[Translators-l] Fwd: Re: Request for translation: Captions of the 2016 "Facts matter" video

Mon Dec 26 23:23:06 UTC 2016

Thanks, so I synchronized the captions’ texts with the subtitles’ texts,
and I improved the times for the captions (it’s still not perfect as I
don’t have good tools and I’m just changing/testing on Commons).

It’s here if you want to pick it for your language:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/TimedText:Wikipedia_-_FactsMatter2016.webm.fr.srt

Sylvain

Le 26/12/2016 à 22:25, Guillaume Paumier a écrit :
> Forwarding Victor's response
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Victor Grigas* <vgrigas at wikimedia.org <mailto:vgrigas at 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 at lists.wikimedia.org
> <mailto:Translators-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> 
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I'm not subscribed to translators-l, so I'm getting this from a
> forwarded message.
> 
> 
>     ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     From: "Sylvain Chiron" <chironsylvain at orange.fr
>     <mailto:chironsylvain at 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 at lists.wikimedia.org
>     <mailto:translators-l at 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_-_FactsMatter_(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
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_-_FactsMatter_(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.com/watch?v=N4qzxXYn8jU&feature=youtu.be
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4qzxXYn8jU&feature=youtu.be>
> Simplified Chinese version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xayi7ahCnzY
> <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
> <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,
>     >
>     >
>     > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>     > From: Victor Grigas <vgrigas at wikimedia.org
>     <mailto:vgrigas at wikimedia.org>>
>     > Date: Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 1:29 PM
>     > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] VIDEO - Wikipedia: #FactsMatter2016
>     > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l at lists.wikimedia.org
>     <mailto:wikimedia-l at 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
>     <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_-_FactsMatter2016.webm>
>     >
>     > YouTube:
>     > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4ba28-oGs
>     <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_-_FactsMatter2016.webm.en.srt
>     <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/TimedText:Wikipedia_-_FactsMatter2016.webm.en.srt>
>     >
>     > then go here and pick your language
>     >
>     https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText%3AWikipedia_-_FactsMatter2016.webm
>     <https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText%3AWikipedia_-_FactsMatter2016.webm>
>     >
>     > --
>     >
>     > *Victor Grigas*
>     > Video Production Manager
>     > Wikimedia Foundation
>     > vgrigas at wikimedia.org <mailto:vgrigas at wikimedia.org>
>     > https://donate.wikimedia.org/
> 
> -- 
> Guillaume Paumier