Translating Audio Description Scripts
Subtitle: Translation As a New Strategy of Creating Audio Description
Publisher: Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter; Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften; Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9783631653449
Subjects: Translating and interpreting; Multimedia systems; Audio-visual equipment
Description: Translating audio description scripts from foreign into source language seems to be a tempting alternative strategy of creating audio description scripts in those countries where audio description is still scarce. This book presents the results of a three-stage study. This study was conducted to test whether the translation of audio description scripts written by experienced British audio describers into Polish is a solution that is less time and money consuming. Besides it was analysed whether the scripts created through the application of the translation strategy preserve the quality that satisfies the target recipients. The obtained results prove that translation of audio description scripts is not only possible, but also beneficial when it comes to time consumption, costs and quality of audio description.