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audiovisual translation, audio description, machine translation, text-to-speech, Catalan, media accessibility services, post-editing, easy-to-read, easy-to-understand, plain language
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Biography

Anna Fernández-Torné is PhD in Translation and Intercultural Studies (UAB), BA in Translation and Interpreting (UPF), MA in Audiovisual Translation (UAB), MA in Language Consultancy in the Media (UAB), European MA in Audiovisual Translation (Parma University). Her research interests centre on audio description and technologies, both text-to-speech and machine translation. She has been full-time freelance translator since 2004, specialising in audiovisual translation, and lectured at the MA in Audiovisual Translation at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona from 2006 to 2022.

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Employment (7)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra Escola Superior Politècnica del TecnoCampus: Mataro, Catalunya, ES: Mataró, Barcelona, ES

2023-10-23 to 2024-05-31 | Adjunct Professor (Escola Superior de Ciències de la Salut)
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Anna Fernández Torné

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2021-10-01 to 2023-04-03 | Senior Research Support Technician (Departament de Traducció i d'Interpretació i d'Estudis de l'Àsia Oriental)
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Anna Fernández Torné

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2021-09-01 to 2022-08-31 | Adjunct Professor (Departament de Traducció i d'Interpretació i d'Estudis de l'Àsia Oriental)
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Anna Fernández Torné

Universitat Pompeu Fabra Escola Superior Politècnica del TecnoCampus: Mataro, Catalunya, ES

2021-09-15 to 2022-02-23 | Adjunct Professor (ESUPT)
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Anna Fernández Torné

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, ES

2018-11-12 to 2021-09-30 | Senior Research Support Technician (Departament de Traducció i d'Interpretació)
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Anna Fernández Torné

Universitat Pompeu Fabra Escola Universitària del Maresme: Mataró, Catalunya, ES: Matar´ó, Barcelona, ES

2020-09-13 to 2021-02-12 (ESUPT)
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Anna Fernández Torné

Universitat Pompeu Fabra Escola Universitària del Maresme: Mataró, Catalunya, ES

2019-09-16 to 2020-01-31 | Adjunct Professor (ESUPT)
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Education and qualifications (5)

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Barcelona, Catalonia, ES

2012-03-19 to 2016-09-06 | PhD in Translation and Intercultural Studies (Departament de Traducció i Interpretació)
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Università degli Studi di Parma: Parma, Italy, IT

2010 to 2011 | European MA in Audiovisual Translation (Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia)
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, ES

2006 to 2007 | Postgraduate Degree (Diploma) in Linguistic Advising in the Media (Traducció i Interpretació)
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, ES

2004 to 2005 | MA in Audiovisual Translation (Traducció i Interpretació)
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Anna Fernández Torné

Universitat Pompeu Fabra: Barcelona, Barcelona, ES

1993-09-27 to 1997-10-03 | BA in Translation and Interpreting (Traducció i Interpretació)
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Professional activities (1)

Globalization and Localization Association: Seattle, WA, US

2019-11-24 to present | Academic membership
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Works (22)

The visible subtitler: Blockchain technology towards right management and minting

Open Research Europe
2023-02-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2732-5121
Contributors: Pilar Orero; Anna Fernandez Torner; Estella Oncins
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Anna Fernández Torné

El proyecto EASIT: una nueva propuesta para la formación de expertos en lenguaje fácil de comprender en entornos audiovisuales

Innovación docente e investigación en arte y humanidades: nuevos enfoques en la metodología docente
2021 | Book chapter | Author
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Contributors: Anna Fernández Torné; Anna Matamala
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Training materials for experts in easy-to-understand language in audiovisual media

Actas del III Congreso Internacional de Innovación Docente e Investigación en Educación Superior: cambios en el proceso de enseñanza-aprendizaje de las Áreas del Conocimiento. 15-20 de noviembre de 2021
2021 | Book chapter | Author
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Part of ISBN: 978-84-09-35493-1
Contributors: Anna Matamala; Anna Fernández Torné
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Human evaluation of three machine translation systems

Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics
2021-01-18 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Anna Fernández Torné; Anna Matamala
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El experto en lenguaje fácil de comprender

Monografias de Traduccion e Interpretacion
2020 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Blanca Arias-Badia; Anna Fernández Torné
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Evaluating domain adaptation for machine translation across scenarios

LREC 2018 - 11th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation
2019 | Conference paper
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Contributors: Etchegoyhen, T.; Torné, A.F.; Azpeitia, A.; Garcia, E.M.; Matamala, A.
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Evaluating Domain Adaptation for Machine Translation Across Scenarios

International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC)
2018 | Conference paper
Contributors: Etchegoyhen, Thierry; Fernandez Torne, Anna; Azpeitia, Andoni; Martinez Garcia, Eva; Matamala, Anna
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Machine translation evaluation through post-editing measures in audio description

inTRAlinea
2016 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Anna Fernández Torné
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Machine translation in audio description? Comparing creation, translation and post-editing efforts

SKASE Journal of Translation and Interpretation
2016-01-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Anna Fernández Torné; Anna Matamala
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Text-to-speech vs. human voiced audio descriptions: a reception study in films dubbed into Catalan

JoSTrans. The Journal of Specialised Translation
2015 | Journal article
Contributors: Fernandez-Torne, Anna; Matamala, Anna
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Text-to-speech vs human voiced audio description: a reception study in films dubbed into Catalan

Journal of Specialised Translation
2015-01-01 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Anna Fernández Torné; Anna Matamala
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

The reception of subtitled colloquial language in Catalan

Vigo International Journal of Applied Linguistics
2014 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Anna Fernández Torné; Anna Matamala; Anna Vilaro
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Asier Mendizábal

2008-01-01 | Translation | Chair or Translator
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Contributors: Anna Fernández Torné
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Analisi de la localitzacio de Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E

Revista Tradumàtica
2007 | Journal article
Contributors: Torne, Anna Fernandez
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Anàlisi de la localització de Codename : Kids Next Door - Operation V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E

Revista Tradumatica
2007 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Anna Fernández Torné
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Spain architects: rehabilitation = Arquitectos de España: rehabilitación

2004-01-01 | Translation | Chair or Translator
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La casa de les set teulades

Mirmanda, 15
2002-01-01 | Translation | Chair or Translator
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Contributors: Anna Fernández Torné
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Montserrat: la montaña de los prodigios

Per conèixer
2002-01-01 | Translation | Chair or Translator
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Contributors: Anna Fernández Torné
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Mèxic insurgent

Soldats de Ploma
2001-01-01 | Translation | Chair or Translator
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Contributors: Anna Fernández Torné
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Barcelona. La historia

Per conèixer
2000-01-01 | Translation | Chair or Translator
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Memòries íntimes i confessions d'un pecador justificat

Mirmanda, 3
1999-01-01 | Translation | Chair or Translator
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El club dels oficis extravagants

Butxaca 1984
1998-01-01 | Translation | Chair or Translator
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Contributors: Anna Fernández Torné
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