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Hello, this is Estella Oncins 
from UAB again

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the short video 
that you are about to see

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is an explanation 
about the main differences

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between verbatim 
and sensatim subtitles

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in real-time working contexts.

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Carlo Eugeni 
is a parliamentary live subtitler

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at the Rome Capitol

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and he teaches AVT 
and conference interpreting

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at several Italian 
and European universities.

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I hope you will enjoy it.

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Verbatim subtitling is something 
that is quite well-known.

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It is a word-for-word rendition 
of what is said by the speaker.

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Sensatim is idea unit for idea unit

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meaning that subtitlers
produce the same idea units

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which means,

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 that you can either repeat 
word-for-word what is said

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and by doing so 
you provide the same idea unit

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but at the same time you can compress,
you can reduce or use other words.

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By doing so you keep delivering the same message.

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Though not everybody agrees on that. 

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This approach, the sensatim approach
allows subtitlers 

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to relay on more elastic strategies

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to provide the same meaning
provided by the speaker.

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Here at the Rome City Council
I am a subtitler

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I am not a reporter.
Reporters would go word-for-word. 

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So verbatim.

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In the case of subtitling I provide access
to what is said.

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On two lines.

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This means that people 
have to read two lines.

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and by doing so they access 
the city council meeting.

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This makes a huge difference.

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So, I prefer going for sensatim.

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I have the freedom 
of choosing verbatim and sensatim.

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There are moments 
where verbatim is easier.

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For example in the most technical parts
I don't dare to sum up.

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Because there are topics very difficult
to sum up.

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In other cases when politicians
give political advice

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and don't enter into details

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I prefer using a sensatim approach,

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because there is a lot of orality 
in what they say.

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They haven't planned their speech

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So it's better for me to provide subtitles 
that are easier to read.

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Same layout is provided 
for both verbatim and sensatim subtitles.

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What happens is that 
when I do verbatim

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the layout of subtitles 
depend on how quick the speaker is.

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If the speaker is particularly quick
words appear as blocks.

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Because I am able in two seconds
to produce a whole sentence.

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But if the speaker is slow
I repeat every single word

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and then words appear 
one after the other.

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And the method 
is the scrolling one.

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In the case of sensatim
it is easier to produce full sentences,

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so subtitles appear as blocks.

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But this is not a rule.

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In case of people being very quick
you can also have block subtitles.

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So, pop-on subtitles
being verbatim.

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