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If you want what amounts to a crash course, "Directing for Animation" by Disney veteran Tony Bancroft has a variety of good tips and advice for leading an animation production.
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Most professional animators who've had industry experience or schooling will likely have a certain level of film-making experience as well; so they should be able to understand what you want in terms of film language without a litany of specific technical jargon.
However, even in light of your directing experience and with all due respect, you may want to consider hiring or promoting an Animation Supervisor to act as the point person between you and your animation team; especially if you have a crew larger than a handful of animators.
You've mentioned how knowing the exact technicalities of camera photography is not an issue when relaying your vision to an experienced DOP, but those ins-and-outs are exactly what make the DOP valuable as the point person between you and the rest of the Camera & Lighting department; same goes with an animation department. You may already have a qualified animator willing to step up and perform this role.
A good supervisor will have the 'ins-and-outs' knowledge to keep the team's engine running smoothly (and therefore motivated), while letting you know what is creatively achievable under your budget and time constraints. For instance, you don't want one animator making over-the-top promises the team will be unable to achieve consistently. Or you may have a decision to keep-or-cut a cool FX sequence that is questionably relevant to the story at best, and you are on-the-fence about it because the difficulty is unknown. An animation supervisor will help you make informed decisions that could save you and your team from painful problems further downstream.
All this doesn't mean you have to give up your creative control, or the ability to review shots with animators or the like. What it will give you is a strong production ally who can reasonably guarantee a consistent level of production quality that may difficult for your team to achieve if you are unsure of the particulars.
My two cents.