JBI Studios' Blog on Voice-Over, Dubbing, and Multimedia Localization.
May 11, 2017
It makes sense to think of voice-over dubbing and subtitling as completely distinct localization options. After all, they generally cover the same content (dialogue, narration and […]
May 8, 2017
Time-stamping, time-coding, and spotting are all crucial parts of audio and video workflows, especially for captioning and subtitling services and translation. The terms also get confused […]
April 24, 2017
One of the trickier parts of video translation and dubbing is choosing the appropriate foreign-language voice-over option. We’ve had clients tell us that this decision is […]
April 20, 2017
They’re known by many different names – the “Continuity List;” the “Combined Continuity, Dialogue and Spotting List;” the “Combined Continuity and Spotting List;” or just simply […]
April 3, 2017
Text-based files are now the most common deliverable for captioning and subtitling video translation. There’s one simple reason for this: online video streaming platforms. As more […]
March 27, 2017
This is one of the most common questions we get from voice-over recording clients, for both video and audio applications. Specifically, are timed audio and synchronized […]
March 23, 2017
On-screen titles are often a source of frustration during otherwise straight-forward video translation projects. Why? It’s simple – they require a large amount of labor to […]
March 16, 2017
Accurate voice-over services quotes are crucial to the success of any audio and video localization projects. However, voice over can be somewhat difficult to quote. Why? First, […]
March 9, 2017
Subtitling into right-to-left languages like Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi, Dari and Urdu is one of the harder tasks in video translation. It’s gotten better in recent years, […]