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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 at the moment,\NI'm making a film about languages,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about 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 translation and subtitling\Nhave been so pivotal and so fundamental
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to help this film made.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those in it, those with me in it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without them I wouldn't have been able\Nto have 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 being 72 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,\Nit's a film about childhood,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's funny, \Nand it'a film that, hopefully,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we 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 in the film-making 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 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, and it's often\Nnot 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, so we used,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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,,as you can see in the teaser it,\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 technic has foster\Nmore conversation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hopefully, a greater understanding\Nthat this multilingualism that exists,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this beautiful multilingualism that exists
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and 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
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, [3:04]