Diaz-Cintas, Jorge;
Palomo Lopez, Alicia;
(2025)
Crafting accessible narratives: effective audio description of children's media.
In: Díaz-Cintas, Jorge and Borodo, Michał, (eds.)
The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Young Audiences.
(pp. 230-243).
Routledge: Taylor & Francis Group: New York, NY, US.
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Abstract
This chapter provides a literature review of research conducted on audio description (AD), highlighting its use for language learning and development purposes among blind and visually impaired (BVI) children, who can benefit from being regularly exposed to this professional practice. Bearing in mind its didactic potential, the focus rests on how AD can support language acquisition and contribute to extending BVI children’s vocabulary range, in particular, through the use of echolalia. A number of recommendations are put forward to draft audio description scripts that result in more enjoyable and accessible productions, by placing special emphasis on the language register being used, the way in which sound effects are described, the role of songs in children’s productions, the weaving of filmic language to describe scenes and the importance of voice delivery among others.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Crafting accessible narratives: effective audio description of children's media |
| ISBN: | 1032270624 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781032270623 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003291169-20 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author-accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > SELCS > Translation Studies |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10205643 |
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