{"id":228976,"date":"2026-02-03T13:47:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=228976"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:30:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T23:30:41","slug":"students-bring-vietnamese-cinema-to-audiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/03\/students-bring-vietnamese-cinema-to-audiences\/","title":{"rendered":"Students help bring Vietnamese cinema to global audiences"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Students worked hands-on to translate dialogue and sync subtitles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa students played a central role in a landmark Southeast Asian film project now completed after years of collaboration. Through a partnership led by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies<\/a> (CSEAS<\/abbr>) and the Vietnam Film Institute in Hanoi, more than 70 classic Vietnamese feature films have been digitized and subtitled in English.<\/p>\n

The work began in the classroom. In 2007, CSEAS<\/abbr> launched a film translation and subtitling course that trained UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa students with advanced Southeast Asian language skills. Students translated dialogue, timed subtitles and helped prepare films for international viewing. Their work laid the foundation for a long-term effort focused on Vietnamese cinema. Former CSEAS<\/abbr> associate director Paul Rausch created the course which was taught by John McGlynn.<\/p>\n

Over time, the project grew into one of the program\u2019s most active collaborations. The resulting catalog spans films released between 1959 and 2010.<\/p>\n

The films are formatted for streaming on laptops, desktop computers and handheld devices. They are intended for libraries and classrooms, not large theaters or festivals. To support viewers who are hearing impaired, captioning was added alongside English subtitles.<\/p>\n

Foundational support for this project was provided through CSEAS<\/abbr>‘s designation as a U.S. Department of Education Title VI<\/abbr> National Resource Center.<\/p>\n

For more on the catalog email vietnamcinemalibrary@gmail.com<\/a>. Go to the CSEAS<\/abbr> website<\/a> for the full story.<\/p>\n

—By Motoki Saito Yamamori<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa students helped digitize and subtitle more than 70 classic Vietnamese feature films through a collaborative project led by CSEAS<\/abbr>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":228995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[1562,163,646,9],"class_list":["post-228976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-center-for-southeast-asian-studies","tag-college-of-languages-linguistics-and-literature","tag-film","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t