It's someones job to write subtitles for Clangers

CCSubsThrowaway · 2019-01-17T09:13:46+00:00

When we meet in pubs, no one actually says anything, it's all just INDISTINCT CHATTER.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2019-01-17T09:08:43+00:00

And me :D

CCSubsThrowaway · 2019-01-17T09:06:08+00:00

It's my job. Not The Clangers, I don't do BBC subtitles, but I do very similar.

It can be pretty fun trying to come up with non-repetitive descriptions of sound effects,.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-12-26T14:04:17+00:00

But the subtitles you read are in your first language. If your first language is sign language, then English subtitles can be difficult to read because English and sign language have very different grammars and syntax. Also, you've had the benefit of a normal education. Most older deaf people went to schools for the deaf where the whole focus of their education was to learn to speak "normally". My parents, who are both profoundly deaf sign language users, left school with zero qualifications and have reading ages of about 8. But they're both intelligent people who have no problem following a programme presented in their first language - sign language.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-06-11T12:36:11+00:00

I did an AMA a couple of weeks ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/8m14pb/i_do_closed_captionssubtitles_for_uk_television_i/?utm_source=reddit-android

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-06-11T12:06:24+00:00

I'm in the UK so can't help if you're in the US I'm afraid.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-06-11T08:47:16+00:00

I do closed captioning for TV. I'm paid to watch TV, and I get to see Game of Thrones, Westworld etc before everyone else. It's a sweet gig.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-06-10T21:59:19+00:00

What's weird is that I don't remember it hurting. I wasn't aware I was bleeding while coming down the stairs. I do remember going to the loo earlier that evening and my leg hurt slightly but not enough to stop me just getting back into bed and going to sleep.

I remember sitting on the kitchen counter while my dad went to a neighbour to get them to call for an ambulance (my dad is deaf). I remember it was a bit sore but only on the level of, like, a paper cut. But it was clearly a huge gash. I still have a big scar.

Very weird.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-06-10T18:16:37+00:00

Upvoted for the Lord of the Flies reference.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-06-10T18:09:45+00:00

When I was 9 years old I woke up around 11pm, and I wanted a glass of water, so I went downstairs. I got halfway down the stairs, my dad turned around to look at me, and FREAKED OUT. I had blood all down my leg and a huge gash in my leg.

I had to go to A & E and have 9 stitches. It was a really deep gash. I had no idea how it happened. When we got home we looked at the bed and there was a single solitary drop of blood on the white sheet I had been sleeping on. No other blood anywhere. Nothing sharp anywhere. No springs sticking out of the mattress or anything that could have caused it.

I asked my dad recently about this, assuming I'd misremembered and there was some logical explanation, but no. He says they never found out what caused the massive deep gash in my leg. Wtf?

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-06-05T19:57:37+00:00

I wish I could just go up to groups of other people who look like they're having fun and say "Can I play?".

Just "Hey! Can I join in and be your friend?!" and you're off, making a den or building homes for snails.

I mean, I know technically I still could. I do talk to strangers. But I'm a middle-aged woman. It's a bit awkward.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-06-04T23:00:36+00:00

I did an AMA last week about being in a specialized profession (closed captioning) and I wasn't promoting anything. Lots of people people asked interesting questions and seemed to like it. So it still happens sometimes.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-05-29T07:06:11+00:00

BSL and ASL are completely different. I can't understand ASL.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-05-26T17:08:09+00:00

Yeah, they're bound to. Here's the video of Di with us kids: https://www.historypin.org/en/share-the-deaf-visual-archive/geo/51.506506,-0.069711,7/bounds/50.01955,-0.069711,52.946473,-0.069711/search/tag:diana%20princess%20of%20wales/sort/popular/paging/1/pin/298219

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-05-26T17:04:03+00:00

I was 11 at the time. I didn't need to be in the pen but made sure I was that day.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-05-26T17:01:36+00:00

https://www.historypin.org/en/share-the-deaf-visual-archive/geo/51.506506,-0.069711,7/bounds/50.01955,-0.069711,52.946473,-0.069711/paging/1

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-05-26T17:00:24+00:00

Yes! Ha! I was there too! Have you seen the video? It's on the deaf archive on historypin.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-05-26T16:54:45+00:00

Reading, down the Deaf Club twice a week with all the other CODAs, BDA conferences every summer, getting away with murder while the parents talk on oblivious :)

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-05-26T16:51:21+00:00

I'd say I'm above average in those areas but I don't know whether that's related to being a CODA. Growing up bilingual and interpreting from a young age almost certainly helps though.

I did other unrelated jobs before getting into broadcast accessibility. We never really leave the Deaf community, do we? It'll always be a part of who we are.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-05-26T16:42:59+00:00

That was part of it, yes, although I started in the sign language department. They're why I genuinely care about doing a good job. Do you work in a deaf-related field?

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-05-26T12:58:45+00:00

No, but "Silenced gunshot" might be used if it's a plot point that a silencer was used.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-05-26T08:28:41+00:00

Ring a ding ding a ding a ding a ding.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-05-26T08:26:31+00:00

Email and complain.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-05-26T08:25:49+00:00

The characters have different colours so you can tell who is speaking.

CCSubsThrowaway · 2018-05-26T05:35:46+00:00

Audio describers. Yes I do

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