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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.

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Researchers and journalists need a transcript they can quote and code from, without spending hours replaying the recording. We transcribe your interview from a link, with names, places and field terms from your brief spelled exactly, and deliver the text in paragraphs plus timed caption files, so you can jump back to the exact moment a quote was said. Please make sure you have your interviewees' consent to record and share the recording.

What is included

  • What you getThe interview transcript as plain text, plus SRT and VTT files with timestamps for finding quotes in the recording.
  • Quotable textClose to what was said
  • TimestampsIn the SRT and VTT files
  • Field termsSpelled from your glossary
  • Ready for codingPlain text imports into NVivo or Atlas.ti
  • Translation optionTranscript in another language

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