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Hello, this is Estella Oncins from UAB again
the short video that you are about to see
is an explanation about the main differences
between verbatim and sensatim subtitles
in real-time working contexts.
Carlo Eugeni is a parliamentary live subtitler
at the Rome Capitol
and he teaches AVT and conference interpreting
at several Italian and European universities.
I hope you will enjoy it.
Verbatim subtitling is something that is quite well-known.
It is a word-for-word rendition of what is said by the speaker.
Sensatim is idea unit for idea unit
meaning that subtitlers produce the same idea units
which means,
that you can either repeat word-for-word what is said
and by doing so you provide the same idea unit
but at the same time you can compress, you can reduce or use other words.
By doing so you keep delivering the same message.
Though not everybody agrees on that.
This approach, the sensatim approach allows subtitlers
to relay on more elastic strategies
to provide the same meaning provided by the speaker.
Here at the Rome City Council I am a subtitler
I am not a reporter. Reporters would go word-for-word.
So verbatim.
In the case of subtitling I provide access to what is said.
On two lines.
This means that people have to read two lines.
and by doing so they access the city council meeting.
This makes a huge difference.
So, I prefer going for sensatim.
I have the freedom of choosing verbatim and sensatim.
There are moments where verbatim is easier.
For example in the most technical parts I don't dare to sum up.
Because there are topics very difficult to sum up.
In other cases when politicians give political advice
and don't enter into details
I prefer using a sensatim approach,
because there is a lot of orality in what they say.
They haven't planned their speech
So it's better for me to provide subtitles that are easier to read.
Same layout is provided for both verbatim and sensatim subtitles.
What happens is that when I do verbatim
the layout of subtitles depend on how quick the speaker is.
If the speaker is particularly quick words appear as blocks.
Because I am able in two seconds to produce a whole sentence.
But if the speaker is slow I repeat every single word
and then words appear one after the other.
And the method is the scrolling one.
In the case of sensatim it is easier to produce full sentences,
so subtitles appear as blocks.
But this is not a rule.
In case of people being very quick you can also have block subtitles.
So, pop-on subtitles being verbatim.
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