Training in subtitling for the d/Deaf and the hard-of-hearing

Abstract

As Kelly (2005: 8) reminds us, “translator training is a phenomenon which begins in the mid twentieth century. Until then translators were essentially either language specialists or bilinguals, self-taught in translation, or with some form of apprenticeship or mentoring alongside more experienced colleagues”. As far as audiovisual translation (AVT) is concerned, it might be more exact to say that training, within the educational system, only began in the very late twentieth century and that specific emphasis on subtitling for the deaf and the hard-of-hearing (SDH) only arose in the early years of this twenty-first century.1 Very much in line with what Gambier (2003: 184) says for the training of screen translators in general, training in SDH should aim at developing all the competences that are considered in the training of screen translators who, by turn, have to master the full range of competences required by any type of translator. Taking this into account, one might say that the further we go down the line, the greater specialisation is required and emphasis will need to be placed on those aspects that make this particular type of AVT different from every other. In a nutshell, what makes SDH ‘different’ is the fact that its privileged addressees,

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