English to Turkish

What happens when English speech is transcribed

Speech is fast, with lots of contractions and connected forms (gonna, wanna). Names and brand names get spelled by ear; downloading the transcript and fixing them is the fastest route.

Spoken English uses connected forms: “going to” becomes “gonna”. The transcript writes what was said, not written English; you can tidy it up in the .srt file.

Who watches English content?

English captions open content up to the global feed. Most viewers whose first language isn't English still follow English captions easily, so it's usually the first extra language to add.

What's taken care of when translating into Turkish

Translation follows the flow of speech, not word by word: a English sentence can come out longer or shorter in Turkish, so subtitle timings are rebalanced. When capitalizing, the i→İ and ı→I rules matter; get them wrong and Istanbul turns into “ISTANBUL” without the dotted İ. BeamTake capitalizes by the Turkish rules.

Line breaks follow the target language: Break long suffixed words onto the next line instead of splitting them. Both languages read in the same direction, so alignment needs no extra work.

Where are Turkish-speaking viewers?

Turkish content reaches Turkey plus large Turkish-speaking communities in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and France, so a Turkish-captioned clip rarely stays in one country.

Technical summary

Subtitles, not dubbing

We don't generate synthetic voices. The speaker's own voice and intonation stay, and viewers read the text. For interviews, lectures, podcasts and other speech-heavy content, that's more honest than imitating a voice, and causes fewer problems in practice.

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