Multimodal translation for “1111”

This paper intends to account for an experiment developed with master’s students in Translation, which was based on the Portuguese short film produced by Cine-Clube Avanca – “1111” (2005). Within the annual course in Audiovisual Translation, students are expected to grapple with three different types of Audiovisual Translation modes: interlingual subtitling, intralingual subtitling and audio description for the blind and visually-impaired. Students must acquire an in-depth knowledge of the guidelines that apply to these modes, bearing in mind that interlingual subtitling is directed to the general audiences, offering translation from a foreign language into the mother tongue, whereas the other two modes cater for the needs of people with sensory impairment, be it in terms of hearing or of sight. Throughout this process, we realised that the ability to look at the same audiovisual product with different target audiences in mind is of the utmost importance for students and encourages their flexibility skills and a variety of strategies to manage different work contexts. Therefore, using “1111” as the basis for this experiment, students were asked to analyse this short film and extract the information that is of relevance for each group. Students must watch the film without sound and without image, thus allowing them to experience the film from different angles and to become aware of other people’s needs that they are not usually expected to heed. These various exercises bring about multiple advantages, but also a number of challenges which we will also attempt to present. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion