Book Review: Introducing Audiovisual Translation

While noting that previous volumes have brought specific modalities of avt to the spotlight before, the authors claim that this work stands out in providing a "comprehensive" source to introduce "all avt modalities" (p. 1).They blend theoretical concepts illustrating them with practical examples with the aim of breaking down key principles of avt.This volume is divided into seven chapters with the first introducing the multifaceted world of avt, and the ensuing chapters covering specific avt and media accessibility (ma) modalities.Major avt and ma types are explored by the authors, with a caveat, "that avt encompasses more types, including, for instance, audio subtitling, sign language interpreting, or audio introductions", and they encourage "curious readers" to study other resources, such as (2003), and Greco and Jankowska (2020) "to delve deeper" into other avt types (p.10).As said above, the first chapter, titled "Audiovisual Translation, " opens the volume in defining avt and providing as a solid entry point for students.It frames avt as an evolving area of translation studies and provides a robust theoretical foundation, a useful typology of avt modalities, and a compelling historical narrative.The author acknowledges the terminological variations in the field, such as "language transfer, " "screen translation, " "film translation, " or "multimedia translation, " and considers avt as the most academically established term (p.5).This terminology shift may reflect broader technological and commercial trends.Meanwhile, the discussion on