Audio description as a special form of translation activity

Abstract

The article examines the current state of translation activity in Kazakhstan, which is focused on special social group of people in our society: people with special needs. This group of individuals needs special types of translation to communicate with the other people. These special types of translation are defined by the authors of the article as socially-oriented types of translation. Nowadays there are other types of translation for special social group of people such as sign language interpretation and dactylic interpretation which can be also considered as socially-oriented types of translation. The aim of the research is to study the historical and socio-cultural factors that led to the emergence and development of audio description. The main idea of the research emphasizes that socially-oriented types of translation fell out of sight of modern researches of translation and translation activity. As a result, it is necessary to recognize that the issues of creating a methodological base for audio description research as well as training of audio description translators are of particular relevance in modern society as well as in Kazakhstan. The study provided a compare analysis of audio description as a special from of translation activity.