Quality Control of Subtitles: A Study of Subtitlers, Proofreaders, Quality Controllers, LSPs and Broadcasters/Streaming Services

Kristijan Nikolic 2021. Quality Control of Subtitles: A Study of Subtitlers, Proofreaders, Quality Controllers, LSPs and Broadcasters/Streaming Services. Journal of Audiovisual Translation. 4 (3), pp. 66-88. https://doi.org/10.47476/jat.v4i3.2021.182

TitleQuality Control of Subtitles: A Study of Subtitlers, Proofreaders, Quality Controllers, LSPs and Broadcasters/Streaming Services
TypeJournal article
AuthorsKristijan Nikolic
Abstract

Quality control of subtitles is a relatively unresearched field, even though it has a significant influence on the overall quality, and thus viewers’ experience of subtitles. It is carried out in different ways: various language service providers and broadcasters have different procedures, for instance, it sometimes solely involves proofreading. An online questionnaire has been distributed among professionals involved in the production chain of subtitles: broadcasters, streaming and video-on-demand services, vendors also known as language service providers, subtitlers, quality controllers and proofreaders.
The hope is that this report will enable professionals involved in quality control of subtitles to further enhance their quality control procedures. The results of this research could also be used in experimental investigation of viewers’ perception of quality in subtitling by using the same research methods applied in this study.

JournalJournal of Audiovisual Translation
Journal citation4 (3), pp. 66-88
ISSN2617-9148
Year2021
PublisherEuropean Association for Studies in Screen Translation
Publisher's version
License
CC BY 4.0
File Access Level
Open (open metadata and files)
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.47476/jat.v4i3.2021.182
Web address (URL)https://doi.org/10.47476/jat.v4i3.2021.182
Publication dates
Published28 Dec 2021

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