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Maszerowska, Anna, Anna Matamala Ripoll and Pilar Orero Clavero, eds. 2014. Audio description: new perspectives illustrated (Benjamins Translation Library 112). Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 212 pp.
Publication type
Edited volume
Publication language
English
Title as subject
Main ISBN
9789027258526

Abstract

Audio description (AD) is a narrative technique which provides complementary information regarding the where, who, what and how of any audiovisual content. It translates the visuals into words. The principal function of this ad hoc narrative is to make audiovisual content available to all: be it a guided city tour of Barcelona, a 3D film, or a Picasso painting. Audio description is one of the younger siblings of Audiovisual Translation, and it is epigonic to the audiovisual translation modality chosen. This book is the first volume on the topic written in English and it brings together an international team of leading audio description teachers, scholars, and practitioners to address the basic issues regarding audio description strategies. Using one stimulus, Quentin Tarantino’s film Inglourious Basterds (2009), the authors analysed what, when, where and how to audio describe.
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