Pilar Orero
Biographic Data
| ID | 5946053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pilar Orero |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pilar |
| FAMILY NAME | Orero |
| SIGNATURE | ORERO P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Autonòma de Barcelona |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0269-1936 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The Role of Text-Type and Genre in the Analysis of Subtitles
The United Nations agency UNESCO issued in 2009 the Paris Declaration on Broadcast Media and Climate Change: A Public Service Remit where the role of communication was underlined as vital in informing and educating the public about the realities of climate change and the costs of inaction. Citizens are informed of the environmental crisis through media channels. By integrating the topic of sustainability into all television programming, from chil…
Subtitles in VR 360° video. Results from an eye-tracking experiment
Virtual and Augmented Reality, collectively known as eXtended Reality, are key technologies for the next generation of human–computer–human interaction. In this context, 360° videos are becoming ubiquitous and especially suitable for providing immersive experiences thanks to the proliferation of affordable devices. This new medium has an untapped potential for the inclusion of modern subtitles to foster media content accessibility (Gejrot et al.,…
“Antibiotics are for everyone, our past and our future generations, right? If antibiotics are dead, we will be in big trouble”
Using focused messaging and exploring alternative channels of communications such as annual check-ins or tele-consultations with a regular doctor, and emphasizing continuity of care across all age groups would help bridge the identified gaps
Toward a Sign Language-Friendly Questionnaire Design
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requests “Nothing about us without us.” User-centered methodological research is the way to comply with this convention. Interaction with the deaf community must be in their language; hence sign language questionnaires are one of the tools to gather data. While in the past interacting with an online video questionnaire was out of the question, today it is a reality. This art…
Bibliometric and bibliographical research in Translation Studies
Sink or swim, publish or perish, there seems to be no way to live and let live, as Cole Porter sang. We live directly in the middle of a system, created by economists, in which accountability is th
Translation Peripheries
Effects of text chunking on subtitling
Our work serves as an assay of the visual impact of text chunking on live (respoken) subtitles. We evaluate subtitles constructed with different chunking methods to determine whether segmentation influences comprehension or otherwise affects the viewing experience. Disparities in hearing participants' recorded eye movements over four styles of subtitling suggest that chunking reduces the amount of time spent reading subtitles
Audiovisual translation. When modalities merge
Audiovisual Translation (AVT) has for some time enjoyed a special place in Translation Studies (TS), with many conferences, monographs and special issues in prestigious journals devoted to the many specialities within the field.An effort has been placed at bridging the two traditionally isolated realms of theory and practice, and recently a multidisciplinary approach has been identified as the way forward when dealing with research and training i…
How sound is the Pear Tree Story? Testing the effect of varying audio stimuli on visual attention distribution
Looking at the literature on the subject of audio description, there is a neglected area which is often mentioned but never studied: soundtrack. This article describes an empirical test with the aim of investigating one of the many thorny issues in audio description: how the soundtrack of audiovisual texts influences perception and comprehension of the scene. Viewers' perception of dynamic media can vary depending on the stimuli introduced, and l…
A contrastive analysis of the main benchmarking tools for research assessment in translation and interpreting
Research assessment has become one of the most taxing exercises that scholars have to endure on a regular basis. Publications seem to be the currency used nowadays for everything from getting funds for a PhD, to access to an academic post and indeed promotion. Research assessment results are also of key importance in university departments, as funding and resources are increasingly linked to research results. In the Department of Translation and …
Audio description, audio narration – a new era in AVT
This special issue is the second monograph dedicated exclusively to audio description (AD), the first being the volume edited by Ulla Fix in 2005 with the title Horfilm. Bildkompensation durch Spra
Audio description with audio subtitling – an emergent modality of audiovisual localisation
Audio description (AD) has established itself as a media access service for blind and partially sighted people across a range of countries, for different media and types of audiovisual performance (e.g. film, TV, theatre, opera). In countries such as the UK and Spain, legislation has been implemented for the provision of AD on TV, and the European Parliament has requested that AD for digital TV be monitored in projects such as DTV4ALL (www.psp-dt…
The Present and Future of Audio Description and Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Spain
