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Localisation, translation & dubbing · Working

Dubbing

ELI5

Replacing original dialogue with recorded dialogue in another language or version.

Used in conversation

“Build enough time for dubbing into the schedule before delivery.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Dubbing” in accessibility, localisation, ethics & ai conversations or materials.

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Connected terms

  • Automated dialogue replacementADR replaces or repairs dialogue for the original production; dubbing replaces dialogue for another language or version, though workflows can overlap.
  • Dub QCA common dubbing-localisation sequence.
  • Dubbing scriptA common dubbing-localisation sequence.
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Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.