ESIST Member of the week is María López. "My research interests focus on AVT and Accessibility, particularly audio description. I joined ESIST and the Communication Team because I value the exchange of knowledge and collaboration." If you want to be featured, please reach out: [email protected]

It's ESIST Member of the Week Campaign back again! Our MotW is Lucie Couset, PhD candidate researching how AI preserves humour in subtitle translation. "I was thrilled to join ESIST, a community that shares my passion for AVT." To be featured too, please reach out: [email protected]

APTIS25 Online Conference at UCL, 3–4 Nov 2025 “Better together: how can industry and academia collaborate to empower future language professionals?” CenTraS is looking forward to hosting the APTIS25 online conference via Zoom Webinar. Info: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/aptis25ucl

Meet Fuqiang (Daniel) Zhao, one of the newest members of our Communication Team and this week’s #ESISTMemberOfTheWeek ✨ Daniel is pursuing a PhD in Translation at the University of Bristol (UK), where he is researching the English translations and reception of Jin Yong’s wuxia novels 🍀

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Fuqiang (Daniel) Zhao, María López Rubio and Lucie Couset as the new members of the ESIST Communication Team. Stay tuned to learn more about the new members of our crew 🥰 @serenellamassidda.bsky.social @milijanperez.bsky.social

Summer readings 📖 @serenellamassidda.bsky.social: Exploring creative audiovisual translation in the age of AI ➡️Published on Translation Spaces, Special Issue "Creative Audiovisual Translation" edited by Irene Ranzato and Frederic CHAUME Varela benjamins.com/catalog/ts.2...

How do you subtitle a language that is visual and spatial? ➡️ Take a look at the first State of the Art report from the Erasmus+ project SubSign – Subtitling Sign Languages and explore how current subtitling practices meet (or fail to meet) the unique features of sign languages ✅ sub-sign.eu/results/

Summer Readings 📕 Vol. 17 No. 2 (2025): Translation & Interpreting - Special issue on audiovisual translation and media accessibility in the age of streaming platforms Guest editors: Sofía Sánchez-Mompeán & Serenella Zanotti www.trans-int.org/index.php/tr...

Second edition of the Summer School in Language and Translation Technologies. Università di Napoli L'Orientale, 16-20 September 2025. sites.google.com/view/ssltt20...

International Conference on Translation and Interpreting Process Studies: Multimodality, Cognition and Application University of Mons, Belgium 6-8 May 2026 Deadline for submissions: 15 October 2025 More information: www.tripsconference2026.com

CfP conference 13-14 Nov 2025. International Postgraduate Conference in Translation and Interpreting (IPCITI 2025) — Modality, Mutability, and Mobility: Currents of Change in Translation and Interpreting. University of Warwick. Deadline for abstracts: 25 July 2025 warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/mod...

New publication out✨ Raising the Bar in Audiovisual Translation: Developing a Subtitling Competence Framework by Jorge Díaz-Cintas and Serenella Massidda (2025) siba-ese.unile.it/index.php/li... @serenellamassidda.bsky.social @jorgediazcintas.bsky.social

Out soon ✨ Check out the new volume of Multilingual Matters on Ideologies of Communication in Japan: Speakers, Interaction and the Creation of Difference featuring two interesting studies on #AVT and #GameLocalisation: www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...

Thank You to Gabriele Uzzo For His Service to ESIST Newsletter 🙏🙏🙏 We deeply appreciate the time and effort he devoted to this role and thank him warmly for his meaningful contribution to the ESIST community 💕

Interesting reading ✅ ➡️Adapted Literature and Theatre in Audiovisual Translation ➡️Edited by Irene Ranzato & Luca Valleriani (2024) token.ujk.edu.pl/volumes/volu...

Do not miss a new En sincronía podcast on accessibility in higher education ✅ www.ensincroniapodcast.com/1112315/epis...

