Alexander Künzli

Alexander Künzli is Professor of translation studies and Head of the German Unit of the Faculty of Translation and Interpreting of the University of Geneva. He teaches audiovisual translation, translation theory, and research methodology. He has conducted research into subtitling from a variety of perspectives (subtitling production processes, subtitles as result of these processes, and the reception of subtitled content). Among his recent publications are a monograph that investigates professional subtitling culture as well as articles on subtitle quality, quality assurance, and subtitling competence. Alexander Künzli worked as a professional freelance subtitler until 2007 and has been Editor-in-Chief of the translation studies journal Parallèles since 2013.

Relevant publications:

• Künzli, Alexander (2020). From inconspicuousness to flow – the CIA model of subtitle quality. Perspectives. Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, 28(4). DOI: 10.1080/0907676X.2020.1733628

• Künzli, Alexander (2017). Die Untertitelung. Von der Produktion zur Rezeption. (TransÜD; 90). Berlin: Frank & Timme.

• Künzli, Alexander (2014). Aspekte der Untertitelungspraxis im deutschsprachigen Raum. Eine elektronische Fragebogen-Umfrage. In Alain Boillat & Irene Weber Henking (Eds.) Dubbing. Die Übersetzung im Kino. La traduction audiovisuelle. (pp. 269-283). Marburg: Schüren.

• Künzli, Alexander (2011). Plädoyer für eine auffällige Untertitelung. In Klaus-Dieter Baumann (Ed.) Fach – Translat – Kultur: Interdisziplinäre Aspekte der vernetzten Vielfalt (pp. 645-667). Berlin: Frank & Timme.

• Künzli Alexander & Ehrensberger-Dow, Maureen (2011). Innovative subtitling. A reception study. In: Cecilia Alvstad, Adelina Hild & Elisabet Tiselius (Eds.), Methods and strategies of process research: Integrative approaches in translation studies (pp. 187-200). Amsterdam: Benjamins