Advancing Media Accessibility and Audiovisual Translation
We always want to keep the lines of communication open at Amara, and getting to know each other and our roles within the organization is a great place to start. This month features Marília Correia, project manager at Amara! I live in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, and in my spare time I like to hang out…
You are so awesome!!! I don’t think there are enough ways to say thanks to all the people who have been contributing to the Amara Translation team on Transifex over the past few weeks. Our team has shown amazing growth in the number of translators, language teams and strings translated as we continue to…
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When the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear catastrophe occurred in March 2011, many people looked for a precedent that could give them an understanding of what this tragedy might mean in the long run. They soon found one – this year marks the 25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Since March, the Universal Subtitles community has been…
The Libyan conflict has made international headlines this year and the Universal Subtitles community has absolutely taken notice. Our great volunteers have been translating videos into multiple languages, and Universal Subtitles is now being used as a medium through which world news can be shared with everyone. This particular video is extremely popular among people…
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We’re looking for volunteers to caption and translate videos on our volunteer team page. We’ve curated some fascinating videos from non-profit and educational partners that deserve a global audience. Even if you don’t speak multiple languages you can still help make the video more accessible by creating captions. Anyone can join! Why Volunteer? Any video…
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We’re working on a fresh release of Universal Subtitles right now and we need help with testing. You don’t need to know anything about programming to get involved! As a non-profit and collaborative project we wholly depend on volunteers at every stage of the process. We already have a fantastic core group of testers, but…
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As the courageous protests continue, we’re been able to help the folks at Alive in Egypt make their AIE video page fully translatable. Their site has been attracting many volunteers who are translating voice-to-twitter calls from Egyptians. They have also been aggregating videos from on the ground, but up till now they didn’t have an…