Preliminary results of the Soundscape Attributes Translation Project (SATP): lessons learned and next steps

Proceedings of the 10^th Convention of the
European Acoustics Association
Forum Acusticum 2023

Politecnico di Torino
Torino, Italy
September 11 - 15, 2023

Session:	A14-05: Soundscape assessment and mapping (indicators, descriptors and metrics), and Virtual/Augmented reality tools for soundscape studies - Part I
Date:	Monday 11 September 2023
Time:	17:00 - 17:20
Title:	Preliminary results of the Soundscape Attributes Translation Project (SATP): lessons learned and next steps
Author(s):	F. Aletta, University College London, The Bartlett, Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, 14 Upper Woburn Place Central House, WC1H0NN London, UK T. Oberman, University College London, The Bartlett, Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, 14 Upper Woburn Place Central House, WC1H0NN London, UK A. Mitchell, University College London, The Bartlett, Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, 14 Upper Woburn Place Central House, WC1H0NN London, UK J. Kang, University College London, The Bartlett, Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, 14 Upper Woburn Place Central House, WC1H0NN London, UK . Satp Consortium, Soundscape Attributes Translation Project, UK
Pages:	701-705
DOI:	https://www.doi.org/10.61782/fa.2023.0095
PDF:	https://dael.euracoustics.org/confs/fa2023/data/articles/000095.pdf

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Abstract

The ISO/TS 12913-2:2018 document for soundscape data collection provides a questionnaire instrument for researchers and practitioners to use worldwide, but its applicability has been questioned, since it’s only available in English. To address the lack of research on translations of the soundscape descriptors proposed in Method A of the ISO technical specifications (i.e., vibrant, pleasant, calm, uneventful, monotonous, annoying, chaotic, eventful), an international collaboration, the Soundscape Attributes Translation Project (SATP), was initiated to translate the descriptors into several languages, using different methodological approaches, with the goal of validating the translations using standardized listening experiments. This paper presents the current state of advancement of the project, reporting on preliminary results from selected national working groups within the SATP network, as well as discussing the proposed analysis framework to validate the translations.