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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
Most international festivals ask films in other languages to come with English subtitles, usually as an SRT file or burned into the screener, and programmers stop watching when lines are clumsy or out of sync. We transcribe the dialogue of your short from an unlisted screener link and translate it into the language the festival asks for, keeping each line on screen while it is spoken. You also get the original dialogue track for festivals at home and your own edit.
What is included
- What you getDialogue subtitles of your film in the original language and in the festival's language, as timed SRT and VTT files, plus a TXT dialogue list.
- Festival-ready SRTThe file most submission platforms ask for
- Dialogue in syncLines appear as the actors speak
- Characters' voiceSlang and tone translated for meaning
- Original dialogue trackFor local festivals and your edit
- Dialogue listA TXT script of what is said
How it works
- 1LinkYou send the screener and the festival's language
- 2SubtitlesWe transcribe and translate the dialogue
- 3SubmitYou add the file to your entry or burn it in
What we need from you
An unlisted link to the screener that opens without signing in, the language of the dialogue, the language the festival requires, and the characters' names.
We will ask you:
- Which language is the dialogue in?
- Which subtitle language does the festival require?
- What are the characters' names, and how are they spelled?
- Is there slang or wordplay we should know about?
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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
Can you burn the subtitles into the film?
No, you get subtitle files. Your editing software, such as Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut, burns them in when you export the screener.
Are signs and on-screen text translated?
No, only spoken dialogue. Translate a letter, a sign or a text message shown on screen yourself and add it as an extra line.
Can my screener stay private?
Yes. An unlisted link on Vimeo, YouTube or a cloud drive works, as long as it opens without signing in.