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Easy-to-understand language in audiovisual translation and accessibility: state of the art and future challenges
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This article presents a broad overview of easy-to-understand language and links it to audiovisual translation and accessibility. First, it discusses terminological and conceptual aspects. It also summarises the main standards and recommendations related to easy-to-understand language. Then, it describes how easy-to-understand language has been applied to audiovisual translation and accessibility and puts an emphasis on the results of the EASIT project, with a focus on subtitling and audio description. Finally, it suggests a series of challenges in terms of future research.
Title: Easy-to-understand language in audiovisual translation and accessibility: state of the art and future challenges
Description:
This article presents a broad overview of easy-to-understand language and links it to audiovisual translation and accessibility.
First, it discusses terminological and conceptual aspects.
It also summarises the main standards and recommendations related to easy-to-understand language.
Then, it describes how easy-to-understand language has been applied to audiovisual translation and accessibility and puts an emphasis on the results of the EASIT project, with a focus on subtitling and audio description.
Finally, it suggests a series of challenges in terms of future research.
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