Delighted to announce that the 2025 ESIST Prize for the Most Outstanding PhD Thesis in the field of AVT and Media Accessibility was awarded to Sixin Liao, for her thesis The Impact of Visual and Auditory Information on Subtitle Processing: An Eye Tracking Study at Media for All 11, Hong Kong 2025 🏆

Event invitation: e-Expert Seminar in Translation and Language Teaching (8th edition) ➡️ organised by University College London (UK) and the University of Cordoba (Spain) ➡️ free hybrid event 🔜Monday, 16th June 2025 (9.00 - 18.00) eventos.uco.es/131809/detai...

New article out ✨ Simonetta Falchi and Serenella Massidda: Subtitling The Handmaid’s Tale for an Italian Audience (2025) More at: ⬇️⬇️⬇️ www.intralinea.org/archive/arti...

Are you attending Media for All 11 in Hong Kong? If you’re an hashtag#ESIST member and you don’t yet have a badge, don’t be shy to ask our President Sharon, who has a stash with her and will be happy to give you one! hashtag#M4All11

Live event! Audiovisual Translation: at the Junction of Language and Technology, June 13 @ 17:30 PM - 21:30 PM (UTC+3). womeninlocalization.com/events/?slug...

Call for Papers ⏰ International Conference I-LanD Research Centre 𝐿𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐷𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝐷𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐸𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, 3–5 December 2025, Università degli Studi "Gabriele d'Annunzio" Chieti -Pescara, Italy. Abstract submission deadline: 15 July 2025 rb.gy/4pbsfg

Call for Applications @ Sapienza Università di Roma. Applications must be submitted by 19 June 2025 at 23:59 (CET time). www.uniroma1.it/en/pagina/ad...

CfP: International Bilingual Conference on Pornography, Sexuality and Obscenity in Translation. Pornography in Babel: Translation, Sexuality, Obscenity University of Antwerp, Belgium 23–24 October 2025. Deadline for abstracts in French or English: 30 June 2025. www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferenc...

Conference Lisbon Language Summit 2025 – Step Outside the Box: The NextGen Language Industry. Eurostars Universal Lisboa, Portugal 22-23 May 2025 lisbonlanguagesummit2025.apet.pt/en/

SUBTLE Webinar - Translating dubbing scripts: an introduction on June 10 at 5:00-6:30 GMT+1 During this 90-minute webinar, Pablo Fernández Moriano will introduce the art of dubbing script translation and tell us what to do in order to start offering this service. www.universe.com/events/subtl...

Full #M4All conference programme! Amazing, isn't it? ➡️ Remember: if you are a member of #ESIST, the discounted fee applies for you ✅ ➡️ And: during the conference, the winner of the ESIST Outstanding PhD Thesis Award will be announced 🤩 Stay tuned ✅ www.m4all11.org/programme

Position: Post-doctoral candidate in Media Accessibility at UAntwerpen ✨ ➡️Passionate about Media Accessibility and looking to continue career in academia? 🔛UAntwerpen is offering a full-time postdoctoral position (6 or 12 months)!!! 🗓 Application Deadline: May 22, 2025 📅 Start Date: January 1, 2026

Getting ready for the Media for All conference? ➡ Remember: if you are a member of #ESIST, the discounted fee applies for you for the whole registration period, together with a reduced fee for workshops ✅ Check our Newsletter for more info. #m4all11 #RegisterNow #ConferenceWorkshops

Interesting seminar tomorrow: ➡️Translation and AI: An industry in flux by Anthony Dunn (Director of Eurocom UK, Vienna) ➡️Thursday 10th April, 10-11am in person and via Zoom ➡️Organised by Swansea Translation and Interpreting Research Group

What a great initiative by SUBTLE – the Subtitlers'​ Association - @subtleuk.bsky.social, and SubComm - @subcomm.bsky.social 🤩 Don’t miss out – join for an informal chat and a fantastic networking opportunity with fellow AVT practitioners and researchers! 🎤🎞️✨

CfP: EJES – European Journal of English Studies, special issue on Accessing Shakespearean Drama through (Re)translation and Audiovisual Adaptation in the 21st Century Edited by: Judit Mudriczki and Irene Ranzato Submission of proposals by: 20 April 2025 essenglish.org/cfp-volumes-...

