Captions and Subtitles - terminology

[shawna-slh]

Issue:

• Some areas use "captions" and "subtitles" (subtitles only for translation).
• Some areas use "intralingual subtitles" (same thing as "captions") and "interlingual subtitles" (translations).

Straw proposal:

• On the intro page, in the element list, use:

  Captions/Subtitles — Captions (also called “intralingual subtitles”)...

• For the page title and nav, use:

  Captions/Subtitles

• Explain the terminology in this Captions and Subtitles section
• Primarily use "captions" (not "subtitles") throughout the resource.

Rationale:

• People who use only subtitle terminology will see "Captions/Subtitles" in the element description, navigation item, and page title — and hopefully easily make the connection.
• People who use captions and subtitles as different things, won't get confused.

[bakkenb]

+1 to straw proposal

[eoncins]

+1 to straw proposal

[eoncins]

I would avoid the use of the term "intralingual subtitles" and "interlingual subtitles" without a previous explanation, it may be considered jargon. Maybe it is better to use the term "Subtitles for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH) for "intralingual subtitles" and "subtitles" for "interlingual subtitles". According to De Linde and Kay (1999:1) “there are two distinct types of subtitling: intralingual subtitling (for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) and interlingual subtitling (for foreign language films)”.

Linde, Zoe de & Kay, Neil (1999). "The Semiotics of Subtitling". Manchester: St. Jerome Publishing.

[shawna-slh]

I would avoid the use of the term "intralingual subtitles" and "interlingual subtitles" without a previous explanation, it may be considered jargon. Maybe it is better to use the term "Subtitles for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH) ...

We have it explained in the Captions/Subtitles page in this section: [Captions and Subtitles section]https://deploy-preview-7--wai-media-guide.netlify.com/design-develop/media/captions/#captions-and-subtitles

On the intro page, in Elements of Accessible Video and Audio Media, we currently have:

Captions/Subtitles — Captions (also called “intralingual subtitles”) provide content to people who are Deaf and others who cannot hear the audio. Captions are a text version of the speech and non-speech audio information needed to understand the content. Subtitles are the spoken audio translated into another language.

I'm thinking that's OK because we have the explanation of it right there. I think it would be unnecessarily redundant to say: "Captions (also called subtitles for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)) provide content to people who are Deaf and others who cannot hear the audio."

[sharronrush]

+1 to straw proposal

[eoncins]

+1 straw proposal

I also think that is important to align terminology with WCAG and avoid the use of different terms.

[cochfarf]

+1 to straw proposal

[shawna-slh]

done :-)