JBI Studios' Blog on Voice-Over, Dubbing, and Multimedia Localization.

March 6, 2017
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Voice-Over or Subtitles? Choose the Right Video Translation Option

In today’s post, we’ll look at the single most important question facing a video translation project – whether to choose voice-over or subtitles. Both services are […]
March 2, 2017
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To clean or not to clean in voice-over audio translation

Cleaning is a must for all professional, high-quality audio voice-over productions. However, the sorts of elements that get cleaned for corporate and e-Learning voiceover are not […]
February 27, 2017
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What are forced subtitles in video translation?

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about forced subtitles from our video translation clients. Aside from what they are, clients want to know how to […]
February 20, 2017

How marketing dollars moving online is affecting video translation

Marketing is moving online, and this has affected video translation significantly. How prevalent is video content online? Per Insivia, an online marketing consultancy, in 2016 more […]
February 9, 2017

What you need to know about toggling for subtitles video translation

Captioning and subtitling is now expected for video content produced in the United States, whether to make it available to the deaf and hard-of-hearing, or to […]
January 23, 2017
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Can text-to-speech be used for video translation? (Yes!)

Text-to-speech (or TTS) is one of the big news stories of 2017. It’s a crucial part of the success of Google Alexa and Amazon Echo, both […]
January 17, 2017
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3 Reasons Native-Speaker Directors are Crucial for Voice-Over Sessions

Native speaker directors are absolutely crucial to the success of a foreign-language voice-over recording. But their job is one of the hardest ones to explain. After […]
January 5, 2017

How to Calculate Word Counts for Video Translation without a Script

To ring in the new year, today we’ll write about one of trickier aspects of quoting video translation projects – how to get accurate word counts. […]