Starting the e-MA in Audiovisual Translation in Italy
Learning audiovisual translation in a university environment is nothing new, and doing it in an online format is an old trick for some universities such as Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona (Spain). The success of that pioneer online course and the increasing interest in the course from Italian students, who wanted to take it from Italy, made us realise a similar course localised to the Italian needs and specificities was required. The Italian online MA in Audiovisual Translation will be a reality towards the end of this year. It is the result of many happy coincidences, numerous meetings and close collaboration between two Mediterranean university teams. Notwithstanding persisting stereotypes regarding the Latin temperament, perseverance, hard work and endless doses of tolerance have proven to be the keys to the success of this audacious project. The presentation will explain how the project was set up and why localisation was needed. It will also introduce the final programme, which will begin towards the end of 2009.

María VALERO GISBERT has a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Valencia (Spain). She teaches at the University of Parma (Italy) in the Department of Lingue e Letterature Straniere, where she teaches Audiovisual Translation in the final year of the BA programme. She coordinates the online European MA in Audiovisual Translation, a joint degree with Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain). Her research interests are lexicography, Hispanic phraseology, bilingual dictionaries and audiovisual translation.