[Translators-l] Call for translations: Subtitles for Wikipedia Videos

Olli ollinpostit at gmail.com
Tue Oct 5 05:56:45 UTC 2010


So, have I understand right, user not need to have any Commons gadget to
watch subtitled videos? And you will upload the subtitles to YouTube?

best regards
Olli

2010/10/4 Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org>

> Dear translation community,
>
> I'd like to make a renewed call for translation for the Wikipedia
> videos that we released last month. See background here:
>
>
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2010/09/24/four-videos-of-wikipedias-volunteers/
>
> We already have subtitle translations in a dozen or so languages, but
> we need many more :-). Here's how it works:
>
> 1) You'll find the videos at:
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:September_2010_Wikipedia_Videos
>
> 2) Click any of the video file names to get to the description pages.
> On the description page, you will see a list of "Available closed
> captioning files".
>
> 3) Click the English language source of a subtitle file. Click "Edit".
>
> 4) Copy all the text into the clipboard.
>
> 5) In the address bar, replace "en" with your Wikimedia language code.
> So, for example,
>
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText:Wikipedia_User_Name_MEDIUM.ogv.en.srt&action=edit
>
> becomes
>
>
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText:Wikipedia_User_Name_MEDIUM.ogv.de.srt&action=edit
>
> for a German translation. Load the new address. You can now paste in
> the English original, and start translating line by line (be careful
> not to remove the time markers).
>
> If there is a translation in your language already, please help to
> proofread/improve it.
>
> Liane Al-Ghusain (on CC) is a communications intern with the Wikimedia
> Foundation. She will import the subtitles into the YouTube copies of
> the videos. To allow us to import them as a batch, please complete
> your translations by _OCTOBER 15_. We will import them the following
> week.
>
> If you've updated an existing translation, please let Liane know so
> she can import it.
>
> Thank you very much for your help. We think these videos are a great
> outreach tool, and your translations will make them even more widely
> accessible. Don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions.
>
> All best,
>
> Erik
>
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> Erik Möller
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>
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