Journal of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers (1930-1949)

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FOREIGN VERSIONS 537 the subtitle as well as to look at the picture. The spotting list, on which the spotter also indicates who is speaking to whom and gives additional information and explanations necessary for comprehension of the action, is then given to the various translators who translate the Fig. 1. Spotter Nat Hoffberg, with the latest type Moviola. Hoffberg, who started in the business many years ago, did his first spotting from Vitaphone records when frames destroyed hi the picture had to be replaced by black frames, in order to maintain synchronization. condensed dialogue into their respective languages, not exceeding the footage allowed for each subtitle. Cards or a continuous roll are then printed with the foreign subtitles, and the laboratory, by means of a pre-cut control strip which ad