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Hi, my name is Alastair Cole.

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I'm a documentary film maker [br]based here in Scotland,

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and it's a pleasure to be here today

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to celebrate[br]International Translation Day 2017,

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and to talk to you about Amara as well,

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which is, of course, a wonderful platform[br]for subtitling and translation.

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As part of my role as a filmmaker,

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subtitling and translation[br]is such a pivotal part to what I do.

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Specially at the moment,[br]the film I'm making is about languages,

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the subject of language,

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including a recent project,[br]a feature documentary,

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"The Colors of the Alphabet".

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which I'm going to talk[br]a little bit about now,

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why translation and subtitling[br]have been so pivotal and so fundamental

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to how this film is made.

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Those who were with me in it,

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without them I wouldn't have been able[br]to made this film.

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The film is a feature documentary,

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it released last year[br]at the Glasglow Festival,

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and it's been turned around[br]festivals and cinemas

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in the UK, Europe and Africa,[br]since then.

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It's the story of three children[br]in a village in Zambia,

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in a village called [ ]

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It's a story of language and politics[br]in education, if you want, and childhood.

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It follows the children for 12 months[br]at their first year of school.

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And there's a school in the community,

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where the community speaks one language[br]- [ ] -

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the region and the teacher speak[br]another language, called [ ],

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and they all learn English, because[br]English is the official language of Zambia