How to Split Subtitles

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Hey everyone this is Darren with Amara.

Today I want to show you how to break

and create new subtitle entries
and resync them.

Most of the time we need to do this
is actually when you're translating

and you'll know you need to do this

when you are translating
and you notice

that your subtitle is too long.

And it exceeds the number
of characters that the job needs.

This is the usually 32 characters
per line or 42 characters per line.

If you notice your translation going
over one of these two numbers

depending on your job

you will need to break the subtitle
into two individual subtitles

and re-time them.

To do this, first find the right place
to break the subtitle.

As we know, subtitles should be broken in
a way that follows grammatical rules.

I wouldn't really want
to break this phrase

right here

or here.

since that kind of breaks up the sentence.

What I really want to do
is break in right here

which flows really nicely with
how the sentence is spoken.

So once I've decided
where to break the subtitle,

I'm going to highlight everything

from that break point

after --

and cut that.

Once you've done that, hover your cursor
to the subtitle directly below this

and click the little "+" sign on it.

What this does is create
a new blank subtitle,

which you can paste the subtitle --
that you just cut -- into it.

Once you do that, notice that it's still
too long for I'm trying to accomplish,

it's still over forty two characters.

So in this case find the place
where want to break the subtitle,

where it fits the grammatical flow
of the sentence,

and actually hit Shift+Enter
to put this one subtitle onto two lines.

Amara tries to estimate
how to time this new subtitle,

but it sometimes doesn't
get it totally perfect,

so it's important to double-check
the syncing before moving on.

Play the video and use
either your Up or Down Arrows

to modify the syncing on in point
or out point as well as you can.

You can always click
and drag on the timeline.

Now you're going to need to reline on

a peer reference language
with your translation.

To do this, just click the lock icon

scroll your translation to fit,

then hit that lock button again
and they'll scroll together

Ta-dah! -- you're done!

You just broke a subtitle into two
and re-synced it.