Audio description in translation studies

The state of the field

Bibliographic Data

ID16675726
AuthorsJackie Xiu Yan (0000-0001-7295-1356, City University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), Shuting Wang (0000-0002-2038-9979, City University of Hong Kong), Meilong Liu (0000-0001-7820-5602, Shenzhen Polytechnic University), Su Lin (0000-0001-7517-9859, City University of Hong Kong), Andre Chow (0009-0002-6119-768X, City University of Hong Kong)
Year2026
Pages1-24
Publication date2026-04-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePerspectives (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0907-676X • E-ISSN: 1747-6623
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0907676x.2026.2650634
OpenAlexW7154375341
LanguageEN
References cited82

Researchers in translation studies (TS) are paying increasing attention to various aspects of audio description (AD). However, the role and status of AD within TS remain unclear. Is it a legitimate subfield of TS? To provide a clear picture of AD studies, the researchers conducted a bibliometric review of journal articles on AD from 2004 to 2024. A database was constructed, and the selection of journals in the database used the following criteria: theoretical importance and relevance to translation and interpreting research, geographical coverage and size of readership, and journal rankings. The articles were analyzed, and the relationships between AD and TS were explored from linguistic, sociological, epistemological and cultural perspectives. Based on thematic analysis of the data, categories and sub-categories were created, the distribution of categories of articles in each year was obtained, and statistics on the researchers and their research backgrounds were generated. The findings provide an up-to-date overview of AD studies that is expected to offer a precise ‘map’ specific to TS to guide researchers in the field.

Feature (linguistics · Field (mathematics · State (computer science · Translation (biology · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media · Translation Studies and Practices

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