Audiovisual translation project management

Translation is a process-oriented activity involving many roles besides the translator who often works as part of a project team.

You will examine how, prior to receiving  a text for translation, a number of processes have to be performed, such as client negotiation and agreement of the brief (assessing the source text for characteristics including quality, length, linguistic complexity, file formats, tm-suitability etc., availability of supporting materials, timeline, multi-lingual spread, skopos, pricing, etc).

You will also examine the transfer phase (which is supported by terminology research, domain-specific searches, identification of  translation problems such as linguistic ambiguity and conceptual gaps, etc.) and the post-transfer phase of reviewing, revising, proofreading, file conversions and client-specified formatting.