Communication and interactions in cloud platform subtitling

Irene Artegiani

doi:10.5565/rev/tradumatica.282

Comunicació i interaccions en la subtitulació a plataformes al núvol

Autors/ores

Irene Artegiani University of Roehampton

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Resum

Aquest article explora l’actual desenvolupament del treball autònom de subtitulació dins la indústria de la traducció audiovisual (TAV). Durant la dècada de 2010, molts proveïdors de serveis lingüístics (PSL) que operen a nivell internacional han traslladat la seva prestació de serveis de subtitulació professionals de pagament a plataformes al núvol (Sakamoto, 2018). El nostre objectiu és argumentar que aquestes plataformes, tot i que són capaces de generar entorns col·laboratius, adopten patrons de comunicació i informació que debiliten els aspectes col·laboratius dels processos de producció, amb el risc de comprometre la qualitat del càrrec dels subtituladors.

Paraules clau

subtitulació, plataforma al núvol, indústria, comunicació, confiança, asimetria informativa

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Biografia de l'autor/a

Irene Artegiani, University of Roehampton

PhD Student in Audiovisual Translation