The aim of this article is to describe the state of the art in Spain of the two most popular media accessible modalities: audio description and subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing. The article traces their origin and development up to the present time. It also examines standards and laws and analyses the economic and operative implications of media accessibility, which does not follow traditional economic parameters. The article aims to d…
Accessible Opera
The desire to make media available for all has been rapidly accepted and implemented by most European countries. Opera, as one of the many audiovisual representations, also falls under the category of production which needs to be made accessible and this article aims to analyse how opera has gone through a complete transformation to become a cultural event for all, overcoming not only linguistic but also sensorial barriers. The first part of the …
Teaching Audiovisual Translation Online
While some sceptics have argued against the feasibility of online translation teaching, the experience gained after two years running the PG face-to-face course at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona has given us belief in the project, even though we still lack a complete knowledge of the most effective workings of the online format. At the same university there is a team of experts on online teaching – Metodologies en educació (http://mem.uab.…
A contrastive analysis of the main benchmarking tools for research assessment in translation and interpreting
Research assessment has become one of the most taxing exercises that scholars have to endure on a regular basis. Publications seem to be the currency used nowadays for everything from getting funds for a PhD, to access to an academic post and indeed promotion. Research assessment results are also of key importance in university departments, as funding and resources are increasingly linked to research results. In the Department of Translation and …
Audio description with audio subtitling – an emergent modality of audiovisual localisation
Audio description (AD) has established itself as a media access service for blind and partially sighted people across a range of countries, for different media and types of audiovisual performance (e.g. film, TV, theatre, opera). In countries such as the UK and Spain, legislation has been implemented for the provision of AD on TV, and the European Parliament has requested that AD for digital TV be monitored in projects such as DTV4ALL (www.psp-dt…
Bibliometric and bibliographical research in Translation Studies
Sink or swim, publish or perish, there seems to be no way to live and let live, as Cole Porter sang. We live directly in the middle of a system, created by economists, in which accountability is th
Effects of text chunking on subtitling
Our work serves as an assay of the visual impact of text chunking on live (respoken) subtitles. We evaluate subtitles constructed with different chunking methods to determine whether segmentation influences comprehension or otherwise affects the viewing experience. Disparities in hearing participants' recorded eye movements over four styles of subtitling suggest that chunking reduces the amount of time spent reading subtitles
Accessible Opera
The desire to make media available for all has been rapidly accepted and implemented by most European countries. Opera, as one of the many audiovisual representations, also falls under the category of production which needs to be made accessible and this article aims to analyse how opera has gone through a complete transformation to become a cultural event for all, overcoming not only linguistic but also sensorial barriers. The first part of the …
Audiovisual translation. When modalities merge
Audiovisual Translation (AVT) has for some time enjoyed a special place in Translation Studies (TS), with many conferences, monographs and special issues in prestigious journals devoted to the many specialities within the field.An effort has been placed at bridging the two traditionally isolated realms of theory and practice, and recently a multidisciplinary approach has been identified as the way forward when dealing with research and training i…
Accessible Opera
The desire to make media available for all has been rapidly accepted and implemented by most European countries. Opera, as one of the many audiovisual representations, also falls under the category of production which needs to be made accessible and this article aims to analyse how opera has gone through a complete transformation to become a cultural event for all, overcoming not only linguistic but also sensorial barriers. The first part of the …
Teaching Audiovisual Translation Online
While some sceptics have argued against the feasibility of online translation teaching, the experience gained after two years running the PG face-to-face course at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona has given us belief in the project, even though we still lack a complete knowledge of the most effective workings of the online format. At the same university there is a team of experts on online teaching – Metodologies en educació (http://mem.uab.…
The Present and Future of Audio Description and Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Spain
The aim of this article is to describe the state of the art in Spain of the two most popular media accessible modalities: audio description and subtitling for the deaf and hard of hearing. The article traces their origin and development up to the present time. It also examines standards and laws and analyses the economic and operative implications of media accessibility, which does not follow traditional economic parameters. The article aims to d…
