A global digital company is working with its local university to set up an academy to train future staff.
Sheffield-based Zoo Digital, which provides localisation and media services to the global entertainment industry, is launching the Zoo Academy to provide courses and workshops for future translators, script adapters, dubbing actors and directors.
The initiative has come after the company agreed a partnership with Sheffield Unviersity to offer the industry’s first professional development course in dubbing script adaptation.
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Zoo also wants to build long-term capacity in the localisation talent pool, particularly in languages that currently have low supply.
CEO Stuart Green said: “Zoo Academy will cultivate the talent pool of the future and support the delivery of high-quality media localisation at scale for years to come. It will develop a skilled resource of translators, adapters, actors and directors, across all languages, who are expertly trained to work on premium media and entertainment content using Zoo’s cloud-based scripting and dubbing platforms.
“Our dubbing course with the University of Sheffield is an industry first and an excellent example of how we are leading the way and skilling up the industry to meet demand for global content.”
Zoo Digital has been boosted by the boom in home entertainment during the pandemic, seeing revenue grow 33% and returning to profit.
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Prof Dominic Broomfield-McHugh, from Sheffield University’s music department, said: “Alongside Zoo, our researchers from the School of Languages and Cultures have created a modern professional development course that will equip script adapters with the creative and technical skills to entertain audiences around the world.
“We’ll be providing new generations of translators, language students and academics with the tools they need to successfully contribute to the global media industry. We believe this collaborative university-industry approach is essential to the success of such training and we’re delighted to have been able to forge this partnership with Zoo.”