This art- icle covers many aspects in relation with subtitles, their format and the profession- al conventions at stake. With a somewhat prescriptive intention, the author pro- poses some linguistic "best practices", as far as creation of subtitles is concerned. In terms of reading speed, he mentions that a tested value for "average readers" (i.e. aged 1465 years, and who belong to a middle-high social class from an edu- Babel 59:4 (2013), 406420. © Fédération des Traducteurs (fit) Revue Babel doi 10.1075/babel.59.4.02mar issn 05219744 e-issn 15699668 Subtitle reading speed407 cational and social standpoint) oscillates between 150 and 180 words per minute. If it is assumed that a complete subtitle of two lines usually has between 14 and 16 words, it can then be stated that up to 2 or 3 words can be read in a second, or simi-
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