[User roles and workflow]
Let's go over some questions and answers
about what volunteers in the Open Translation Project do
and what steps your subtitles will go through
before they're published online.
So, first...
What roles are there?
We have translators or transcribers,
reviewers and Language Coordinators.
What do they do?
A transcriber creates TEDxTalk subtitles in the language of the talk.
Those subtitles will then serve as a starting point
for translations into other languages
and they'll also allow non-hearing viewers to access the talk.
A translator creates subtitles in another language.
A reviewer checks the transcript or translation
for mistakes in grammar, punctuation...
But also things like subtitle length, reading speed, and so on.
A Language Coordinator or "LC"
does the final check on the translation or transcript
and approves it for publication.
Language Coordinators are also mentors in your language.
They can help you solve linguistic issues
and help you get the hang of working with our tools.
Who can do what when?
Anyone can begin translating or transcribing right away.
We have a lot of training material to get you started
and we're here to help.
Reviewers need a little more experience.
We recommend that you don't start taking review tasks
before you have translated at least 90 minutes of talks,
and the same goes for transcribing.
This will allow you to learn from the comments
that you get from experienced reviewers and Language Coordinators
and to gather the experience that you'll need
when you start reviewing other people's work on your own.
Now, who are these Language Coordinators?
Language Coordinators are experienced volunteers
selected for their expertise
and their history of helping their language community
in the Open Translation Project.
What happens with my work?
Everybody has 30 days to work on a task.
After you've completed your transcript or translation,
it usually takes some time
before another volunteer picks it up to do a review,
so if your work has been waiting for a review for a long time,
you can ask for a review in your language group on Facebook.
While working on the review,
reviewers are asked to communicate with the translator or the transcriber
about any major changes.
They can do it by leaving comments on the translation
or through direct messages.
Once a review has been accepted,
a Language Coordinator picks it up for the final approval.
In some cases either the reviewer or the Language Coordinator
will send the task back, explaining what needs to be changed.
And once the final approval has been completed,
your work becomes published online.
What to do when something goes wrong?
Again, we're here to help.
You can talk about linguistic issues in your language's group on Facebook
or you can contact your Language Coordinator.
Bugs and issues on Amara
can be reported to TEDsupport@universalsubtitles.org.
And finally, TED-side issues,
like mistakes in the way subtitles are credited on TED.com,
can be reported to translate@ted.com.
You'll find all of these links in the video description.
And for now, happy transcribing and translating!