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- Revisions within the package are free.
- If you do not respond within 3 days of delivery, the work is accepted automatically.
The money is reserved when you pay and released only once you accept the work.
Example result
Subtitles and translation: a 24-minute pottery tutorial
Subtitle rules used
- Up to 2 lines per cue, up to 42 characters per line.
- Each cue stays on screen 1.2 to 6 seconds; reading speed under 17 characters per second.
- Filler words ("um", "you know") and false starts removed; meaning and the teacher's tone kept.
- Speaker labels only when a second voice appears off camera.
- Technical terms checked for consistency: centering, coning, trimming, leather-hard.
English subtitles (fragment)
112
00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,050
Before you open the bowl,
the clay has to be perfectly centered.
113
00:07:44,300 --> 00:07:47,900
Brace your left elbow on your knee
and push in with the heel of your hand.
114
00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:51,350
If the clay wobbles against your palm,
it's not there yet.
115
00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,800
[STUDENT] How long do I keep pushing?
116
00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,400
Until it feels like it's standing still,
even though the wheel is spinning.
Spanish translation (same cues)
112
00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,050
Antes de abrir el cuenco,
el barro tiene que estar bien centrado.
113
00:07:44,300 --> 00:07:47,900
Apoya el codo izquierdo en la rodilla
y empuja con la base de la mano.
114
00:07:48,100 --> 00:07:51,350
Si el barro tiembla bajo tu palma,
todavía no está listo.
115
00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,800
[ALUMNA] ¿Cuánto tiempo sigo empujando?
116
00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,400
Hasta que parezca quieto,
aunque el torno siga girando.
Delivery notes
- Files: clay-corner-first-bowl_en.srt (318 cues), clay-corner-first-bowl_es.srt (318 cues). Timings are identical, so the two tracks can be switched without drift.
- Terms: "leather-hard" translated as dureza de cuero, the term used by Spanish-speaking potters.
- To check: at 14:22 the teacher names a glaze brand quietly; marked as [glaze name] since it's not clearly audible.
Client: Clay Corner, a small pottery studio with a video channel. Video: "Throwing your first bowl", 24 min 10 s. Ordered: English subtitles plus a Spanish translation. Delivered as two SRT files, one per language.
The client and all details are made up.
About this service
When you quote someone who spoke Arabic, Korean or Polish, you need both what they said and what it means, with timings to check the exact words. We transcribe the interview from your link in its original language and translate it into the language you work in, line by line with timestamps. Reporters, researchers and producers find a quote in seconds and check it against the recording.
What is included
- What you getThe interview as an original-language transcript and a translation, both as TXT text and timed SRT and VTT files, so every quote leads back to its moment in the recording.
- Original words keptFor exact quotes and fact-checking
- Timestamped translationEach line tied to the recording
- Line by lineOriginal and translation match
- Names spelled your wayPeople and places as you give them
- Captions if neededSRT and VTT for an interview on screen
How it works
- 1LinkYou send the recording and names
- 2TranscriptWe transcribe and translate it
- 3QuoteYou check and quote from it
What we need from you
A link to the recording that opens without signing in, the language of the interview, the language you need, and the names of people, organisations and places that come up.
We will ask you:
- Which language is the interview in?
- Into which language should it be translated?
- Which people, organisations and places come up?
- How was it recorded?
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Payment protection
You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.
- Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
- The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
- Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
- Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
- Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
- Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
Questions and answers
Will the transcript say who is speaking?
No, lines are not labelled by speaker. In a two-person interview questions and answers are easy to follow; add names where you quote.
Can I publish quotes from the translation?
It is a faithful working translation. For quotes in print, check the key lines against the original track, which is why both come with timings.
Does an audio-only recording work?
Yes. A link to an audio file in cloud storage or on a podcast page works if it opens without signing in.