Clarification on terminology | Both jobs are for better understanding of what happens in the scene

Forum: Subtitling
Topic: Clarification on terminology
Poster: Kang Seok Lee
Post title: Both jobs are for better understanding of what happens in the scene

Hola Liliane
Please let me start the explanation by quoting your questions.
1) Confirm with linguistic QC- is it to perform a regular QC on a previously translated video?
QC of subtitling mostly means making better synchronization. Quality checking of the previous content of subtitles is important too. But if you change the previous subtitles too much, you might need to adjust timing(=synchronization) all over again which takes so long time. So I recommend you use most of your time for better(if possible best) synchronization of subtitles.

2) FN origination work - Are you expected to translate just the text overlays or the whole video?
Mostly FN(Forced Narrative) subtitles mean translating text overlays. But occasionally, you may have to put the explanation for what happens in the video scene(the whole video).
I think the following source can be a good help for you.
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I wish you finish your project nice and smart.