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Listening to Subtitles

Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Anna Matamala editor Pilar Orero editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

Published:28th Apr '10

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This book is the first monographic study on subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing from a multidisciplinary perspective, from engineering to philology. The book departs from studies, analyses, tests, validations, resulting data, and their application from the nation-wide research on accessibility and usability of subtitles carried out in Spain.
Tests and further analysis were carried out paying attention to users’ hearing profiles, the many formal features of subtitles – size, font, colour, position, etc. –, and the syntax of the subtitle. The book also contains articles which discuss present and future research on subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing carried out in Canada and across Europe: Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Poland, Spain, and UK. It provides an outlook for the implementation of the European Guidelines on Media Accessibility.

«The great amount of research-based contributions included in this work turn it into a very updated and trustworthy reference.» (Noa Talaván Zanón, The Journal of Specialised Translation)
«(...) the book is a great compilation about the most recent works in subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing.» (Yaima Aimee Centeno, The Linguist List)

ISBN: 9783034303538

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 390g

236 pages

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