Tuesday, December 15, 2009

What is the difference between subtitle and caption?

It is confusing to me. I thought the function that can show us what the TV says is capition but some say that it is subtitle. In my opinion, subtitle has to be translated in some other languages...Is that right? And the closed capition and just capition are different?What is the difference between subtitle and caption?
In your example, there isn’t any meaningful difference.


By convention, however, subtitles are the translations that would appear underneath frames in a movie.


Whereas the expression “closed-captioning”(for the hearing-impaired) is used to describe the ongoing translation of a TV broadcast.





To repeat, there’s no meaningful distinction, but by convention, the word subtitle is used in one context and the word captioning is used in the other.





In another context, printed matter for instance, there is a greater distinction.





A subtitle is an alternate, second title for an article or book.


A caption explains a picture or a cartoon. It usually appears below the graphicWhat is the difference between subtitle and caption?
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A subtitle is the text of the translated dialog shown under the medium.





A caption is just writing, usually conveying a punchline, explanation or description of an image in the form of a drawing or photograph.

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