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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hi, my name is Alastair Cole.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a documentary filmmaker \Nbased here in Scotland.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a pleasure to be here today
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to celebrate\NInternational Translation Day 2017,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to talk to you about Amara as well,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is, of course, a wonderful platform\Nfor subtitling and translation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As part of my role as a filmmaker,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subtitling and translation\Nis such a pivotal part to what I do.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Specially as I make films,\Nand at the moment\N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm making a film about languages,\Nabout the subject of language,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,including a recent project,\Na feature documentary project
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called, "The Colours of the Alphabet",
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which I'm going to talk\Na little bit about now,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because subtitling and translation\Nhave been so pivotal and so fundamental
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to how this film is made.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those in it, those with me in it,\Nwithout them,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wouldn't have been able\Nto made the film.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The film is a feature documentary,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it released last year\Nat the Glasglow Festival,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's been turned around\Nfestivals and cinemas
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the UK, in Europe and Africa,\Nsince then.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the story of three children\Nin a village in Zambia,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a village called Lwimba.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a story of language and politics\Nin education, if you want, and childhood.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It follows the children for 12 months\Nat their first year of school.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's a school in the community,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the community speaks\None language, called Soli,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the region and the teacher speak\Nanother language, called Nyanja,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they all must learn English,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because English is the only \Nofficial language of Zambia,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,despite there being\N72 different languages,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and only less than 2% of the population\Nspeak English at home.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, of course, it's a film about\Nthis political dynamic,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at the same time, it's a film\Nabout childhood, and it's funny,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it'a film that, hopefully,\Nwe can all relate to at times,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it reminds us of those days\Nat schools and their difficulties,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but of course,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for someone that is going to school\Nin a different language completely,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these difficulties are really highlighted\Nand exasperated, if you want.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But within the filmmaking process,\Nsubtitling and translation is fundamental.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We used multicolored subtitles in the film
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to represent the changes in the languages\Nthat are going on in the classroom
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and somewhere like Zambia.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This multilingualism is incredible,\Nit's very impressive, but of course,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,conveying it to a non-indigenous\NAfrican language speaking audience
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is often difficult, \Nand it's often not taken as a priority.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But for us it was a priority,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we used a creative approach to subtitling,\Nif you want, in the film,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can see in the teaser\Nat the end of this video.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Soli, one of the languages, is orange,\Nhas orange subtitling,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nyanja has green subtitling,\NBemba has ping subtitling,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and English has white subtitling.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this technique has fostered\Nmore conversation, and hopefully,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a greater understanding\Nabout this multilingualism that exists,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this beautiful multilingualism that exists\Nand the complexities and the skills,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which so many people across the continent\Nembrace this.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I suppose, \Nwithin the documentary more broadly,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subtitling and translation is so important\Nand my team --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my team for this film\Nis what I talk about.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My team of subtitlers and translators\Nin Zambia, [names]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[names]\Nwere so important
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and without them \NI wouldn't be able to make the film.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also my team in the UK [names]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those screen languages,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who helped to bring the film\Nto international audiences,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and creating foreign languages\Nfor the film.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But more generally, \Nin documentary filmmaking
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having translation, and translators\Nthat work seriously to approach it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to understand the importance\Nof representing someone,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that language can be misconstrued
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and [ ] stood a translation \Nisn't taken seriously is so important.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think documentary filmmaking\Nprovides the case sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because people and the film\Nthat an audience can see and hear
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are real people before and after the film,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so their accurate representation\Nis so important,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and their understanding of them\Nas people is so important.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think translation and subtitling\Nhas done a wonderful job
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help audiences around the world\Nexperience cultures and languages,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also, at the same time,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,understand people\Nin the best way possible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also want to mention a new project\Nthat I'm working on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around "The Colours of the Alphabet",
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the release \Nof "The Colours of the Alphabet"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,early next year across Africa,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where it'll be forecast\Ninto 49 different countries with