Decision making in the subtitling process: Facilitating communication between stakeholders

This thesis empirically investigates influences on the decision-making processes involved in interlingual subtitling. Specifically, it considers whether current approaches taken and resultant subtitles could be made to better meet the goals of subtitlers, filmmakers and other subtitling clients if communication between these parties was enhanced. Focus is placed on (i) the bases for normative practices and their impacts on subtitling outcomes, and (ii) the role of communication between subtitlers and filmmakers or other clients in guiding decision-making. Potential areas for improvement in current subtitling practices are identified and a subtitler-initiated approach to briefing is proposed.