Subtitling videos can be something really challenging for a translator. Because text length is often a limitation, subtitles need to configure their Editing environment with specific rules that take into consideration segment size, additional comments for context, etc. It would be almost impossible to validate a subtitle without having it previously played in their final context. Subtitles are meant to be an additional layer in a video. Wordbee makes it possible to review them directly in the video module for subtitle preview.
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 follow the steps below.
General tab
The General filter settings for SRT subtitles enables you to do the following:
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
Use the QA tab to set up the QA options for length control and manage the size of your segments. This will allow you to set up a QA alert to inform the users that they will need to adapt the text 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.
Updated versions of your subtitle file
If the timing of your subtitle file has been reworked and a new version has been provided, you can upload the file 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 when updating a new version of the file. Learn more about this process in the document versions for Codyt or Standard projects.