Sign of the Times: British Sign Language Poetry in an Already Image-Preoccupied Society

对于社会包容和艺术可及性的发展来说，车贴语诗歌，而不仅仅是那些只涉及D/聋人经历的诗歌（聋人指的是文化身份，聋人指的是听力学能力），在书面英语翻译之外也是至关重要的。最近的出版物越来越多地寻求D/聋人作家的经验，并在他们的呼吁中加入了车贴语，包括：岩浆69：聋人问题（2017），楼梯和耳语：D/聋人和残疾人诗人回信（2017）和现代诗歌翻译：我们的小宇宙（2019）。然而，这些出版物的标题、文本和视频分布在各种资源中，并且大多数依赖于传统文本形式的英语翻译。随着技术的发展，车贴语诗歌的翻译可以得到显著改善。这个博士将创建一个车贴语诗歌的数字展览，旨在通过不断使用技术发展和数字方法来扩大和激发观众的热情，以确保诗歌能够被广泛的观众所接受。在多个部分，本次展览将探索一系列著名的车语诗人的翻译，如理查德·卡特、比·韦伯斯特、多特·迈尔斯和卡罗琳·帕克，以及我自己的创造性作品的翻译。它的目标是提供连贯的视听翻译工具，如音频描述、旁白、文字记录，以及有待进一步研究的增强现实字幕（由国家剧院引入）。上述所有内容都展示了最佳实践出版标准，以确保可持续获取BSL诗歌。作为我创作部分的一部分，我有机会采取合作的方式，促进诗歌研讨会。这位博士可以通过向学生展示他们第一次接触BSL诗歌的经历，来吸引约旦镇学校的聋哑儿童或当地慈善机构“行动聋哑青年”。与选集《英格兰：来自一所学校的诗歌》（2018）类似，它可以鼓励学生做出创造性的回应，并为数字展览中翻译工具的不同成功提供正式和非正式反馈的机会。

It is crucial for social inclusion and the development of arts accessibility that BSL poetry, and not just that exclusively involving D/deaf experiences (Deaf referring to cultural identity, deaf referring to audiological ability), be available beyond the written English language translations. Recent publications have increasingly sought after the experiences of D/deaf writers and included BSL in their calls including: Magma 69: The Deaf Issue (2017), Stairs and Whispers: D/deaf and Disabled Poets Write Back (2017), and Modern Poetry in Translation: Our Small Universe (2019). However, these have been published inconsistently with captions, transcripts, and videos being located across various resources and the majority relying on English language translation in a conventional textual form. With technology being at its most advanced, and most sympathetic, the translation of BSL poetry can be significantly improved.This PhD will create a digital exhibition of BSL Poetry that aims to expand and enthuse audiences by consistently using technological developments and digital methodologies to ensure the accessibility of the poetry to a wide audience. In multiple sections, this exhibition will explore a chain of translations through prominent BSL poets such as Richard Carter, Bea Webster, Dot Miles, and Caroline Parker, as well as translations of my own creative work. It will aim to present cohesive audio-visual translation tools such as audio-description, voice-over, transcript, and pending further research augmented-reality subtitling (as introduced by the National Theatre). All of the preceding, demonstrating best practice publishing standards to ensure sustainable access to BSL poetry. As part of my creative component, there is scope to take a collaborative approach and facilitate poetry workshops. This PhD could engage D/deaf children at Jordanstown School, or Action Deaf Youth, a local charity, by presenting studentswith their first experiences of BSL poetry. Similar to the anthology England: Poems from a School (2018), it could encourage creative responses by students and also provide an opportunity for formal and informal feedback on the varying success of the translation tools in the digital exhibition.