Forum: Subtitling
Topic: Possible extremely high volume free translation "test" - is it a scam?
Poster: jbjb
Post title: test
A typical subtitling test is 5-10 minutes of material, can take 1-2 hours of your time (for beginners).
It is never a single continuous piece of video. You would have a few minutes from a TV series, a few minutes from a film, a few minutes from a director's cut commentary, all mixed together. Usually very different topics and very text-heavy.
So if the test is really 20 minutes from a single video, it's a sign of trouble.
Topic: Possible extremely high volume free translation "test" - is it a scam?
Poster: jbjb
Post title: test
A typical subtitling test is 5-10 minutes of material, can take 1-2 hours of your time (for beginners).
It is never a single continuous piece of video. You would have a few minutes from a TV series, a few minutes from a film, a few minutes from a director's cut commentary, all mixed together. Usually very different topics and very text-heavy.
So if the test is really 20 minutes from a single video, it's a sign of trouble.