Dr Carlo Eugeni

Profile

Carlo Eugeni is the programme leader of the MA Audiovisual Translation and Localisation at the University of Leeds, where he teaches live subtitling, media access services, and conference interpreting. He launched the International Symposium on Live Subtitling, co-funded the International Association of Respeaking onA.I.R., wrote the first book and Ph.D. thesis on the topic, and designed the live subtitling self-assessment tool MARS. Carlo has researched and published in the fields of live subtitling, conference interpreting, and subtitling strategies; and is co-editing a book for Routledge entitled Teaching Interpreting and Live Subtitling. In 2018, he received an honorary award by the Italian Association of Cochlear Implant Users APIC for his commitment in promoting the empowerment of deaf people through live and pre-recorded subtitling. He was Intellectual Output Leader of the Erasmus+ project LTA on live subtitlers and T2V on Easy-to-Read validators and facilitators, and is currently serving as a partner in the Erasmus+ project CCUV on Easy Italian writing and the Horizon project iDEM on accessibility to the decision-making process; and as a member of the experts group on accessibility in the metaverse for the UN International Telecommunications Unit.

Responsibilities

• Programme Leader - MA Audiovisual Translation and Localisation
• Convenor of Subtitling for the Deaf and the Hard-of-Hearing and Audio Description
• Convenor of Respeaking: Reporting and Live Subtitling

Research interests

Easy Language, Easy Subtitles, Easy Language Translation

Plain Language

Diamesic Translation, live subtitling, live reporting, parliamentary reporting, subtitling for the deaf and the hard-of-hearing

Conference and Liaison Interpreting

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Qualifications

• PhD English for Special Purposes
• MA Translation and Conference Interpreting
• Diplôme Approfondi de Français des Affaires

Professional memberships

• International Federation for Information and Communication Processing Intersteno
• Associazione Internazionale Respeaking onA.I.R. - Intersteno Italia
• Accademia Italiana di Multimedialità della Scrittura e della Comunicazione
• Globalization and Localization Association, GALA

Student education

My responsibilities have included being programme leader for the MA Audiovisual Translation and Localisation, and teaching on a range of modules.

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