About the Role
This role involves creating and formatting subtitles for digital video content in multiple languages, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and proper synchronization with audio.
Responsibilities
- Transcribe spoken audio into written text with high accuracy
- Synchronize subtitles to match on-screen dialogue timing
- Translate source audio into target languages when required
- Follow style guidelines for punctuation, formatting, and readability
- Review and revise subtitles based on feedback
- Meet deadlines for time-sensitive media projects
- Ensure cultural appropriateness of translated text
- Maintain consistency in terminology and tone
- Work with various video formats and subtitle file types
- Adapt dialogue to fit reading speed and line length standards
- Handle content across different genres including documentaries, commercials, and educational material
- Report technical issues in source files promptly
- Use subtitling software and text editors efficiently
- Manage multiple assignments simultaneously
- Preserve speaker intent and emotional tone in text
Nice to Have
- Experience in subtitling for broadcast or streaming platforms
- Familiarity with accessibility standards for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences
- Background in linguistics or translation studies
- Portfolio demonstrating past subtitling work
- Experience with timed text for regulated markets
Compensation
Paid per project based on language and volume
Work Arrangement
Remote
Team
Independent contractor role with editorial review support
Languages Needed
Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Turkish
How to Apply
- Submit a resume or CV highlighting language and subtitling experience
- Include a sample of timed subtitles if available
- Applications without language specifications may not be considered
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