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Subtitles

Adaptation for hearing audiences (subtitling in any language on any audio track) differs substantially from that for the deaf. In addition to a shorter duration of subtitles on screen, there is also less focus on absolute syntactic simplicity; however, the tendency to transform every subtitle into a meaningful sentence and to limit "chains" of subordinate clauses remains a common and fundamental rule.

Logically, in standard adaptation, all those attentions directed at sound details that the deaf person cannot perceive will be missing, such as the names of the character speaking off-camera, guide colors to identify the speaker, musical indications, or ambient noises.

Translating the informality of spontaneous speech into the completeness of written code is a delicate task. It requires the ability to integrate, interpret, and, in some cases, correct the text from improper forms that — although they provide characterizing information in speech — can result in prejudice to rapid visual comprehension.