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This "cheat sheet" represents best practices in OTP subtitling. Note that the character number values refer to languages which use a Latin script, and may differ for languages written in other scripts (often being lower than the max numbers below). For length and reading speed rules for your non-Latin script language, consult your language's page on OTPedia, your [[:Category:Language_Coordinators|Language Coordinators]] or fellow OTP volunteers in your language's [[Language_Groups|Facebook group]]. | This "cheat sheet" represents best practices in OTP subtitling. Note that the character number values refer to languages which use a Latin script, and may differ for languages written in other scripts (often being lower than the max numbers below). For length and reading speed rules for your non-Latin script language, consult your language's page on OTPedia, your [[:Category:Language_Coordinators|Language Coordinators]] or fellow OTP volunteers in your language's [[Language_Groups|Facebook group]]. | ||
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| + | There are a few versions you can use: | ||
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| + | =Wiki table= | ||
| + | Open this article for editing and copy the code to create a version for your language. You can learn more about editing OTPedia [[How_to_edit_OTPedia|in this guide]] and more about customizing such tables [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables here] (if you wish to add or merge fields). | ||
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| + | !colspan="2"|'''OTP cheat-sheet''' | ||
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| style="font-weight: bold;" | Subtitle duration | | style="font-weight: bold;" | Subtitle duration | ||
| 1-7 seconds | | 1-7 seconds | ||
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| [Square brackets] | | [Square brackets] | ||
|} | |} | ||
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| + | =Image formats= | ||
| + | Instead of the Wiki table above, you can use the image format designed by Dimitra Papageorgiou. If you know how to use Photoshop or the free, multi-platform graphics-editing software GIMP, you can easily adapt this image format to your language (the text fields are editable). | ||
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| + | Use these links to download the desired image format: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-ymUFFtXfLFcHpBaFAwUXVQc2M/view?usp=sharing PNG], [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-ymUFFtXfLFZXdHSjZNbUY4cHM/view?usp=sharing PSD / Photoshop], [https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-ymUFFtXfLFY1BHc0VkWHVyRlE/view?usp=sharing XCF / GIMP] (975 kb, 499x499). | ||
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| + | [[File:Cheat-Sheet ENG.png|alt=Image shows the OTP cheat sheet table with subtitle standards]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:03, 19 February 2015
This "cheat sheet" represents best practices in OTP subtitling. Note that the character number values refer to languages which use a Latin script, and may differ for languages written in other scripts (often being lower than the max numbers below). For length and reading speed rules for your non-Latin script language, consult your language's page on OTPedia, your Language Coordinators or fellow OTP volunteers in your language's Facebook group.
There are a few versions you can use:
Wiki table
Open this article for editing and copy the code 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).
| OTP cheat-sheet | |
|---|---|
| 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 100ms before speech |
| Line-breaking | Don't split linguistic units |
| 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 Photoshop or the free, multi-platform graphics-editing software GIMP, you can easily adapt this image format to your language (the text fields are editable).
Use these links to download the desired image format: PNG, PSD / Photoshop, XCF / GIMP (975 kb, 499x499).
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