DOHA: A research will begin soon to examine the possibility of introducing multi-sensory translation at museums.
Multi-sensory translation provides service, where people can smell and touch things and feel and taste them. It will give accessibility for people with special needs.
The project by the Audio Visual Faculty of Translation and Interpreting Institute (TII) at Hamad bin Khalifa University is in the process of being funded.
“In the future, we are going to have museums that are going to offer multi-sensory translation services…What has been known about museums that you never get to touch anything or contact, but this project of the audiovisual faculty team is trying to take on multisensory translation museum,” Dr Salah Basalamah, Associate Professor, Postgraduate Studies and Research Programme, TII, told this daily. TII’s Master of Audiovisual Translation focuses on translation of audio, visual and audiovisual materials, including dubbing and subtitling of movies, TV shows and other videos.
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