Reading is the reception of text, translation requires reading a text, and subtitling of audiovisual media is a form of translation that involves reading but not exclusively. Understanding reading processes – even if not entirely – helps to better understand some of the processes involved in translation and consequently, also those involved in subtitling, a very specific form of translation that goes well beyond text. The difference between understanding translation proper (i.e., written translation) and understanding subtitling is that the source text (ST) that needs to be received and understood is barely written text. Audiovisual (AV) STs are a complex combination and interaction of mostly spoken and sometimes written text, in combination with dynamic images, as well as music and sounds.