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OTP Learning Series 01: How to sign up

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    [How to sign up]
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    Welcome to the Open Translation Project!
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    To start contributing,
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    go to TED.com and set up a profile.
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    Then you will need to register
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    in our online
    translation and transcription tool, Amara.
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    To do so, go to Amara.org
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    and then sign in
    by using your TED profile.
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    Now select your languages.
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    In the Open Translation Project,
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    in addition to translating
    English TEDTalks,
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    you will also be able
    to translate and transcribe
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    TEDxTalks delivered in other languages.
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    So here, select all of the languages
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    that you feel confident
    translating and transcribing.
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    Afterwards, click "Apply to Join."
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    You will be asked to respond
    to a few questions.
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    Be as accurate as possible,
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    and remember to answer
    all of them in English.
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    When you're ready,
    submit your application.
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    Let me give you a hint!
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    Don't forget to confirm your email address
    in the email sent to you by Amara.
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    This will allow you
    to receive a notification
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    when your application has become accepted.
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    We usually take up to five days
    to approve an application.
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    You can use this time to prepare
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    by browsing our training material
    on TED.com and our Wiki, OTPedia,
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    and you can search for TEDTalks,
    TEDxTalks and TED-Ed lessons
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    that you might want to translate.
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    After your application
    has become accepted,
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    get in touch with the OTP community,
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    in our general Facebook groups,
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    "I translate TEDTalks"
    and "I transcribe TEDxTalks,"
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    and find your specific language group
    in the ever-growing list on OTPedia.
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    And for now,
    happy transcribing and translating!
Title:
OTP Learning Series 01: How to sign up
Description:

This tutorial explains how to sign up as a volunteer in TED's Open Translation Project. The links used in this video are:

Training material on OTPedia: http://translations.ted.org/wiki/Main_Page

General OTP Facebook groups:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/ITranslateTEDTalks
http://www.facebook.com/groups/ITranscribeTEDxtalks

List of language-specific Facebook groups: http://translations.ted.org/wiki/Language_Groups

This video has been created for the volunteers working in the TED Open Translation Project. The TED Open Translation Project brings TEDTalks beyond the English-speaking world by offering subtitles, interactive transcripts and the ability for any talk to be translated by volunteers worldwide.
Learn more at http://www.ted.com/pages/287
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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TED Translator Resources
Duration:
02:15

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