subtitle 和 caption 的区别.pdf

Understanding captions subtitles The terms captioning and subtitling may be confusing to some readers. Both terms relate to the addition of onscreen text that renders dialogue. But captioning and subtitling are significantly different : 1. Captions are intended for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences. The assumed audience for subtitling is hearing people who do not understand the language of dialogue. 2. Captions move to denote who is speaking; subtitles are almost always set at bottom centre. 3. Captions can explicitly state the speaker’s name: 1. [MARTIN] 2. Announcer: 3. ORIGINAL CAST OF ANNIE: 4. Captions notate sound effects and other dramatically significant audio. Subtitles assume you can hear the phone ringing, the footsteps outside the door, or a thunderclap. 5. Subtitles are usually open (permanent, always visible). Captions are usually closed (selectable; you can turn them on or off). Closed subtitles, however, are now more numerous due to the popularity of DVDs. 6. Captions are usually in the same language as the audio. Subtitles are usually a translation. 7. Subtitles also translate onscreen type in another language, e.g., a sign tacked to a door, a computer monitor display, a newspaper headline, or opening credits. 8. Subtitles never mention the source language. A film with dialogue in multiple languages will feature continuous subtitles that never indicate that the source language has changed. (Or only dialogue in one language will be subtitled.) 9. Captions tend to actually transcribe and render utterances in a foreign language, or transliterate that dialogue if a different writing system is used, or state the name of the language being spoken. 10. Captioning aims to render all utterances. Subtitles are selective and do not bother to duplicate some verbal forms, e.g., proper