Videos related to the Open Translation Project

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. Some of them come with original and translated subtitles. For those that don't, you are encouraged to add your own on Amara, a website that makes it possible to overlay translated subtitles without changing the original video.

OTP Workshops

September 2013, Novi Sad, Serbia

• The TED Open Translation Project holds a workshop in the Balkans (English)

A report from the first OTP Workshop in the Balkans, organized by Ivana Korom and the OTP team.

April 2015, Kyoto, Japan

These talks come from the April 25, 2015 OTP workshop organized by Ai Tokimatsu in Kyoto, Japan (with the help of TEDxKyoto).

• Ayana Ishiyama | Let's get connected and make a team

Ayana Ishiyama talks about her experiences leading the transcriber and translator team for TEDxSapporo, and on the benefits of "personal diversity" and an "open atmosphere" in the TEDx subtitler team.

• Jun Kamei | Why does translating Japanese TEDx talks matter

TEDxTohoku Organizer and translator Jun Kamei speaks about why translating Japanese TEDx talks matters globally.

• Natsuhiko Mizutani | My ABC of Open Translation Project

Japanese Language Coordinator Natsuhiko Mizutani shares his ideas as a experienced translator who worked on some 420 talks in 2014 alone.

• Akinori Oyama | Translator?

Japanese Language Coordinator Akinori Oyama asks participants some essential questions: what is translation and how can we contribute to our community through working in the OTP.

Tutorials

• The OTP Learning Series

A growing collection of tutorials about working in the OTP.

• Amaracademy (English)

This OTPedia article holds a growing list of video tutorials about doing stuff on Amara.

• Els De Keyser: A 5 Minutes OTPedia Tour (English)

Learn more about this wiki in this 5 minutes tour.

General

• Why I translate TEDTalks (English)

TED's promo for the Open Translation Project. Subtitled in multiple languages.
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• Crossing your inner borders: Anwar Dafa-Alla at TEDxBerlin

One of the OTP's most active translators talks about his transformative experiences in the Open Translation Project.
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• I'm TED Translator - Anwar Dafa-Alla (English)

One of the OTP's most active translators talks about the Open Translation Project and the Open Dubbing Project.
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• TEDxSeoul - Anwar F.A. Dafa-Alla - I am a TED Volunteer Translator (English)

One of the OTP's most active translators talks about being an OTP volunteer translator.
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• Karina Herman - TED Open Translation Project (English)

An OTP translator talks about her involvement with the Project and how one can start to contribute.
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• TEDxSP 2009 Bruno Buccalon, voluntário no TED Open Translation Project (Portuguese)

An OTP translator talks about his work and the Project.

• Open translation project | Umar Anjum | TEDxUET (English)

Urdu LC Umar Anjum talks about the Open Translation Project.
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• TED: Videos Now in 88 Languages Via Open Translation Project (English)

Michael Smolens, dotSUB founder and chairman, talks about the OTP.

• The Story Behind "TED: Ideas Worth Spreading" (English)

June Cohen talks about the story of TED.com, including the Open Translation Project.
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• TEDxAmsterdam - Bruno Guissani - 11/20/09 (English)

Bruno Giussani talks about the potential of TEDTalks and TED, including a presentation of the OTP.
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• TEDxSeoul - Yujin Lee - Open Dubbing Project(ODP) (Korean)

Yujin Lee talks about the Open Dubbing Project, an extension of the ideas behind the OTP.
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• Els De Keyser: On translating TEDTalks into Dutch (English)

Els De Keyser talks about handling the issue of dialectal differences in translating TEDTalks.
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• Annika Bidner: Översätta TED talks - GGM14 (Swedish)

Swedish LC Annika Bidner talks about the OTP.

• Krystian Aparta: How we track terms down (English)

Krystian Aparta talks about researching and translating terminology in TEDTalks.
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• Anna Cristiana Minoli - Becoming a TED Translator

A short animation about becoming an OTP translator and going to TEDGlobal.