Translation of video subtitles of promo team

[Johnny Jazeix]

Hi,

Le mer. 2 août 2023 à 19:15, Shinjo Park <kde at peremen.name> a écrit :
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> Hi,
>
> I actually want to keep the .srt files as-is, because video translation has
> some different problems.
>
> * Additional subtitles could be inserted to provide more context where there
> is no subtitle in the original language.
> * Depending on the target language, the word order could be completely
> different from the original language, and a sentence could be split differently
> to optimize the reading experience. This case is hard to cover by just
> providing start and end timestamp of each subtitle.
>
> Best,
> Shinjo
>

It will still be possible to directly edit the srt files for those who
prefer. If I'm not wrong, translators prefer to have only one place
(svn + po file + lokalize) than having to go on several repositories
to find which files needs to be translated.

Cheers,
Johnny

> 2023년 8월 2일 수요일 오후 5시 38분 9초 CEST에 Johnny Jazeix 님이 쓴 글:
> > Hi,
> > I've been discussing with promo on how to help them translate the
> > subtitles in their videos (for example
> > https://tube.kockatoo.org/w/symxHCzUj9TA7LZoZagD9c).
> > In order to not change the process of translators, I told them I can
> > create a script that will convert the srt files (subtitle file) to po
> > files. And with the StaticMessages.sh workflow, the translated
> > subtitles files can be created and uploaded.
> >
> > I have a few questions regarding the translation process:
> > * should there be only one po file containing all the translations for
> > all subtitles files, or one po file per subtitle file?
> > * There could be issue with display time of texts. Basically, in the
> > subtitle file, for each line, you tell when the text appears and when
> > it hides. If a translated text takes more time to be read, the user
> > might have to pause the video in order to read it which is a bad
> > experience. To solve this potential issue, I propose to also add in
> > the messages to translate the timestamp of begin and end, so
> > translators can also update them if needed.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Johnny
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