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Book Review: Bolaños García-Escribano, A. Practices, Education and Technology in Audiovisual Translation; Routledge: London, UK; New York, NY, USA, 2025; ISBN: 9781032434940

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Volume 1 Issue 1 (2025)
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  • Jiabao Zhong

    School of Foreign Languages, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
  • Jie Zhu

    School of Teacher Education, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China
  • Lanfeng Zhong

    School of Teacher Education, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, China

Received: 5 April 2025; Revised: 23 May 2025; Accepted: 8 June 2025; Published: 31 December 2025

This review assesses Alejandro Bolaños García-Escribano's edited volume, Practices, Education and Technology in Audiovisual Translation (2025), compiled by Alejandro Bolaños García-Escribano. Offering a timely analysis of the converging domains of technology, pedagogy, and professional practice in Audiovisual Translation (AVT). Structured in five sections, it systematically addresses theoretical foundations, shifts in industry standards, educational challenges, and technological developments—such as AI, cloud platforms, neural machine translation (NMT), and automatic speech recognition (ASR). It is praised for constructing a cohesive framework that bridges often-disparate areas of scholarship, critically addressing the balance between technological automation and indispensable human expertise. While the work is hailed as a pivotal and indispensable reference for its synthesis of theoretical rigor with practical relevance, the review notes its primary focus on Western contexts and its peripheral treatment of cultural localization as limitations. Ultimately, the volume is presented as a foundational text for scholars, educators, and practitioners, providing a comprehensive roadmap for navigating AVT's rapidly evolving landscape and outlining essential future research directions.

Keywords:

Audiovisual Translation Technology Education Professional Practice

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