Arabic and English Subtitles for Institutional Video

Provide the video, any existing transcript and the intended audience. Identify whether you need same-language captions, translated subtitles or both. Explain how mixed Arabic and English speech should be treated in each version.

Share approved names, institutional terminology and existing translations. Mark passages where the source is unclear and arrange clarification with the content owner. An existing transcript is useful reference material, but it should be checked against the final spoken audio.

Subtitles must be reviewed as they appear with the picture and speech. Ask for timing, sentence division and line breaks to be checked alongside translation. A correct paragraph translation may still need careful adaptation to become readable timed text.

For Arabic, review right-to-left presentation together with names, numbers and English terms. Check that subtitles do not cover essential labels or on-screen information. Agree how speaker changes and relevant non-speech audio should be represented when captions are required.

Decide whether subtitles should be embedded visibly in the exported video or supplied as a separate timed text file. Embedded text stays on the picture; a separate file needs a compatible player and correct upload configuration.

Ask the receiving team which file formats and language versions it needs. Confirm any platform requirements directly before delivery. If both embedded and separate versions are required, list them as distinct outputs and test each one in its intended viewing environment.

Name a reviewer for language and institutional terminology, and consolidate comments into one version. Watch the complete video with subtitles rather than reviewing text alone. Check names, omissions, timing, reading flow and the beginning and end of each file.

Linguative can scope transcription, translation and subtitling together. Agree revision rounds, the approved edit version and the delivery deadline. If the video changes after approval, have the affected timings and subtitle text reviewed before the new export is distributed.