determined Participation (SDP): A theoretical framework for explaining unpaid human participation in translation (and beyond?) Boyi Huang proposes a new framework to explain participation in unpaid translation efforts. Full article at doi.org/10.1075/ts.2... #onlinefirst

Recently published: Exploring creative audiovisual translation in the age of AI @serenellamassidda.bsky.social investigates innovative media localisation strategies incorporating AI Full article at doi.org/10.1075/ts.2... From a forthcoming special issue edited by Frederic Chaume & Irene Ranzato

The 2nd article in our special issue of Translation Spaces on the question 'Is MT Translation?' has been published. Brian Mossop: Do machines and humans translate in the same sense? Check it out! benjamins.com/catalog/ts.2... @transpaces.bsky.social With Dorothy Kenny and @felixdocarmo.bsky.social

Great news! Our "Narratives in Film Title Translation" paper in @transpaces.bsky.social is listed as one of the most read this month 🥳 @dublincityuni.bsky.social

The 3rd article in our special issue of Translation Spaces on the question 'Is MT Translation?' has been published. Mary Nurminen: Is machine translation gisting translation? Check it out! benjamins.com/catalog/ts.2... @transpaces.bsky.social With Dorothy Kenny and @felixdocarmo.bsky.social

New article! An eye-tracking study on the cognitive processing, reception, and perception of swearword translation in films Qihang Jiang & Stephen Doherty use eye-tracking to investigate how audiences cognitively process translated swearwords in films. #translation doi.org/10.1075/ts.2...

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New article! Point of view and narrative in Wikipedia translation: Towards a common research framework @markshuttleworth.bsky.social proposes an initial framework based on narrative theory to theorise point of view in Wikipedia and beyond. #translation #translationstudies doi.org/10.1075/ts.2...