Ted Talk Translation

How long is the subtitle duration?

• 10-15 secs

• 8-10 secs

• 1-7 secs

• 15-20 secs

What is the max reading speed?

• 17 characters

• 21 characters

• 15 characters

• 13 characters

Max number of lines?

• 1

• 2

What is the max line length?

• 25

• 50

• 42

• 30

what is the max subtitle length?

• 66

• 55

• 84

• 88

What is the rule of line-breaking?

• there is no particular rule

• you can split it as you like

• you can split linguistic units

• don't split linguistic units

What is the line length-balance?

• One line can't be shorter than 50% of the other.

• It doesn't matter

• One line can't be shorter than 25% of the other

What is the subtitle structure?

• There is no particular rule

• Make two lines the same length

• Don't merge end and beginning of two sentences

What is the rule for text segmentation?

• There are no particular rules

• You can split it as you wish

• Don't split sentences too much if not necessary for length/speed

What is the symbol to use for sound representation?

• square brackets

• parenthesis

• bold face

• italics