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Hi, my name is Darren Bridenbeck
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and I'm the Community
Development Manager at Amara
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and I am in beautiful, sunny
Portland, Oregon.
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And I'm Judit Piñol,
from Catalonia in Spain.
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And we're hoping
you're going to be joining us
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between the 26th and 30th of September
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to celebrate International Translation Day
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At Amara, we think subtitles are important
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because we believe
information should live free,
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and that by improving access to videos
we are building
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a more rich informed and equitable world.
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Whether is helping students get access
to lectures in their languages
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or a deaf and hard of hearing user
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the ability to experience
a video for the first time
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or even just sharing a silly video
with a friend of yours
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we know that video accessibility
is a huge cultural issue
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that we need to face together.
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We're hoping to meet that challenge
by taking a step forward
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together with all of you.
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With that, there's three
different ways you can celebrate
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International Translation Day 2016:
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First, share your story about
how subtitles have impacted
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your life and those around you.
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Share your story with the hashtag #ITD2016
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or email it to us at judit@amara.org
for a chance to be featured on the Amara blog
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and our Social Media outlets
throughout the week.
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Video submissions are also welcome!
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Next, you can actually help
subtitle a video
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We've been collecting stories
from users from all over the globe
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sharing their experiences with
how subtitles have impacted
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them and their daily lives,
and they need your translation help.
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Check out the link in the
video description to learn more.
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Finally, you can join us
on September 30th,
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International Translation Day itself,
for the Amara Community Summit.
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This is where we'll be discussing
some best practices
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on building vibrant
subtitling communities
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and the benefits that subtitles bring
per culture as a whole
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If you want to learn more
about international Translation Day 2016,
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check out the link
in the video description
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and we'd love to see you participate!
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Thank you, and we're looking forward
to celebrate ITD with you!
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That's it, thanks for contributing
and Happy Internatonal Translation Day!