Notes on Translation

Notes From a Neapolitan

I left Naples 7 years ago to move to Rome. There’s a sentence I’ve heard more times than I can count: “I wouldn’t have thought you were from Napoli…

Jan 1 • Chiara C.

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December 2025

Crowdsourcing Before Crowdsourcing: How Amateur Translation Quietly Rewrote Localisation

Long before streaming platforms normalised multilingual subtitles, and years before localisation teams adopted shared glossaries, collaborative QA, or…

Dec 1, 2025 • Chiara C.

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November 2025

Hold the Door - and the Meaning: Inside the Craft of Subtitling

From fandom forums to professional studios, how translators reshape the way we listen to stories.

Nov 13, 2025 • Chiara C.

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Lost, Found, and Subtitled: The Story of Fansubbing in Italy

How a generation of volunteers reshaped Italian television, one subtitle at a time.

Nov 4, 2025 • Chiara C.

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October 2025

From Salem to the UN: The Linguistics of Witchcraft and Power

A sociolinguistic analysis of the “witch” accusation aimed at UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, tracing the gendered history of the word, and…

Oct 30, 2025 • Chiara C.

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Fansubbing: When Viewers Became Translators

How amateur communities reshaped the way we translate and watch stories

Oct 24, 2025 • Chiara C.

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“Il Presidente” (and Other Ways to Say Power)

When a compliment becomes a signal

Oct 22, 2025 • Chiara C.

Italy, Dubbing, and the Habit of Hearing Other People’s Voices

How a national tradition turned translation into identity

Oct 20, 2025 • Chiara C.

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Between Languages and Screens

An introduction to a series about translation, media, and rediscovering what makes stories universal

Oct 17, 2025 • Chiara C.

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What Happens When We Translate a Movie

How audiovisual translation shapes the way we experience stories

Oct 15, 2025 • Chiara C.

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