When East Meets West : a comparison of audio description guidelines in China and Europe
Tor Carroggio, Irene (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Vercauteren, Gert (Universiteit Antwepent)

Date:	2020
Abstract:	Despite China being the country with most disabled people in the world, the provision of media accessibility services and their academic study are still in their infancy. The present study set out with two objectives: to present a sample of three Chinese audio description guidelines that are mainly employed for training purposes, and to compare the Chinese situation in terms of guidelines with that of Europe, to see if there are any relevant differences to point out and any mutual lessons to be learnt. Our results show there are a number of general similarities between the different Chinese and European guidelines and that the main difference is the different approach to objective vs. subjective description. While Europe is moving away from the dichotomy between objectivity and subjectivity, China still advocates objectivity as being a necessary characteristic of quality audio description.
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2017/SGR-113 European Commission 761999 European Commission 2016-1-IT02-KA203-024311
Note:	Altres ajuts: PGC2018-096566-B-I00
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Audiovisual translation ; Media accessibility ; Audio description ; European audio description guidelines ; Chinese audio description guidelines
Published in:	Hikma, Vol. 19, núm. 1 (2020) , p. 167-186, ISSN 1579-9794

DOI: 10.21071/hikma.v19i1.12197

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