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Getting started with subtitling
Thread poster: Katarzyna Wiktoria Klag
Katarzyna Wiktoria Klag
Katarzyna Wiktoria Klag
Poland
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Polish to English
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Oct 27, 2021

I wonder how to get started with subtitling, or rather get back to it in a more professional way? I used to translate subtitles for TEDTalks, but it was a long time ago, I think ten or so, as I found out about TED during my translation internship in 2012. I translated a couple of talks and abandoned subtitling soon after getting a full-time job, which had nothing to do with subtitling. Now I mainly translate marketing and technical texts, but I thought of subtitling as an additional side job, so... See more
I wonder how to get started with subtitling, or rather get back to it in a more professional way? I used to translate subtitles for TEDTalks, but it was a long time ago, I think ten or so, as I found out about TED during my translation internship in 2012. I translated a couple of talks and abandoned subtitling soon after getting a full-time job, which had nothing to do with subtitling. Now I mainly translate marketing and technical texts, but I thought of subtitling as an additional side job, something I could do from home from time to time. So far, I reactivated my TED Translator account and started translating my first subtitles after a break. What else could I do to take my subtitling skills to a new level? ▲ Collapse
 
Mr. Satan (X)
Mr. Satan (X)
English to Indonesian
Netflix Style Guidelines Oct 28, 2021

Perhaps having a short read of these would prove to be useful?

General Style Guidelines:
https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/215758617-Timed-Text-Style-Guide-General-Requirements

English Style Guidelines:
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Perhaps having a short read of these would prove to be useful?

General Style Guidelines:
https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/215758617-Timed-Text-Style-Guide-General-Requirements

English Style Guidelines:
https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/217350977-English-Timed-Text-Style-Guide

Polish Style Guidelines:
https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/216787928-Polish-Timed-Text-Style-Guide

Unless TEDTalks already applied similar guidelines, in which case it's probably not going to add much to your skills. I did have to work with stricter guidelines than Netflix's, with 80+ pages detailing everything and every exceptions that could possibly happen. But I'm not allowed to share any part of it, unfortunately.

HTH

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