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APTIF 9 - Reality vs. Illusion: From Morse code to machine translation
Edited by Frans De Laet, In-kyoung Ahn and Joong-chol Kwak
[Babel 66:4/5] 2020
► pp. 733–749

A model of live interlingual subtitling using respeaking technology

| Chung-Ang University
This paper proposes a model of delivering live interlingual subtitling (LIS) as a formal translation and interpreting (T&I) service in Korea, replacing the existing model of combining stenographic transcriptions with simultaneous interpreting. The model proposes that these two processes, currently delivered by two different professional groups, should be converged using respeaking technology. As a means to supply relevant talent, the paper proposes that formal interpreting and translation schools should include respeaking using automatic speech recognition technology (ASR) as part of their training.
Keywords: respeaking, automatic speech recognition (ASR), live subtitle translation, live interlingual subtitling (LIS), captioning
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Live Interlingual Subtitling (LIS): The question of “What”?
  • 3.LIS: “Why”?
  • 4.LIS: The question of “How”?
  • 5.Considerations for training
  • 6.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 09 October 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/babel.00182.jin
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