CAPTIONS IN MY LANGUAGE

Messi or Ronaldo? I have heard this question a number of times in my life and there is only one answer from my side…Both. I consider both as legends and iconic role models. Be it in the talent they posses or the hard work and dedication they show on the ground or the humanity outside, both have always occupied a space in my heart. Being a football follower, I had watched many football related videos during this lock down to kill some time.

Today I was watching player interviews and I selected a Christiano Ronaldo interview dated four years back. But I was disturbed as the interview was in Spanish and the only Spanish word I knew which I heard in one of the regional comedy films was ’Señorita’. I just wrote a blog on caption translations some days back and it is now time to put those into practice. I checked for subtitles and was sad to find its availability only in Spanish. I don’t know why they need Spanish subtitles for a Spanish interview and that too for such a well known celebrity’s interview. Later I found closed captions were available and after selecting that I got the option to auto-translate to my native language Malayalam.

Nelson Mandela once said,”If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” True and meaningful words -I understood that after watching the video with captions in my language. I could connect well with the video and interview. It was a seven question interview and was really good.

The whole process would have been better if the video up loader had translated the captions to multiple languages as there is a global content in it. That’s how they can make use of the website that I recommended last time. Make use of such free translators and increase your video reach. For all those who missed out my last blog, here is the translation website link : https://translatecaptions.com/

Hope everyone is safe during this crisis situation…#Stay home #Stay safe