Subtitled II. (Translation)
Whenever we are given subtitles to translate, we should know if they are already timed or not. On this depends the time we need to finish our job. If the file is timed, the ideal thing would be to use…
Jorge Banet Ponce
Subtitled I.(Creation)
One of the resources that is most utilized when searching for a web is the subtitle of videos. This saves us the hassle of having to re-record audio or create new videos with another language: this is why the subtitling…
Myths surrounding deafness X
Myth X- Deaf people are naturally distrustful of others. Stubborn people and cats are distrustful of others. – Typical Spanish proverb – Normally, a person isn’t born with a determined personality. Education and life are the factors that define a…
Myths surrounding deafness IX
Myth IX- The grammatical structure of sign language and spoken language is the same. There are structural differences in the sentences for both languages. There are more than 4000 languages spoken in the world and they are divided into two…
Myths surrounding deafness VIII
Myth VIII – Deaf people can’t drive. Deaf people can drive. As a matter of fact, when we drive we mainly use our sight. There’s a general belief that people with disabilities are driving- impaired. This is a half-truth; people…
Myths surrounding deafness VII
Myth VII- Deaf people don’t make noises. Deaf people make the same amount of noise as hearing people do; even more so, due to the fact that they don’t hear themselves. Many times common sense is the least of the…
Myths surrounding deafness VI
Myth VI- Deaf people hear and understand if spoken louder. Being louder doesn’t help the deaf (or foreigners) to understand what one is saying. Depending on the degree of hearing loss a person has, speaking louder could help them understand…
Myths surrounding deafness V
Myth V- All deaf people know how to read lips. “The development of lip-reading requires that apprentices follow all the cues related to the message, including the surroundings and the movements the speaker makes as he/she speaks.” (Shea and Bauer,…
Myths surrounding deafness IV
Myth IV- Deaf people hear everything with the help of a hearing aid. With the help of a hearing aid, some deaf people hear a lot of sounds and others understand the oral language, but they do not hear like…
Myths surrounding deafness III
Myth III- Deaf people can read and write without a problem. Generally, deaf people have difficulties in reading and writing. This is because in the learning read-writing process we must associate forms to sounds. If we can’t hear, this association…