MTI Student Xiao Zikai Wins the 2020 China Video Translation Contest
The first China Video Translation Contest, jointly organized by the Center for Translation and Communication in Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, China Film Times Culture Development (Wuhan) Co., Ltd. and Transn (传神) Internet of Languages Technology Co., Ltd., recently announced the final award list. A total of 16,495 contestants from 24 administrative divisions in China and overseas regions participated in the competition. They came from 390 institutions of higher learning and submitted 5,158 entries. After 112 days, 32 contestants were selected to the final. The contest set one “Transner award”, three first prizes, 8 second prizes and 20 third prizes. MTI student Xiao Zikai of the School of International Studies (SIS), won the second prize.
The competition focused on pan-culture short videos, such as film, television and other forms of entertainment. The selected work can be cartoons, documentaries and feature films, and they should be translated from Chinese to English. Through machine screening, public selection and expert opinions, Multi-dimensional assessment was carried out on the works of the contestants, whose comprehensive abilities in translation, subtitling, dubbing, post-production and teamwork were fully evaluated.
“I am honored to represent SIS to come to the final. I would like to thank my teachers and classmates for their support, especially my instructor Liang Sili. The contest focused on subtitle translation and dubbing, on which I received professional guidance and systematic training in Liang’s Multimedia Translation course. Besides, she also provided me with insightful views on the contest. I have benefited a lot during the process. Nothing impressed me more than the persistence of details in multimedia translation and the mentality of not giving up. Details are truly the key to success. I hope whoever is interested in the Video Translation Contest and multimedia translation can seize the opportunity, work hard and achieve great results.”
——Xiao Zikai