Audio description, audio narration – a new era in AVT
This special issue is the second monograph dedicated exclusively to audio description (AD), the first being the volume edited by Ulla Fix in 2005 with the title Horfilm. Bildkompensation durch Spra
Audio description with audio subtitling – an emergent modality of audiovisual localisation
Audio description (AD) has established itself as a media access service for blind and partially sighted people across a range of countries, for different media and types of audiovisual performance (e.g. film, TV, theatre, opera). In countries such as the UK and Spain, legislation has been implemented for the provision of AD on TV, and the European Parliament has requested that AD for digital TV be monitored in projects such as DTV4ALL (www.psp-dt…
A contrastive analysis of the main benchmarking tools for research assessment in translation and interpreting
Research assessment has become one of the most taxing exercises that scholars have to endure on a regular basis. Publications seem to be the currency used nowadays for everything from getting funds for a PhD, to access to an academic post and indeed promotion. Research assessment results are also of key importance in university departments, as funding and resources are increasingly linked to research results. In the Department of Translation and …
Translation Peripheries
Effects of text chunking on subtitling
Our work serves as an assay of the visual impact of text chunking on live (respoken) subtitles. We evaluate subtitles constructed with different chunking methods to determine whether segmentation influences comprehension or otherwise affects the viewing experience. Disparities in hearing participants' recorded eye movements over four styles of subtitling suggest that chunking reduces the amount of time spent reading subtitles
Audiovisual translation. When modalities merge
Audiovisual Translation (AVT) has for some time enjoyed a special place in Translation Studies (TS), with many conferences, monographs and special issues in prestigious journals devoted to the many specialities within the field.An effort has been placed at bridging the two traditionally isolated realms of theory and practice, and recently a multidisciplinary approach has been identified as the way forward when dealing with research and training i…
How sound is the Pear Tree Story? Testing the effect of varying audio stimuli on visual attention distribution
Looking at the literature on the subject of audio description, there is a neglected area which is often mentioned but never studied: soundtrack. This article describes an empirical test with the aim of investigating one of the many thorny issues in audio description: how the soundtrack of audiovisual texts influences perception and comprehension of the scene. Viewers' perception of dynamic media can vary depending on the stimuli introduced, and l…
Bibliometric and bibliographical research in Translation Studies
Sink or swim, publish or perish, there seems to be no way to live and let live, as Cole Porter sang. We live directly in the middle of a system, created by economists, in which accountability is th
Toward a Sign Language-Friendly Questionnaire Design
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requests “Nothing about us without us.” User-centered methodological research is the way to comply with this convention. Interaction with the deaf community must be in their language; hence sign language questionnaires are one of the tools to gather data. While in the past interacting with an online video questionnaire was out of the question, today it is a reality. This art…
“Antibiotics are for everyone, our past and our future generations, right? If antibiotics are dead, we will be in big trouble”
Using focused messaging and exploring alternative channels of communications such as annual check-ins or tele-consultations with a regular doctor, and emphasizing continuity of care across all age groups would help bridge the identified gaps
The Role of Text-Type and Genre in the Analysis of Subtitles
The United Nations agency UNESCO issued in 2009 the Paris Declaration on Broadcast Media and Climate Change: A Public Service Remit where the role of communication was underlined as vital in informing and educating the public about the realities of climate change and the costs of inaction. Citizens are informed of the environmental crisis through media channels. By integrating the topic of sustainability into all television programming, from chil…
Subtitles in VR 360° video. Results from an eye-tracking experiment
Virtual and Augmented Reality, collectively known as eXtended Reality, are key technologies for the next generation of human–computer–human interaction. In this context, 360° videos are becoming ubiquitous and especially suitable for providing immersive experiences thanks to the proliferation of affordable devices. This new medium has an untapped potential for the inclusion of modern subtitles to foster media content accessibility (Gejrot et al.,…
Computer Science (12 works) · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media (10 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Social science (5 works) · Translation Studies and Practices (5 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Multimedia (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (3 works)