Singapore University of Social Sciences

CTI321 Subtitling and Game Localisation focuses on subtitling for audio-visual content and localisation strategies suitable for video games. The course first discusses pros and cons of subtitling and captioning, dubbing, and voice-over. It explores various audio-visual translation strategies in order to identify suitable subtitling strategies for different types of media and entertainment, in particular, video games. Students will be introduced to subtitling guidelines and different levels of subtitling. They will use subtitling software tools, Computer-Aided Translation (CAT) tools and Machine Translation (MT) to create and edit subtitles. The course will also delve deeper into issues specific to game localisation, such as character identification, cultural references, censorship, interactivity and creativity. At the end of the course, students will work independently on a video game subtitling and localisation project. The skills acquired can be applied to other forms of entertainment, such as film, drama, social media streaming and audio-visual advertisements.