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Hello again, in the next video Katharina Wiesmannn from ZDF digital.
She is a live subtitler and will provide us a deeper explanation
on how terminology is managed and implemented
in the specific context of TV broadcasting.
I hope you will enjoy it!
Hi i'm Katharina Wiessermann , I work for ZDF digital as a live subtitler.
My main working context is News, live broadcasting, TV shows,
sport events and morning shows.
When you receive a real-time intralingual subtitling work
when do you start preparing the terminology?
It's at least one hour of preparation but it always depends on the subject.
If it's a new subject we have to find out everything about the terminology
that could appear,
we've to predict challenges that could come up like unknown names
or technical terms.
From your experience which are the main challenges
when preparing and managing the terminology
for your working context?
and are there any specific areas
that demand a higher terminology preparation and management?
It's difficult to know in which direction the show will develop.
it happens that people change the subject
and talk about something different whatever is on their mind.
if it's a political talk you must know the background of people
who are going to be interviewed.
Terminology could change any minute, any moment
and ideally you know everything about the topic
or you know at least how to write it.
Always expect the unexpected.
Which information or documentation related to terminology
do you receive or request from your customer?
we need information about the topic
we also have to know who's going to be interviewed,
who is going to be on the show.
we've to know if it's a sport event, what kind of event it's going to be,
who are the athletics, who are the experts,
who is the coach of the team, the whole package,
we have to know everything if it's possible.
Which sources and tools do you use to prepare and manage terminology?
Some information is provided to us by the customer liked scripts
and furthermore we have access to certain editorial software
which can contain extra information about the show
like any special terminology
and if more information is needed we use databases
like Google or Channel home pages,
and we create a list of new words with these informations
and add the list to our respeaking software
From your experience which are the most difficult terms
to manage in real-time intralingual subtitling?
we noticed that numbers are main problem of the software
if you say 2015 the program writes three words "2000 and 15".
And not 2015.
So you have to dictate precisely what you really mean
also names are a main problem.
They can be difficult to pronounce
and they are names like Biden the US president
and "beiden" which is german for "both".
And they are spelled differently.
therefore you have to train the we speaking software
in which case to use which term.
Once the work is finished do you update your terminology
before the next work?
Normally we update the list before the work,
so there will be no surprises.
The program ideally already knows all the new terminology
when the live show starts.
If we notice during the show that there are terms
that the program doesn't know yet we add them to the list.
So afterwards we don't have much to do with the terminology
or the list of terminology.
But in our office all the respeakers share the same list.
So it's very important that the list is always updated
always filled with new material
so normally we do it before the show
if anything new comes up we still update the list afterwards.
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