Accessible Cinema – 7th August 2020

PODCAST | Francesca Raffi interviews Jorge Diaz-Cintas, Professor of Translation and founder director of the Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) at University College London.

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FRED is pleased to present the new episode of Accessible Cinema, a new periodical programme on media accessibility and inclusion, fostered by Sub-ti Access. This programme aims to inform its listeners and keep you updated on the status of media accessibility. We hope to raise awareness on accessibility in media and live entertainment, which is one of the 8 priority areas of the European Disability Strategy 2010 – 2020.

In this new episode of Accessible Cinema we will know more about the changes that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the field of media accessibility. How is the cinema market changing, especially in terms of media accessibility services? What is the role of online streaming platforms in making entertainment accessible to everyone? Are we going towards a “digital media accessibility”? To know more about that, Francesca Raffi interviews Jorge Diaz-Cintas, Professor of Translation and founder director of the Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) at University College London.

Jorge Diaz-Cintas is Professor of Translation and founder director of the Centre for Translation Studies (CenTraS) at University College London. He is the author of numerous articles, special issues and books on audiovisual translation and media accessibility. He was the president of the European Association for Studies in Screen Translation (2002-2010) and is now one of its directors. He is the Chief Editor of the Peter Lang series New Trends in Translation Studies and a member of the international research group TransMedia and the EU LIND (Language Industry) Expert Group. He is the recipient of the Jan Ivarsson Award (2014) and the Xènia Martínez Award (2015) for invaluable services to the field of audiovisual translation.

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