subtitler

plural subtitlers

1. A person who transcribes or translates subtitles (for an audiovisual work).

   It was an error introduced by the subtitler, not the screenwriter.

   2 more examples

   […]any time studio atmosphere gets too thick due to scraps among the sub-titlers as to the most fitting words to suit the deed, he can scamper up among the clouds until it blows over.

   1919 May 15, “McGaffey Goes Up”, in The Los Angeles Times, Flashes, page 32

   The sub-titler is also a creature of convention—convention not of the picture alone but of popular belief. Why is it that a Chinaman on the screen must speak pidgin English, when many of the Chinese we know speak better English than the native?

   1919 May 18, Haldez, “Titles and Sub-Titles”, in The Fresno Morning Republican, Stage and Screen, page 28

2. A software package that assists in creating subtitles for movies, documentaries, etc.
3. uncommonA person who writes subtitles (for a book, newspaper, etc.).

   The newspaper column's subtitler could not be identified.