Proofreading for ZA in Hindi

[Rishi]

Hi Hindi Linguistic Team 

We’ve managed to accomplish one part of the task: Translation of Zeitgeist Addendum in Hindi.

We now need to move into the 2nd stage: Proofreading

This is nothing but the same as translating, but the goal is to spot the errors in the translation if any.

The current dotsub file which was accessible to all will now be locked down and become available only for proofreaders to make necessary changes.

The translation is backed up and attached in this email, so we can always revert back to the current version in case the proofreader makes changes which are not as good as the translated version.

The question I have for all of you is: What would you prefer?

Option 1. Do it in sequence, one by one with a round of interviews after each proofread. This would require the proofreaders to be totally different from the translators as it would be a conflict of interest.

Option 2. Do it as a group together using tools like Skype, Etherpad and Team Speak as a team. This will probably take longer and also require the co-ordination of a lot of people to get this accomplished. In this case a person involved in translation cannot proofread his or her own portion. They can only proofread a portion that was translated by another person. For example, from the current list of assignments listed below, Pankaj can proofread Mukti’s work: “00:00 - 45:43" and Mukti can proofread Pankaj’s work: “45:46 - 51:02"

00:00 - 45:43 - Unassigned but traslated by Mukti & Rishi (Completed)

45:46 - 51:02 - Assigned to Pankaj Behl (Completed)

51:02 - 55:53 - Assigned to Vineet (Completed)

55:53 - 1:00:01 - Assigned to Gaurav Sauda (Completed)

1:00:01 - 1:10:56 - Assigned to TD (AKA Tarandeep Singh) (Completed)

1:10:56 - 1:26:58 - Assigned to Pankaj  Behl (Completed)

1:26:58 - 1:30:59 - Assigned to Mukti & Rishi. (Completed)

1:30:59 - 1:34:13 - Assigned to Saket (Completed)

1:34:13 - 1:40:00 - Assigned to Devkant Gandhi (Completed)

1:40:00 - 1:44:08 - Assigned to Anurag Mehra (Completed)

1:44:08 - 1:45:01 - Assigned to Mukti & Rishi (Completed)

1:45:01 - 1:47:01 - Assigned to Devkant Gandhi (Completed)

1:47:01 - 1:50:00 - Assignment - Mukti & Rishi (Completed)

1:50:01 - 1:58:20 - Assigned to Pankaj Behl (Completed)

Looking forward to hearing back from you.

I’m attaching the SRT files (English + Hindi) for everyone to view offline:

[Devkant Gandhi]

I vote for the method #2, I feel this will be faster, more interactive and fun. But I have no objection to method #1

Devkant

Awaiting for a response from all of you.

In solidarity,

Rishi

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