Czech subtitling agency creating localized Czech subtitles. Our Czech subtitling services include transcriptions, SRT file creation, Czech subtitle translations, and on-screen text and graphics localization.
Adelphi is a specialist media localization company creating Czech subtitles for advertising and design agencies, translation companies, and media organizations worldwide. Our in-house subtitle translations departments are specialists in providing Czech translations, Czech SRT files, and burnt-on subtitle videos.
Adelphi is a proud member of the Association of Translation Companies (ATC). Using Adelphi’s Czech translation services for your subtitling, therefore, ensures that quality and timing are closely controlled throughout the project.
Included in Adelphi’s Czech subtitling services is our capacity to localize motion graphics and animations, printed materials, Articulate Storyline e-learning projects, and any on-screen text in-house with no outsourcing. This makes Adelphi the full-service foreign language localization agency for all your Czech subtitling requirements.
This video was also subtitled in Italian, French, and German.
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Tips for preparing your videos for subtitling
- Always check if the subject has already been translated into the language you require, as this might mean there are established ways to spell product names etc. Where possible, provide a glossary list of these, so we can inform our translators.
- Make sure the video you provide us with is final, as all the translated content and timings will have to be redone at an extra cost if they change in the middle of the project.
- It is always best to transcribe the video with time-codes in the original language first and only then translate, so only one set of time-coding needs to be done. If not, we then have to time-code each language individually, meaning extra costs and longer turnarounds.
- If you’re planning on shooting raw footage in a language you are unfamiliar with and editing it later, please ask your guide or interpreter if they can give you a written transcript of everything that was recorded.
Subtitle styles
The above Czech subtitles were ‘burnt on’ to the video (open captions) and due to the nature of the video we used white text with an outline or shadow. There are various ways of producing subtitles to display on your video. We can advise you on the best option and even provide samples for you to choose from. We can also advise on the best fonts to use.
Click here to see some samples of subtitle styles
Burnt-on Czech subtitles
One method of subtitling is called ‘burned on’ subtitles, which means they cannot be turned on or off and are always visible. These are also called ‘open’ captions and they are part of the video file itself. Using this method means that multiple languages cannot be shown using the same file, therefore it is necessary to produce multiple versions of the video with the different languages, these can be selected by the user.
Czech subtitle translations – SRT file creation
For Czech subtitle translation, we would use a Czech audiovisual translator (SRT file translator) who will create translated subtitles in the target language directly from the video in the source language.
There are many subtitle file formats, such as SRT, STL, and VTT, etc. The file format depends on the platform used to display the subtitles, but SRT files are the most commonly supported. SRT files are time-coded documents that can be imported into the subtitling software, which then puts the correct subtitle in the correct sequence. After this, the SRT files just need a quick tidy-up to ensure the reading speed and subtitle presentation are optimal. These SRT files can then be used to create burnt-on Czech subtitles.
SRT and STL files are also used to provide subtitles for YouTube, Vimeo, etc. By using these types of files, viewers have the option to switch on subtitles for different languages by clicking the 
button in the bottom right-hand corner. CC stands for “Closed Captions”.
If you require Closed Captions for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences please let us know, as there are specific rules that must be adhered to. For the US guidelines Click here For UK guidelines Click here
Czech on-screen text localization
As well as producing the subtitles we can also localize any on-screen text, motion graphics, etc into Czech. Depending on the complexity and how the original text was produced we may require the data package it was made in.
Click here for more on on-screen text localization
Transcription services
Our transcription services provide time-coded scripts ready for translation. The length of many languages will expand when compared to the original and care must be taken in the translation to keep the true meaning of the original, while staying within the time frame allowed. There are two basic types of transcription, Verbatim which includes all the “hum” and “ah’s” etc., and then there is Readable which is cleaned up to eliminate all the unnecessary elements.
Articulate Storyline localization
We can translate not just the text from your Articulate Storyline course itself but also localize all of the button and slider content too, we also add voice-overs and subtitles to any embedded videos using translated scripts and voice talents we can provide.
