- From: Eric Carlson <eric.carlson@apple.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:48:40 -0700
- To: John Foliot <jfoliot@stanford.edu>
- Cc: 'Philippe Le Hegaret' <plh@w3.org>, 'Philip Jägenstedt' <philipj@opera.com>, public-html-a11y@w3.org
On Jul 19, 2010, at 4:21 PM, John Foliot wrote: > Philippe Le Hegaret wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> QUESTION: Are subtitles separate documents? Or are they combined with >>>> captions >>>> in a single document, in which case multiple documents may be >>>> present to >>>> support subtitles and captions in various languages, e.g. EN, FR, >>>> DE, JP, etc. > > The difference between captions and subtitles is nuanced to a certain > extent. Captions traditionally are the same language as that spoken 'on > screen', whilst sub-titles traditionally are alternative languages (for > example, an Italian language movie would have captions with lang="IT", but > subtitles in lang="EN") > We shouldn't forget forced subtitles either: subtitles that are always displayed, regardless of user preference, usually during dialog spoken in a different language from that used in most of the movie. eric
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