So, have I understand right, user not need to have any Commons gadget to watch subtitled videos? And you will upload the subtitles to YouTube?
best regards Olli 2010/10/4 Erik Moeller <[email protected]> > Dear translation community, > > I'd like to make a renewed call for translation for the Wikipedia > videos that we released last month. See background here: > > > http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2010/09/24/four-videos-of-wikipedias-volunteers/ > > We already have subtitle translations in a dozen or so languages, but > we need many more :-). Here's how it works: > > 1) You'll find the videos at: > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:September_2010_Wikipedia_Videos > > 2) Click any of the video file names to get to the description pages. > On the description page, you will see a list of "Available closed > captioning files". > > 3) Click the English language source of a subtitle file. Click "Edit". > > 4) Copy all the text into the clipboard. > > 5) In the address bar, replace "en" with your Wikimedia language code. > So, for example, > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText:Wikipedia_User_Name_MEDIUM.ogv.en.srt&action=edit > > becomes > > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=TimedText:Wikipedia_User_Name_MEDIUM.ogv.de.srt&action=edit > > for a German translation. Load the new address. You can now paste in > the English original, and start translating line by line (be careful > not to remove the time markers). > > If there is a translation in your language already, please help to > proofread/improve it. > > Liane Al-Ghusain (on CC) is a communications intern with the Wikimedia > Foundation. She will import the subtitles into the YouTube copies of > the videos. To allow us to import them as a batch, please complete > your translations by _OCTOBER 15_. We will import them the following > week. > > If you've updated an existing translation, please let Liane know so > she can import it. > > Thank you very much for your help. We think these videos are a great > outreach tool, and your translations will make them even more widely > accessible. Don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. > > All best, > > Erik > > -- > Erik Möller > Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > _______________________________________________ > Translators-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l >
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