“5X FAVELA, AGORA POR NÓS MESMOS”: A STUDY ABOUT SUBTITLING AND AUDIO DESCRIPTION

Abstract The aim of this article is to provide an overview of two modalities of Audiovisual Translation (AVT), the subtitling for hearing viewers and Audio Description (AD), followed by a study of the film “5x favela, now by ourselves”, demonstrating not only the importance of AVT as an accessibility resource, but also as an element of significance of the film. Based on Araújo (2008), Franco and Araújo (2011), Chaume (2004), Diaz-Cintas (2007), Romero-Fresco (2013), among other researchers, a comparison was made between the Portuguese subtitles featured on the DVD of the movie, and what would be the Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard-of-hearing (SDH), an important feature the DVD does not offer. The results obtained in the analysis show the relevance of the TAV for the construction of meanings, the predominant characteristics of the AD and the difficulties arising from the absence of the SDH.摘要 本文旨在系统概述视听翻译（Audiovisual Translation, AVT）的两种核心模态：面向听力正常受众的字幕，以及音频描述（Audio Description, AD）；随后以影片"5x favela, now by ourselves"为研究对象，论证视听翻译不仅是重要的无障碍传播资源，更是赋予影片深层表意价值的核心要素。本文依托Araújo（2008）、Franco与Araújo（2011）、Chaume（2004）、Diaz-Cintas（2007）、Romero-Fresco（2013）等多位学者的研究成果，将该片DVD附带的葡萄牙语字幕，与该DVD未提供的关键功能——聋人与听力受损者字幕（Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, SDH）进行对比分析。分析结果表明，视听翻译在意义建构中具备关键价值，同时展现了音频描述的主导性特征，以及缺失该类字幕所引发的实践难题。