[access-uk] Re: CHILDREN OF BESLAN FOLLOW0UP

  • From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:03:23 +0100

Sorry folks, hadn't realised this had come to the list.  Still, I
suppose it saves me sending out individual copies.  But apologies to
those for whom it had no interest.
 
Cheers now.
 
Ian

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On Behalf Of Ian Macrae
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        Subject: [access-uk] Re: CHILDREN OF BESLAN FOLLOW0UP
        
        
        Here you go Carol.
         

                -----Original Message-----
                From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Carol Pearson
                Sent: 21 October 2005 13:23
                To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                Subject: [access-uk] Re: CHILDREN OF BESLAN FOLLOW0UP
                
                
                Ian,
                 
                I think the key lies at the end of what they say . . .
or in associated material"!
                 
                I'd be grateful if you could send out those guidelines,
please.
                
                
                

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                Carol
                carol.pearson@xxxxxxxxxxxx 

                 

                        -----Original Message-----
                        From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ian Macrae
                        Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 1:18 PM
                        To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                        Subject: [access-uk] CHILDREN OF BESLAN
FOLLOW0UP
                        
                        

                        A few weeks ago, a number of listers complained
both to the Beeb and on list about untranslated foreign language
contributions to this BBC2 programme.  Since then I've spent some time
trying to establish the exact policy position with regard to this
practise.  As you'll see from the quotation below, the guidelines leave
themselves open to interpretation and would appear to allow for
precisely the sort of defence offered by programme makers in the most
recent instances.  I'd suggest that if people take issue with the
guidelines they do so by writing to Mark Byford, Deputy Director
General, BBC Media Centre, Media village, London W12 7TQ.  The full
guidelines are available for viewing on the BBC Website and a search on
Guidelines for visually impaired viewers should get you there.
Alternatively, if anyone would like a copy, I'll happily send them out.
In the meantime what they say on this issue is:

                                4. FOREIGN LANGUAGE CONTRIBUTIONS 

                                        If foreign language
contributions are subtitled, but not audibly translated, they become
inaccessible to people with a visual impairment. People with dyslexia
can also find it difficult to read subtitles. Therefore, foreign
language contributions should normally be translated with a voice in the
main programme language in all new BBC programmes. 

                                        However there may be exceptional
occasions where it is necessary editorially for the voice to remain
unchanged.  They may arise where, for example, it is important to
understand the emotion of a speaker giving personal testimony. In such
cases the contribution may be subtitled. However, we should always then
consider whether the essence of information in the contribution can be
conveyed verbally elsewhere in the programme, or in associated material.



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