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I’m not an expert but i’m a similar situation (mine it’s in italian but i need english subtitles to join some festivals) . Wheat kind of problems would you like to solve?
As far as the technical aspect is concerned, it’s not a difficult process actually, you need to create a written file in which the words corrispond to the timestamps. A bit tedious and time consuming but not that complicated. You attach that file in the software you are using for post production (i’m doing it in Da Vinci Resolve, for example, and it offers a tool to create subtitles automatically – but i prefer creating them manually). Usually it’s the same file you have to submit to festivals, when they request subtitles.
To translate the dialogue i’d suggest you to see how movies create subtitles, sometimes i see differences between the subtitle and the dialogue when they are in different languages: the global meaning is respected but not the actual dialogue. I find it a bit annoying, i don’t see the point in changing the script, when the phrase still makes sense in the other language. I hope that helps a little!
If you want to do it yourself you can use the Studio Version of Davinci Resolve. It automatically creates subtitles from your audio tracks. If you have the English subtitles created, you can use ChatGPT to translate them to French and replace the original.
I can’t include YouTube links, otherwise it won’t let me post this comment, so I’ll try to add them in a second post.
The last few iterations of Premiere Pro have captioning/subtitling tools baked in, as well.
I found this to be a pretty informative read on how this is done (Link).
If you want to do it yourself you can use the Studio Version of Davinci Resolve. It automatically creates subtitles from your audio tracks. If you have the English subtitles created, you can use ChatGPT to translate them to French and replace the original. I can’t include YouTube links, otherwise it won’t let me post this comment, so I’ll try to add them in a second post.
I don’t know how good are translations from ChatGPT but in general i try to avoid automatic translations, sometimes i checked languages i know and translations were a bit odd at best (but they are improving everyday of course). To quickly understand what a website talks about they are fine, but i wouldn’t trust them for subtitles. Just my opinion of course!
Absolutely. They need to be checked by a native speaker. But ChatGPT does a decent job and if you have a native speaker read over and correct a translation instead of translating themselves, it is easier, faster and cheaper.
Thank you to all! I think I’ll use DaVinci to create the English subtitles and work with a native speaker to translate.
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