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    Subtitling and Closed Captioning

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    Subtitling involves translating the spoken dialogue, narration, and off-screen conversations from a film into text displayed on screen so that viewers who do not understand the language can follow along. The translation process for subtitling has specific rules and time/space constraints not found in other translation work. Closed captioning supplements subtitles by adding descriptions of relevant non-verbal sounds to aid hearing impaired viewers or those watching without sound. The key difference is that subtitles assume the audio is audible while captions provide full descriptions for those who cannot hear.

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    Subtitling involves translating the spoken dialogue, narration, and off-screen conversations from a film into text displayed on screen so that viewers who do not understand the language can follow along. The translation process for subtitling has specific rules and time/space constraints not found in other translation work. Closed captioning supplements subtitles by adding descriptions of relevant non-verbal sounds to aid hearing impaired viewers or those watching without sound. The key difference is that subtitles assume the audio is audible while captions provide full descriptions for those who cannot hear.

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    Subtitling involves translating the spoken dialogue, narration, and off-screen conversations from a film into text displayed on screen so that viewers who do not understand the language can follow along. The translation process for subtitling has specific rules and time/space constraints not found in other translation work. Closed captioning supplements subtitles by adding descriptions of relevant non-verbal sounds to aid hearing impaired viewers or those watching without sound. The key difference is that subtitles assume the audio is audible while captions provide full descriptions for those who cannot hear.

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    Subtitling and Closed Captioning

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    Subtitling involves translating the spoken dialogue, narration, and off-screen conversations from a film into text displayed on screen so that viewers who do not understand the language can follow along. The translation process for subtitling has specific rules and time/space constraints not found in other translation work. Closed captioning supplements subtitles by adding descriptions of relevant non-verbal sounds to aid hearing impaired viewers or those watching without sound. The key difference is that subtitles assume the audio is audible while captions provide full descriptions for those who cannot hear.

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    Subtitling and Closed Captioning

    Subtitling and Closed Captioning

    Subtitling is a translation on an audio-visual platform. It is translation of spoken


    dialogue, narration and off-screen conversations. The translations are available on
    screen for the viewer to read. In this way, a conversation in a foreign language film
    becomes readable for an audience that does not speak or understand the language
    of the film.

    Subtitling has its own rules, specifications and procedures and use tools different
    from other computer aided translation (CAT) tools. Thus, it is a translation that has
    restrictions of time and space which directly affect the final result. Subtitle does not
    only consist of translating the textual context, but also supporting other aspects of
    video and audio.
    Phases of Subtitling:

    1. Spotting – In this the start and the end time is derived so that they are
    synchronized with the audio and also the maximum and minimum duration
    times need to be adhered.
    2. Translation – Translating from the source language and also accommodating
    the characters which are permitted for Subtitling.
    3. Correction – The complete sentence structure, comprehension and the overall
    translation need to be corrected wherever required. The subtitles should be
    split so that everyone can understand and also it matches the criteria of
    Subtitling.

    Difference between Subtitles and Closed Captions

    Although closed captions (CCs) and subtitles look similar, they are used for two
    different purposes.

    Subtitles provide a text alternative for the dialogue of video footage – the spoken
    words of characters, narrators and other voice over artists.

    Closed Captions supplement on-screen dialogue and also relevant parts of the
    soundtrack – describing background noises that are relevant for the viewer,
    considering that he would view the film on mute.
    Subtitles assume that the conversation is audible to the audience, but need the
    dialogue provided in text form as well. On the other hand, closed captioning is for an
    audience that cannot hear the audio (either due to hearing disability) and requires a
    text description of what they would otherwise be hearing (for ease of viewing from a
    distance or in silence).

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