【Programme Talk】“Subtitle and Dubbing Translation: A Peek into the Industry” Online Workshop

With the prevalence of online movie streaming services such as Netflix, HBO Max and Disney Plus, this seminar will provide a peek into what is really happening in the industry of movie subtitling and dubbing. Learn the secret of the industry by joining this FREE online workshop organised by PolyU SPEED’s BA (Hons) in Language Studies with Information Analytics.

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Workshop highlights

• Have a brief overview of the distribution and workflow of a professional subtitling house
• Experience a demonstration on a clip of dubbing script of a movie trailer

Participation is FREE. What’s more, you will receive a Letter of Attendance issued by the Director of PolyU SPEED after the workshop.

Speaker

Dr. Melody LU is a lecturer at PolyU CPCE Division of Languages and Communication. She achieved her BA degree in translation from the University of Hong Kong. After graduation, she worked as a full-time in-house translator for several years in a variety of settings: financial, legal and media translation. Dr. Lu has rich first-hand experience working on projects of Discovery Channel, Sony Pictures and Warner Bros at SDI Media. Later she pursued an M.Phil. and Ph.D. degree in linguistics from HKU. As a polyglot, her research interests include Sinitic languages, language typology, bilingualism and heritage Chinese speakers.