TED Translators Cheat-sheet
Contents
- 1 Templates
- 2 The Cheat sheet in various languages
- 2.1 Afrikaans
- 2.2 Arabic
- 2.3 Burmese
- 2.4 Chinese, Simplified
- 2.5 Chinese, Traditional
- 2.6 Dutch
- 2.7 English
- 2.8 French
- 2.9 Georgian
- 2.10 German
- 2.11 Greek
- 2.12 Italian
- 2.13 Japanese
- 2.14 Kazakh
- 2.15 Korean
- 2.16 Kurdish
- 2.17 Latvian
- 2.18 Lithuanian
- 2.19 Macedonian
- 2.20 Mongolian
- 2.21 Nepali
- 2.22 Polish
- 2.23 Portuguese
- 2.24 Portuguese, Brazilian
- 2.25 Romanian
- 2.26 Russian
- 2.27 Serbian
- 2.28 Slovak
- 2.29 Slovenian
- 2.30 Spanish
- 2.31 Swedish
- 2.32 Turkish
- 2.33 Ukrainian
Templates
Below, you will find links to various versions of the sheet that you can translate into your own language (once you're done, share your version with us at translate@ted.com so that we can include it below).
Wiki table
Open this article for editing, copy the code and paste it into a new article to create a version for your language. You can learn more about editing OTPedia in this guide and more about customizing such tables here (if you wish to add or merge fields, or align the sheet with text in a specific way).
Cheat-sheet | |
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Subtitle duration | 1-7 seconds |
Max reading speed | 21 characters/s |
Max number of lines | 2 |
Max line length | 42 characters |
Max subtitle length | 84 characters |
Subtitle start | Not over 100 ms before speech |
Line-breaking | Don't split linguistic units |
Line-length balance | One line can't be shorter than 50% of the other |
Subtitle structure | Don't merge end and beginning of two sentences |
Text segmentation | Don't split sentences too much if not necessary for length/speed |
Sound representation | (Parentheses) |
On-screen text | [Square brackets] |
Image formats
Instead of the Wiki table above, you can use the image format designed by Dimitra Papageorgiou. If you know how to use Adobe Photoshop or the free, multi-platform graphics-editing software GIMP, you can easily adapt this image format for your language (the text layers are editable in the PSD and XCF files).
Use these links to download the desired image format: PNG, PSD / Photoshop or XCF / GIMP. If you have prepared a version in your own language, share it with us at translate@ted.com, we would love to spread the news!
The Cheat sheet in various languages
Below, you will find versions of the TED Translators Cheat-sheet in various languages, adapted by OTP volunteers.
Afrikaans
The Afrikaans version of the TED Translators Cheat-sheet was created by Ingrid Lezar.
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Arabic
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Arabic by Lalla Khadija.
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Burmese
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Burmese by Sann Tint.
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Chinese, Simplified
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Simplified Chinese by Coco Shen, Yolanda Zhang and Jenny Yang.
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Chinese, Traditional
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Traditional Chinese by Coco Shen.
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Dutch
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Dutch by Peter van de Ven.
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English
The English version of the TED Translators Cheat-sheet was created by Dimitra Papageorgiou.
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French
The Cheat-sheet was translated into French by Eric Vautier.
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Georgian
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Georgian by Levan Lashauri.
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German
The Cheat-sheet was translated into German by Angelika Lueckert Leon.
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Greek
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Greek by Dimitra Papageorgiou.
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Italian
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Italian by Anna Crisiana Minoli.
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Japanese
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Japanese by Riaki Poništ.
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Kazakh
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Kazakh by Asquat Yerkimbay.
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Korean
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Korean by Jihyeon J. Kim.
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Kurdish
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Kurdish by Ahmed Alyousify.
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Latvian
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Latvian by Kristaps Kadiķis.
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Lithuanian
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Lithuanian by Andrius Druzinis-Vitkus.
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Macedonian
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Macedonian by Aleksandar Mitevski.
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Mongolian
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Mongolian by Indra Ganzorig.
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Nepali
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Nepali by Deepak Basyal.
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Polish
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Polish by Krystian Aparta.
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Portuguese
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Portuguese by Isabel V. Belchior.
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Portuguese, Brazilian
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Brazilian Portuguese by Leonardo Silva.
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Romanian
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Romanian by Delia Bogdan and Lorena Ciutacu.
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Russian
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Russian by Yulia Kallistratova.
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Serbian
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Serbian by Ivana Korom.
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Slovak
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Slovak by Ivana Kopisová.
Slovenian
The Cheat-sheed was translated into Slovenian by Matej Divjak.
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Spanish
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Spanish by Sebastian Betti.
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Swedish
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Swedish by Annika Bidner.
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Turkish
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Turkish by Eren Gokce.
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Ukrainian
The Cheat-sheet was translated into Ukrainian by Hanna Leliv.
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