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From: Victor Grigas <vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: Re: [Translators-l] Request for translation: Captions of the
2016 "Facts matter" video
To: Translators-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Hi everyone,
I'm not subscribed to translators-l, so I'm getting this from a forwarded
message.
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From: "Sylvain Chiron" <chironsylvain(a)orange.fr>
Date: Dec 23, 2016 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Translators-l] Request for translation: Captions of the 2016
"Facts matter" video
To: <translators-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Cc:
Hi,
In case I’d be doing something wrong: why aren’t the white subtitles
synchronized with the yellow subtitles?
To make a perfect sync takes extra effort and the captioning company that I
contracted with to create the captions did not offer a service to sync
captions to the already burned-in subtitles. I asked them to, and the said
that they couldn't offer the service and unfortunately, I didn't have time
to do it myself.
I'll also add that adding captions to a subtitles video isn't something I
like doing. I only did it because this video is in two languages and if you
happen to turn off captions, and there are no subtitles, then you wouldn't
understand half of the video.
I feel it’s a bit disturbing,
while the video is already very dynamic and there’s many things to
follow. Can I readapt the subtitles for my translated (French) version?
So to be clear:
Captions are metadata you can turn off and on
Subtitles are burned in text on the video
To answer your question - *Yes!*
I had a request from a Polish Wikimedian, and exported a version without
any subtitles or intertitles - the only text is credits and anything that
might be captured photographically:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_-_FactsMat
ter_(No_subtitles,_no_titles_-_this_version_is_designed_for_
YOU_to_add_intertitles_and_subtitles_in_YOUR_language_with_
video_editing_software,_and_is_not_designed_to_be_played_alone).webm
Instructions for font sizes, style, et cetera are in the summary on the
video above.
This version has already been forked into two Chinese versions:
Traditional Chinese version:
https://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=N4qzxXYn8jU&feature=youtu.be
Simplified Chinese version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xayi7ahCnzY
The Wikimedian used a proprietary program called screenflow to add the
subtitles and intertitles precisely.
Well, I really like the video, hoping it’ll make
people reflect about
the role of Wikipedia in an informed world. I might use it for some
sceptical friends, to show that WMF people are able to do high quality
work.
All the best and possibly happy festivities for those who have,
Sylvain
:)
Also I'll say thank you to everyone who translated captions so far! I just
migrated 8 finished languages to the YouTube account:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4ba28-oGs
Can anyone do an RU or PT translation?
Le 23/12/2016 à 17:31, Guillaume Paumier a écrit :
Dear translators,
Victor Grigas just published the latest Wikimedia-year-in-review video
on Commons and other sites, and he's requesting help with translating
the captions. Any assistance you could offer would be most appreciated
:)
Happy holidays,
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From: Victor Grigas <vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 1:29 PM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] VIDEO - Wikipedia: #FactsMatter2016
To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hi everyone,
We just published our year-in-review video,
*Wikipedia: #FactsMatter2016*
Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_-_FactsMatter2016.webm
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4ba28-oGs
Vimeo:
https://vimeo.com/196775243
If you can, please translate the captions on commons. Once I have enough
languages translated there, I'll migrate them to YouTube and Vimeo.
Tomorrow morning (EST) we will be sharing this video to our Facebook and
Twitter channels.
:)
To translate, copy this
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/TimedText:Wikipedia_-_Fac
tsMatter2016.webm.en.srt
Wikipedia_-_FactsMatter2016.webm
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Wikimedia Foundation
vgrigas(a)wikimedia.org
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