The @w3c Timed Text #WorkingGroup invites implementations of the "Dubbing and Audio Description Profiles of TTML2 (DAPT)" specification for exchanging timed text content in #dubbing and #audio description workflows #timetoimplement

https://www.w3.org/TR/dapt/

DAPT enables scripting, voicing, and mixing for dubbing and audio descriptions, supporting video #localization and #accessibility.

Feedback welcome in https://github.com/w3c/dapt/

I noticed the German translation of Planify [flathub.org] could use some improvements. Some of the text strings made no sense and were outright wrong about how the app works.

Then I noticed some peculiarities of some of the source text strings — lots of duplicates, differing in capitalization, weird phrasings, etc.

Went into the code to investigate in hopes of eliminating duplicates and learn the context in which they're used.

Let's just say this is me right now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbSehcT19u0

As much as I enjoy #CivilizationVII, I am really disappointed that its #translation, into German at least, seems to be done using machines, incredibly shoddily so. Imagine translating "tilted" (as in, angry) as if it was about physical tilt. Imagine translating "only usable in cool climate" to "interesting in amazing weather".

It's insulting as someone passionate about #localization.

“Internal” fuzzy matches are text passages in a document or group of documents in a #translation or #localization project which are substantially alike in wording but which are not compared to records in translation memory databases. There are a number of ethical concerns when such internal matches are used to calculate the cost of translation work, but these concerns are particularly acute when a project involves multiple translators in the team.

https://translationtribulations.substack.com/p/fuzzy-thinking-in-team-translation?r=3vfy5m [translationtribulations.substack.com]

Last year I worked with a lovely neurodivergent client, Tahlee Rouillon, and her partner, Harley, on localizing their app to Brazilian Portuguese.

Restful is an app that helps you to relax effortlessly. There are both free and paid versions.

Check it out here: https://www.restfulapp.co/

One of the things I enjoyed the most about the project was to learn more about a CAT tool called POEditor.

I'd never translated .arb files before, and my offline CAT tool apparently doesn't recognize ARB as a valid translatable file, so I had to look for a different one, and there it was, and for free! POEditor does have a premium version, but I didn't have to purchase it because the project contained a moderate amount of words.

I'll soon add this project to my online portfolio. You can check out my latest entertainment projects here: https://renatafernandestranslation.com/entertainment/

When I got into the localization business, I'd never in a gazillion years would have thought I'd want to work with game loc.

I wasn't a gamer per se as a kid. I had a mini game, but that was it. I hated losing, and I didn't have fun with games because of all of that pressure to succeed.

But here we are! Beginner cozy gamer, fresh out of a fun, informative game loc course. Kinda addicted to The Sims 4.

One main takeaway from the course:

There's lots of kinds of games out there! Including educational games, which is often not a path most translators think of pursuing when they consider game loc.

Below is my certificate

That said, I am looking for experience in the #gamedev industry.

I would like to get into #localization for a living. I am almost done with my dual degrees in (computational and ordinary) linguistics; my native language is German and I am fluent in English.

I would like to help with #translation, #localisation, culturalization, and consulting regarding German culture and Germany itself.

Please e-mail me at LibreTown@proton.me if you feel like you need me.