Editing Dubbing (section)

====Dialog writing====

The dialogue writer's role is to make the translation sound natural in the target language, and to make the translation sound like a credible dialogue instead of merely a translated text.<ref>Chaume, F. (2013). Research paths in audiovisual translation: The case of dubbing. In The Routledge handbook of translation studies (pp.
306-320). Routledge.</ref>

Another task of dialogue writers is to check whether a translation matches an on-screen character's mouth movements or not, by reading aloud simultaneously with the character. The dialogue writer often stays in the recording setting with the actors or the voice talents, to ensure that the dialogue is being spoken in the way that it was written to be, and to avoid any ambiguity in the way the dialogue is to be read (focusing on emphasis, [[Intonation (linguistics)|intonation]], pronunciation, [[Articulation (music)|articulation]], pronouncing foreign words correctly, etc.). The overall goal is to make sure the script creates the illusion of authenticity of the spoken language. A successful localization product gives the impression that the original character is naturally speaking in the target language. Therefore, in the localization process, the position of the dialogue writing or song writing is important.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}