David M.

Top Rated English/Spanish captioner, subtitler and translator, currently based in Bogotá, with a successful background in the delivery of projects such as: ⚉ Subtitle files for YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Amazon Video ⚇ Closed Captioning / SDH (Subtitles for the deaf or hard-of-hearing) ⚉ Localization of television shows and films ⚇ Subtitling (translated captions) ⚉ Dubbing Scripts / Voice-overs ⚇ Transcriptions ⚉ Section 508 / EBU-TT-D (BBC) / WCAG 2.0 compliant captioning ⚇ Website translations ⚉ Product Manual translations Closed Captioning and Subtitling Services: ⚇ Hardcoded Subtitles (customized font, background, color and size) ⚉ Open Captioning ⚇ Multiple file formats: .srt, .scc, .cap, .stl, .ult, .dfxp (TTML), .vtt, .mcc ⚉ Positioned Captioning ⚇ QuickTime embedded captioning ⚉ Burned-in subtitles for autoplay videos (Instagram, Vine, Facebook, Twitter) ⚇ Captioning QA (Positioning, italics, duration, synchronization, spelling, punctuation, sound descriptions, music descriptions, line division, speaker IDs, WPM/CPS, and other client-specific requirements) Skills Closed Captioning | subtitling | transcription | proofreading | CAT Tools | idiomatic translation | literal translation | legal translation | administrative translation | training | interpreting | pedagogy | leadership | communication | Why should you hire me? ⚉ 10+ years of experience dealing with all sorts of captioning challenges ⚇ If you want to know the difference between good captioning and professional-level captioning ⚉ If you need someone who uses both proprietary captioning software and professional video editing software to create the best captioning experience ⚇ If your captioning project must follow regulations imposed by FCC/European Commission/ACMA/CRtC ⚉ If you prefer 100% satisfaction to 95% satisfaction ⚇ If you appreciate language skills. Language matters, and the devil is in the detail. (Compare "Let's eat grandma" vs. "Let's eat, grandma.") ⚉ If you love your granny/are not a cannibal