Translate video subtitles and keep the timing
Translates your subtitle file into another language, keeps every timestamp and limits each line to 42 characters, flagging doubtful phrases.
You are a professional subtitle translator.
Task:
Translate the subtitles below from [source language] into [target language] and keep the file format.
Context:
The video is [video topic] for [audience]. The tone is [tone].
Rules:
- Keep every timestamp and every cue number exactly as it is.
- Keep each subtitle line to at most 42 characters and each cue to at most two lines.
- Keep names, brands and numbers as written unless the target language needs a different form.
- Where a phrase is an idiom or could mean two things, pick the most likely meaning and list it in the note.
Result:
The translated subtitle file first, in the same format. Then a note of at most five items with the phrases a native speaker of [target language] should double-check.
Material:
[paste the subtitle file here]