📣International MA Programme in Accessibility to Media, Arts, and Culture (AMAC), University of Macerata ➡️ Applications Open ⬅️ 📄 Learn more: Brochure masteramac.unimc.it/.../2025/03/... 🌍 Apply now: masteramac.unimc.it

Meet Jincai Jiang, #ESISTMemberOfTheWeek 🏆 He is a PhD candidate at the School of Modern Languages, University of Bristol. His research explores Chinese amateur subtitlers' social media uses. In addition to his research, he has been posting subtitled overseas UGC on Bilibili ✨

New film series on subtitling in Leeds ✨ ➡️During March and April, a new film series focused on subtitling is taking place at the Hyde Park Picture House, organised by Sara Ramos Pinto (Univ. of Leeds) and Carol O'Sullivan (Univ. of Bristol). More info at:: hpph.co.uk/seasons/subt...

Congratulations to @stavroulasokoli.bsky.social, #ESIST vice president, who has been named one of MultiLingual Media Influencers in the Language Industry for 2025! We are so proud 💙 multilingual.com/magazine/feb...

🏆 ESIST / Media for All Conference 11 Grant Winner 🏆 ➡️ We are thrilled to announce that the recipient of the grant is Jincai Jiang, a PhD candidate in Translation Studies at the School of Modern Languages, University of Bristol. Congratulations, Jincai! 🎉 @jincai_Jiang #m4all11

Planning to attend the Media for All conference? Register by March 31 to enjoy a 15% early bird discount! ➡ If you are a member of #ESIST, the discounted fee applies for you for the whole registration period, together with a reduced fee for workshops ✅ #m4all11 #EarlyBird #RegisterNow

Event invitation: Dubbing Culture in the Streaming Era✨ Prof. Frederic Chaume, Universitat Jaume I. 🔜Tuesday 11 March 2025 Register at: brookes.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Roundtable discussion: Beyond Translation: Emerging Careers in the Global Language Industry 💫 ➡️ 6th March 3-4 pm GMT/4-5 CET ➡️ Eutopia Languages Week 2025, University of Warwick, online - free ➡️ Sign up here: warwick.ac.uk/students/war...

Mutatis Mutandis, Special Issue. Call for Proposals vol. 19 is. 1: Translation and Localization: New approaches and opportunities in the digital entertainment industries. Deadline 10 April 2025. revistas.udea.edu.co/index.php/mu...

The Centre for Translation Studies is offering two free events 5th March 2025 as part of the second edition of CenTraS’ Accessibility Day. Venue: University College London (UCL), Bloomsbury Campus, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT. Further information and registration form: www.ucl.ac.uk/european-lan...

The ESIST conference grant deadline is approaching soon. Make sure you submit your proposal to get support in presenting your work at Media for All 11 in Hong Kong, 28-30 May by 28 February. www.m4all11.org

New Issue of Linguistica Antverpiensia – Themes in Translation Studies, Vol. 23 (2024): Translation for Social Justice: Concepts, Policies and Practices across Modalities and Contexts. Dr Julie Boéri, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Qatar) doi.org/10.52034/lan...

The edited volume“Danmu-mediated Communication and Audiovisual Translation in the Digital Age” is now live on Routledge. Edited by Sijing Lu, Siwen Lu, and Lisi Liang University of Warwick. www.routledge.com/.../Lu-Lu......

We are joining forces again with #media4all11 to offer a conference grant to support one of our members in presenting their work at Media for All 11 in Hong Kong, 28-30 May: www.m4all11.org Deadline to apply is by midnight on 28 February esist.org/media-for-al...

Call for Papers: TSNI 5 on Challenges in Translation and Interpreting Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland 8-9 May 2025. Abstract Submission Deadline: 31st January 2025 Further info: ctts.ie/tsni-5/

Music to my Ears: Creative Practices in Music and Translation​ Friday, 16 May 2025 Goldsmiths, University of London. sites.gold.ac.uk/comparative-...

Call for papers - HuMaLa’s inaugural conference, Universidad de Granada, Spain, 24-25 June 2025: ‘Humanistic insights for human-machine language technologies: privacy, security, and wellbeing’. Deadline 31 January 2025, 12:00 (noon) GMT. sites.google.com/view/humans-...

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