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In this quiz, you'll be expected to answer questions about TED's subtitle workflow and guidelines. Before you begin, we suggest re-reading our guidelines and watching the getting started video above.

Should volunteers be fluent in their languages?

True or false: Translators should be fluent in both source and target languages. Transcribers should be fluent in the language they are transcribing.

What roles are available to new volunteers?

Subtitles go through several steps before publication. Select the roles that are available to new volunteers:

How many subtitled talks should you have published in order to be eligible as a reviewer?

Reviewers check subtitles for accuracy and technical style, and provide constructive feedback. Volunteers can begin reviewing once they have published subtitles on at least __.

How should sounds be subtitled?

Sound representation in subtitles enables the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to understand sound information. Please select the proper way to represent the sound of an audience’s laughter in a subtitle:

How long should each subtitle be shown on screen?

It is important to give viewers enough time to both read and comprehend subtitled text. How long should a subtitle remain on the screen?

How should on-screen text be transcribed?

On-screen text that appears on the speaker’s slides should be put in ___.

For languages that use the Latin alphabet, what is the longest a subtitle line should be?

To ensure viewers can read subtitles comfortably, a subtitle should be broken into two lines when it is longer than __:

How should lines be broken up within a subtitle?

"Line-breaking" refers to choosing where to end a line or subtitle. Generally, break each line after a linguistic "unit", while keeping line lengths as even as possible. Select the correct example below.

I can speak three
modern Romance languages and read Latin pretty well.

I can speak three modern Romance languages
and read Latin pretty well.

I can speak three modern Romance
languages and read Latin pretty well.

Which of these subtitles are split correctly?

Select the two versions of subtitles that are split correctly:

which I learned in college.
Maria also believes that

gender is a social construct.

which I learned in college.

Maria also believes
that gender is a social construct.

Somehow, this worked really well
in Alex's garage. When you work

on something big,
you need to accept failure.

Somehow, this worked really well
in Alex's garage.

When you work on something big,
you need to accept failure.

What can a Language Coordinator help with?

Your community's Language Coordinator can support you with which of the following: