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Gillian Searl United Kingdom Local time: 12:10 German to English
May 17, 2016
Hi subtitlers, I was recently asked for translation of a VTT file from English into French and Croatian. We worked hard on maintaining the format of the VTT file - which after all is simply a .txt - but we ended up failing miserably to create a target file that the customer could use.
What is it about VTT files that gets mangled when you edit them in a CAT tool? What software tool should we have used to create a target VTT file?
Thanks for your help Gill
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Max Deryagin Russian Federation Local time: 17:10 Member (2013) English to Russian
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May 17, 2016
Gillian Searl wrote:
Hi subtitlers, I was recently asked for translation of a VTT file from English into French and Croatian. We worked hard on maintaining the format of the VTT file - which after all is simply a .txt - but we ended up failing miserably to create a target file that the customer could use.
What is it about VTT files that gets mangled when you edit them in a CAT tool? What software tool should we have used to create a target VTT file?
Or you can simply copy and paste the first several lines of your document, so that we can point at what's wrong with the file.
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Gillian Searl United Kingdom Local time: 12:10 German to English
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May 17, 2016
Unfortunately, the French text has a lot of capital letters in it and unusual characters. The formatting is different to with extra lines of space that we did not have in the last test file you sent through. eg
"Notre prioritÈ est donc l'avenir de Scott
Bader et en úuvrant de concert avec le ComitÈ du Commonwealth
00:00:33.936 --> 00:00:38.376 A:middle
et le Conseil díadministration du Groupe, afin de veiller ‡ ce q... See more
Unfortunately, the French text has a lot of capital letters in it and unusual characters. The formatting is different to with extra lines of space that we did not have in the last test file you sent through. eg
"Notre prioritÈ est donc l'avenir de Scott
Bader et en úuvrant de concert avec le ComitÈ du Commonwealth
00:00:33.936 --> 00:00:38.376 A:middle
et le Conseil díadministration du Groupe, afin de veiller ‡ ce que les dÈcisions
Here's the paste: WEBVTT 00:00:00.506 --> 00:00:09.816 A:middle [ Music ] 00:00:10.316 --> 00:00:12.706 A:middle >> L'objet de ce film est de vous renseigner sur l'Assemblée des Membres. 00:00:13.296 --> 00:00:16.706 A:middle L'Assemblée des Membres est notre personne morale, telle que définie dans la Constitution. 00:00:17.286 --> 00:00:22.006 A:middle Il s'agit d'un organisme représentatif à l'échelle internationale créé en 2005 en vue de représenter les intérêts
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