AVT Masterclass

Anna Jankowska is a researcher in audiovisual translation and media accessibility. She now works at the University of Antwerp, where she co-manages the OPEN Expertise Centre for Accessible Media and Culture. Before that, she was a visiting scholar with the TransMedia Calatonia research group at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and worked at the Chair for Translation at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Defended at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland), Anna's doctoral dissertation focused on using translation to produce audio description scripts in multiple languages. Within her research work, she collaborated in developing the AudioMovie app, which provides audio description and audio subtitles in cinemas via mobile devices. She is a member of the European Society for Studies in Screen Translation (ESIST) and the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Audiovisual Translation. Anna combines her academic experience with practice in the audiovisual translation and media accessibility industry. She worked as a freelance audiovisual translator and audio described for over 10 years and co-founded and co-managed the Seventh Sense Foundation - an NGO that provides accessibility services, training, and consultancy. In her work, she collaborated with local clients and international localization services providers and, most importantly, with users of various accessibility services. She has 15 years of experience in training in audiovisual translation and media accessibility, both at university-level courses and running training programs for companies and institutions.