Easy-to-understand language in audiovisual translation and accessibility : State of the art and future challenges
Matamala, Anna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Date:	2022
Description:	15 pàg.
Abstract:	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.
Grants:	Generalitat de Catalunya 2017/SGR-113
Note:	Altres ajuts: EASIT is a project funded by the Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships programme (2018-1- ES01-KA203-05275).
Rights:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Accessibility ; Audiovisual translation ; Easy-to-understand language ; Plain language ; Easy-to-read
Published in:	XLinguae, Vol. 15, Num. 2 (2022) , p. 130-144, ISSN 1337-8384

DOI: 10.18355/xl.2022.15.02.10

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