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- You'll find the answer to many of your questions in the Guide to Translating TEDTalks on Amara.
- Here are the instructions for uploading subtitles on Amara
- If you are new to transcribing, please read the page How to transcribe TEDxTalks in 10 steps
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Many OTP translators are involved with various TEDx events, and share their thoughts about translating TEDTalks. The Open Translation Project is also discussed at other events. The videos gathered here can inspire and inform us about the work that goes into the OTP. |
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New on OTPedia: Ask Mrs Jeeves!
Every week, Mrs Jeeves selects one of the Letters she received from TED Translators from all over the world. This week, a fellow named Teddy calls for help. Somehow, he volunteered to translate a text into Subtitlese, and he has no clue as to where to start... |
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“ | I got a split reaction to that during the live performance. There is some people who understand live subtitles are a kind of an oxymoron. Because usually there is someone making them afterwards. And then a bunch of people who were like, "What's the big deal? I see subtitles all the time on television." You know? They don't imagine the person in the booth, typing it all. | ” |
—Golan Levin, speaking at TED2009, about an installation that produces live subtitles to an artistic performance |