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Subtitles (Motion pictures, television, etc.)


  • Here are entered works on translations of dialogue into another language that appear on the screen during motion pictures, television programs, etc. Works on the display of the audio portion of motion pictures, television programs, etc., as text on the screen for the benefit of people with hearing impairments are entered under [Closed captioning.] Technical works on the creation or addition of credit titles, subtitles, or other printed captions for motion pictures or television are entered under Motion pictures--Titling or Television programs--Titling.
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    • Captions (Subtitles)
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    • found: Work cat: Feng Teng, Mark. Language learning through captioned videos, 2020:CIP summary (This innovative research- and pedagogy-oriented book delves into the study and application of incidental vocabulary acquisition in English through captioned videos. This technology offers EFL students of different ages even greater opportunities for vocabulary learning than the traditional classroom.) (DLC)2020039812
    • found: OED online, Dec. 14, 2020:subtitle (def. 4.b: in film, television etc.; A caption appearing across the lower portion of a cinema screen, or of the frame of a television programme, video recording, etc., and typically supplying a translation of the dialogue, or a version of it for the benefit of the deaf or hard of hearing; (also) a similar caption provided for the audience of an opera or other stage performance (cf. surtitle n.). Frequently in plural.)
    • found: Merriam-Webster online, Dec. 14, 2020:subtitle (def. 2: a printed statement or fragment of dialogue appearing on the screen between the scenes of a silent motion picture or appearing as a translation at the bottom of the screen during the scenes of a motion picture or television show in a foreign language)
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    • Here are entered works on translations of dialogue into another language that appear on the screen during motion pictures, television programs, etc. Works on the display of the audio portion of motion pictures, television programs, etc., as text on the screen for the benefit of people with hearing impairments are entered under [Closed captioning.] Technical works on the creation or addition of credit titles, subtitles, or other printed captions for motion pictures or television are entered under Motion pictures--Titling or Television programs--Titling.
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    • Note under [Closed captioning; Motion pictures--Titling; Television programs--Titling]
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    • 2020-12-14: new
    • 2021-02-03: revised
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