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

对于社会包容和艺术可获得性的发展，BSL诗歌，而不仅仅是那些只涉及D/聋人经历(聋人指的是文化身份，聋人指的是听力能力)的诗歌，在英语书面翻译之外是至关重要的。最近的出版物越来越多地追求D/聋人作家的经历，并在他们的呼吁中包括BSL，包括：《岩浆69：聋人问题》(2017)、《楼梯与低语：D/聋人和残疾人诗人回信》(2017)和《翻译中的现代诗歌：我们的小宇宙》(2019)。然而，这些内容的发布并不一致，字幕、文字记录和视频分布在各种资源中，而且大多数依赖于以传统文本形式进行的英语翻译。在技术最先进、最具同情心的情况下，BSL诗歌的翻译可以得到显著改进。本博士将创建BSL诗歌的数字展览，旨在通过始终如一地使用技术发展和数字方法来扩大和热情观众，以确保诗歌被更广泛的受众所接受。这次展览将分多个部分，探索理查德·卡特、比·韦伯斯特、Dot Miles和Caroline Parker等著名BSL诗人的一系列翻译，以及我自己的创作作品的翻译。它将致力于展示连贯的视听翻译工具，如音频描述、画外音、文字记录，以及有待进一步研究的增强现实字幕(由国家剧院介绍)。所有上述内容，展示了确保可持续获取BSL诗歌的最佳实践出版标准。作为我创作部分的一部分，有机会采取合作的方法，促进诗歌研讨会。这个博士学位可以吸引乔丹斯敦学校或当地慈善机构行动聋人青年的D/聋人儿童参与，向学生介绍他们第一次接触BSL诗歌的经历。类似于选集《英格兰：一所学校的诗歌》(2018)，它可以鼓励学生的创造性反应，也提供了一个机会，就数字展览中翻译工具的不同成功提供正式和非正式的反馈。

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.