Subtitling videos can be something really challenging for a translator. Text length will be very often a limitation editors will need to keep in mind so you can guide them during the process with some default rules to be followed (segment size, additional comments for context, etc.).
Updated versions of your subtitle file
Prepare your subtitle file
Configure a text extraction profile
Access the Settings page for the file format of your choice and find how to setup this working environment below.
General tab
Subtitle ID and timestamps are extracted and shown to the translator.
Formatting elements <i>, <b>, <u> and <font> are shown as protected markup in the editor.
Formatting elements using curly brackets {i}, {b}, {u} and {font} are not protected in the editor.
QA tab
set up the QA options for length control, to manage the size of your segments. This will allow you to setup a QA alert to inform the user he will need to adapt the text no to reach the limit you have defined for each segment.
You can find the options to define this in the QA tab of the text extraction profile, where a minimum and/or maximum value can be configured in different units (characters or percent).
The example below shows the configuration for .srt files:
You can even combine this rule with the Global Setting in the Translation Editor to prevent users from keep typing text, so that it is impossible to enter any additional character in the segment.
Work in a suited environment
It would be almost impossible to validate a subtitle without having it previously played in their final context. Subtitles are meant to be and additional layer in a video and Wordbee makes it possible to review them directly in the video module for subtitle preview.
Updated versions of your subtitle file
If timing timing of your subtitle file has been reworked and a new version is provided, you can upload it in your project launching a "versioning process". Since all translations will be saved in the project memory you will be able to retrieve them any time if you when updating a new version of the file. Learn more about this process in the documentation pages covering the document versions for Codyt or Standard projects.