closed caption

English

Etymology

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Noun

closed caption (plural closed captions)

1. (television) Text which can be displayed on a television or other video screen with suitable equipment, usually a transcription or description of audio material.

Related terms

• CC
• closed captioning
• open caption

 

Translations

text displayed on a screen with suitable equipment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 隱藏字幕／隐藏字幕 (yǐncáng zìmù)

• Finnish: tekstitys (fi) sg, tekstitykset pl
• German: geschlossener Untertitel m, optional zuschaltbarer Untertitel m
• Hungarian: választható/bekapcsolható felirat
• Japanese: クローズドキャプション (kurōzudokyappushon)
• Portuguese: legenda oculta f (Brazil), legenda codificada f (Brazil), legendagem de áudio f (Portugal), legenda fechada f (Portugal), legenda de áudio f (Portugal)
• Russian: скрытые субтитры pl (skrytyje subtitry)
• Spanish: subtítulos (es) m pl, subtítulos descriptivos m pl, subtítulos para sordos m pl, subtítulos opcionales m pl
• Swedish: undertexter (sv) c pl