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[User roles and workflow]

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Let's go over some questions and answers

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about what volunteers[br]in the Open Translation Project do

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and what steps[br]your subtitles will go through

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before they're published online.

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So, first...

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What roles are there?

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We have translators or transcribers,

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reviewers and Language Coordinators.

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What do they do?

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A transcriber creates TEDxTalk subtitles[br]in the language of the talk.

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Those subtitles will then serve[br]as a starting point

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for translations into other languages

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and they'll also allow non-hearing viewers[br]to access the talk.

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A translator creates subtitles[br]in another language.

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A reviewer checks[br]the transcript or translation

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for mistakes in grammar, punctuation...

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But also things like subtitle length,[br]reading speed, and so on.

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A Language Coordinator or "LC"

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does the final check[br]on the translation or transcript

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and approves it for publication.

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Language Coordinators[br]are also mentors in your language.

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They can help you solve linguistic issues

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and help you get the hang[br]of working with our tools.

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Who can do what when?

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Anyone can begin[br]translating or transcribing right away.

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We have a lot of training material[br]to get you started

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and we're here to help.

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Reviewers need a little more experience.

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We recommend[br]that you don't start taking review tasks

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before you have translated[br]at least 90 minutes of talks,

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and the same goes for transcribing.

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This will allow you[br]to learn from the comments

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that you get from experienced reviewers[br]and Language Coordinators

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and to gather[br]the experience that you'll need

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when you start reviewing[br]other people's work on your own.

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Now, who are these Language Coordinators?

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Language Coordinators[br]are experienced volunteers

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selected for their expertise

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and their history of helping[br]their language community

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in the Open Translation Project.

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What happens with my work?

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Everybody has 30 days to work on a task.

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After you've completed[br]your transcript or translation,

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it usually takes some time

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before another volunteer picks it up[br]to do a review,

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so if your work has been waiting[br]for a review for a long time,

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you can ask for a review[br]in your language group on Facebook.

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While working on the review,

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reviewers are asked to communicate[br]with the translator or the transcriber

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about any major changes.

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They can do it by leaving comments[br]on the translation

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or through direct messages.

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Once a review has been accepted,

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a Language Coordinator picks it up[br]for the final approval.

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In some cases either the reviewer[br]or the Language Coordinator

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will send the task back,[br]explaining what needs to be changed.

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And once the final approval[br]has been completed,

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your work becomes published online.

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What to do when something goes wrong?

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Again, we're here to help.

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You can talk about linguistic issues[br]in your language's group on Facebook

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or you can contact[br]your Language Coordinator.

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Bugs and issues on Amara

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can be reported to[br]TEDsupport@universalsubtitles.org.

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And finally, TED-side issues,

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like mistakes in the way[br]subtitles are credited on TED.com,

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can be reported to translate@ted.com.

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You'll find all of these links[br]in the video description.

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And for now,[br]happy transcribing and translating!