Archive for category: Captioning

The latest CBC howlers    (2006.10.06)

Exactly what kind of bullshit did CBC try to pass off to the Canadian broadcasting regulator?

If you don’t want to take my word for it    (2006.09.29)

Myths about Canadian English, and why your B.A. in English lit does not set you up to do captioning

Two tracks o’ text    (2006.09.13)

When to caption a subtitled movie (on CBC, always)

A ‘C’ student from the word “go”    (2006.09.03)

Taking CBC captioning down a notch (how many notches has it got left?), this time with a Robbie Coltrane vehicle

Angry nitpicking    (2006.08.31)

In lieu of “sending angry nitpicking letters to the CBC,” I thought I’d use picture postcards

All your Mechagodzilla are belong to us    (2006.08.27)

‘Analyse’! ‘Metre’!

Organizing our marvellous neighbours    (2006.08.22)

Why does the CBC use British English to write its captioning?

’Tis an error i’faith    (2006.08.21)

What is with CBC captioners’ fondness for ‘single quotes’?

CBC Blogging Manifesto    (2006.08.13)

CBC wouldn’t write a blogging policy, so its bloggers had to do it themselves