Industry-internal sound translation may be arbitrary but public translation cannot be

Evidence

Fundamental to the entire entertainment industry is the desire to have the “experience”, whatever it is, “translate” to the audience. Before that, there is a need for translation within the industry, because recordings can evolve over time, involving several facilities and persons. The translation internal to the industry requires similarity of sound, but that sound can be arbitrary. The translation of the recordings to the outside world cannot be arbitrary. — Toole, Floyd E, Sound reproduction- the acoustics and…, 1405

Categorization

• DEFINE: Frames the technical meaning of ‘translating’ sound between a mixing stage and an audience — a key control-room design concept this book returns to.