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Proofreading of subtitle files with timing kept

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Proofreading of subtitle files with timing kept

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Example for the Standard package

Proofreading: annual report of a community garden association

Before and after (excerpt)

Before:

This year the garden welcomed 23 new members, and our waiting list have grown to 41 familys. Thanks to a council grant of £2,400 we replaced the old shed, it's roof had been leaking since 2023. Volunteers put in over 1.200 hours, a new record! The composting area was moved behind plot 14, which means the paths along plots 12-16 is now clear for wheelchairs. Special thanks goes to Margret Hale who organised the Spring Plant sale.

After:

This year the garden welcomed 23 new members, and our waiting list has grown to 41 families. Thanks to a council grant of £2,400, we replaced the old shed; its roof had been leaking since 2023. Volunteers put in over 1,200 hours, a new record! The composting area was moved behind plot 14, which means the paths along plots 12–16 are now clear for wheelchairs. Special thanks go to Margaret Hale, who organised the spring plant sale.

List of changes (excerpt)

#ParagraphWasNowType
12waiting list have grownwaiting list has grownGrammar: agreement
22familysfamiliesSpelling
32grant of £2,400 wegrant of £2,400, wePunctuation
42shed, it's roofshed; its roofPunctuation; its/it's
521.200 hours1,200 hoursNumber format
62plots 12-16 isplots 12–16 areDash in range; agreement
72thanks goesthanks goGrammar
82Margret HaleMargaret HaleName: spelled "Margaret" on p. 1 and p. 4
92Spring Plant salespring plant saleCapitalisation, as elsewhere in the report

Consistency check across the whole report

  • Names: "Margaret Hale" (4 times), "Tom Okoye" (3), "Priya Shah" (2), all now spelled the same way everywhere
  • Organisation name: "Elm Street Community Garden" used in full the first time, then "the garden"; 3 cases of "Elm St. Garden" changed
  • Spelling: British throughout ("organised", "colour", "programme"); 7 American forms changed
  • Numbers: thousands with a comma, ranges with an en dash; amounts checked against the finance table on page 5, all match

Not changed (for you to decide)

  • Paragraph 6 says "nearly 50 volunteers"; the table on page 5 lists 46. Both can be correct, so we left the wording.
  • "Potluck" appears both with and without a hyphen in quotes from members; quotes were kept as written.

Total: 2,684 words checked, 57 corrections.

Client: Elm Street Community Garden, a volunteer-run association with 80 members Text: the 2,700-word annual report for members and the local council Brief: fix errors only, keep the friendly voice; use British spelling; plot numbers and amounts must stay exactly as given

The client and all details are made up.

About this service

Subtitles are read in a second or two, so a typo or a line broken in the wrong place is hard for viewers to miss. Paste the content of your SRT or VTT file and we fix spelling, grammar and punctuation inside each cue, while cue numbers and timecodes stay exactly as they are. We also flag lines that look too long to read at the given duration.

What is included

  • What you getCorrected subtitles in the same SRT or VTT text format with every timecode unchanged, ready to paste into a .srt or .vtt file, plus a list of changes by cue number.
  • Timecodes untouchedCue numbers and timing kept
  • Clean cuesSpelling, grammar and punctuation
  • Line breaksSplit at natural points where needed
  • Reading speed flagsCues that look too long
  • Speaker namesWritten the same way throughout

How it works

  1. 1
    BriefYou paste the subtitle text
  2. 2
    ProofreadingWe fix cues, keep the timing
  3. 3
    DeliveryYou get text to paste into your file

What we need from you

The subtitle text pasted into the brief (open the .srt or .vtt file in a text editor and copy it), the language and any line length rules you follow.

We will ask you:

  • What is the video?
  • Which subtitle format do you use?
  • Do you follow a maximum line length?
  • Should filler words and false starts stay?

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PackagesBasicShort video$10StandardEpisode$20PremiumFeature length$39
Deadline1 day2 days3 days
Revisions123
Subtitle cuesup to 300up to 800up to 2000
Timecodes keptYesYesYes
List of changesYesYesYes
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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.
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Questions and answers

Can I upload the .srt file itself?

The form takes PDF, Word, Excel and pictures, not .srt. Open the file in any text editor, copy everything and paste it into the brief.

Will you re-time the subtitles?

No. Timecodes stay exactly as you sent them; we only flag cues that look too long to read.

Do you check the subtitles against the audio?

No, we work from the text only. For new subtitles from a video, choose our subtitles service.

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