CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 OUR SERVICES CONTACT US Swedish Media Text was started in 2006 with a clear and distinct purpose: to raise the level of film and television translation. To offer both the audience and the film and television industry the translation that good films and television programs deserve. We consider subtitles as a qualified professional group and translation and subtitling as a craft. This means that since the start, we have prioritized good conditions and compensation for our translators and subtitlers, which means that they can do the best possible job. With us, a translator is not alone with his text. All translations are reviewed by an editor who, together with the translator, then makes a final version. And we never give a damn about our main rule: we take subtitling seriously. Swedish Media Text, SMT, took off in 2006.Our aim was very clear: to improve the standard of film and television translation; to offer cinema audiences and television viewers, and the film and TV industry, the translation that good films and TV programs deserve. We see subtitlers as qualified craftsmen, and translating and subtitling as a craft. This led to, from the outset, our giving priority to good conditions and wages that match the task for our translators and subtitlers, allowing them to give of their best. At SMT, translators do not work on their own; all work is gone through by an editor who then co-operates with the translator in producing a final version. We never cut corners; we always follow our maxim: Take subtitling seriously. It is partly due to this that Swedish Television, SVT, has made us their chief translation and subtitling supplier. This is one of the reasons why Swedish Television has chosen us as the main supplier of translation and subtitling. In a world where subtitling often becomes funny stories at parties and dinners, someone has to take subtitling seriously. We'll do that. Subtitles are the most read texts - and this allows you to make demands on the language in them. We want to reverse the development in the commercial market where price pressure and low fees have led to a deterioration in quality that is clear to everyone who watches TV and film. Instead of talking about how many languages we can translate into, we like to emphasize how important it is that it sounds right in the target language. And that the expertise is there. One of our translators could spread out for hours about the nuances of English class society - something you have to understand if you are translating Downton Abbey, or about how you can not translate Nobel lectures without deeper insights into, for example, physics. We are more interested in the content of the texts than in bragging about how quickly we can meet a deadline. That is why we are hired by customers such as SVT, TV4, the cultural channel Axess TV and Danish Verdens TV on the TV side, and Walt Disney Company Nordic, UIP, Sony Pictures, the Swedish Film Institute and SF Film on the film side. There are certainly many languages we can translate from or into, yet we prefer to speak of the importance of each individual target language and picking the right translator for the task. We see subtitling as a qualified profession, a craft, where the translators' expertise is crucial. We have translators with special knowledge in subject areas that cover everything from science such as physics, chemistry and medicine to sports and leisure such as football, motorsports and mountaineering. We have translators who can translate the very small (but geographically nearby) languages Icelandic and Sami as well as large languages such as Spanish, French or Chinese. In terms of target languages, we have focused on the Nordic languages, where we offer language packages, although we also translate daily into English and regularly into other major languages. Svensk Medietext also staffs the news translation on Scandinavia's largest TV channel TV4. When it comes to the increasing demand for direct subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing, we are the only player in the Swedish commercial market. We see subtitling as a qualified profession, a craft, in which the competence of the translator should match the content of the project. We have translators with specialized knowledge within more or less all subjects from physics, chemistry and medicine to sports and hobbies like football (both children!), Car racing and mountaineering. We have translators who can translate from neighboring languages, spoken by relatively few, like Icelandic and Sámi, to major tongues like Spanish, French and Chinese. As for target languages, we concentrate on the Nordic languages, offering 'language packages' covering the whole region. Moreover, we translate daily into English and frequently into other major languages. Our translators who crew the news and sports departments of Scandinavia's largest broadcaster, TV4, have to be able to deal with stress and very tight deadlines. When it comes to the growing demand for live subtitling for the hard of hearing, Svensk Medietext is the only commercial provider in Swedish. Translation subtitles , where we translate for TV, cinema and DVD into Swedish and other languages. When it comes to bio-subtitling , we can provide the entire process from translation to production of ready-subtitled DCP. Subtitling for the hearing impaired, where we can offer completely adapted Swedish subtitling of pre-recorded material, but also resources to subtitle in live broadcast, ie live subtitling for live TV or webcasting. Then the words are subtitled at the same time as they are said with the help of one of our skilled subtitles and the Velotype / Veyboard keyboard. Subtitles for web pages and mobiles . We supply subtitled video files for a variety of purposes such as web TV, mobile phones or tablets. Graphic subtitling for productions where high demands are placed on the graphic quality regarding the subtitle (eg font or text placement), as we can deliver a pre-subtitled master with burnt-in texts. When it comes to film, we can also be responsible for complete DVD productions where we add subtitles in several languages, design menus and make chapters. News translation, where our translators are on site at the newsrooms and quickly translate incoming news clips from all the languages of the world. Live translation , the most advanced form of translation subtitling that occurs. With just a few seconds delay, we can translate and subtitle a live broadcast. T eatertextning , where we translate and / or subtitle for certain performances when the visitor gets a small screen in his hand or downloads an app to his smartphone to read the text. Post production . An important part of Mediettext's work is to merge the linguistic with the technical. We therefore make sure to offer advanced services in post production and we have our own studio on our premises. Address | Address Svensk Medietext AB Fyrverkarbacken 25 112 60 Stockholm Gear | Switchboard 08-13 40 00 | +46 8 13 40 00 Email | Email post@medietext.se Audience contact Do you have questions about subtitling or language - or have you seen anything you are wondering about? Contact us here . Order Click here to go to our order form. Copyright © 2012 Svensk Medieetext AB.