{"id":892,"date":"2020-09-02T01:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T01:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/?page_id=892"},"modified":"2020-09-02T01:19:54","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T01:19:54","slug":"frequently-asked-questions-about-subtitling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/en\/services\/subtitling\/frequently-asked-questions-about-subtitling\/","title":{"rendered":"Frequently asked questions about subtitling"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why should I add subtitles to a video?<\/h2>\n<p>Besides being used for marketing and to promote companies or products, audiovisual content is increasingly present in social media. Take <strong>Facebook, for example, a platform on which 85% of videos are viewed without sound<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/en\/services\/subtitling\/\">Subtitling<\/a> can help you grab a viewer\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n<h2>How are subtitled films delivered?<\/h2>\n<p>We usually deliver films with <strong>hardcoded subtitles<\/strong>, which means they are permanently embedded in the video, just like the movies you watch in the cinema. We can also provide the subtitles in <strong>a separate file<\/strong> with the appropriate time coding.<\/p>\n<h2>Why does it seem like subtitles are always incomplete?<\/h2>\n<p>Because there are time and space limitations, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/en\/services\/subtitling\/\">subtitling<\/a><\/strong><strong> uses a more succinct and objective language<\/strong>, conveying the most important ideas rather than literally transcribing what is being said or described in the film.<\/p>\n<h2>Are there different subtitling formats?<\/h2>\n<p>Given that <a href=\"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/en\/services\/subtitling\/\">subtitling<\/a> follows a specific set of rules and procedures, different formats can be used depending on the desired outcome, ranging from <strong>conventional subtitles to closed captioning<\/strong> for the hard of hearing.<\/p>\n<h2>Can a subtitled film be used on all platforms?<\/h2>\n<p>It is very important that you tell us <strong>where you will be sharing your video<\/strong> as the rules for <a href=\"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/en\/services\/subtitling\/\">subtitling<\/a> a film are different to those of an online platform such as YouTube or Vimeo, for example, which use their own subtitling system with specific rules.<\/p>\n<h2>Do you need a script for subtitling?<\/h2>\n<p>Although not required, <strong>it can help to considerably save time in <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/en\/services\/subtitling\/\">subtitling<\/a> <\/strong>and provides information that will make the process smoother and improve quality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why should I add subtitles to a video? Besides being used for marketing and to promote companies or products, audiovisual content is increasingly present in social media. Take Facebook, for example, a platform on which 85% of videos are viewed without sound. Subtitling can help you grab a viewer\u2019s attention. How are subtitled films delivered? [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":885,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/accordion.php","meta":[],"tags":[43],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/892"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/892\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itechwords.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}