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en:styleguide [2017/10/11 22:53] – external edit 127.0.0.1en:styleguide [2019/01/07 19:43] – [Keep lines short] thore
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 === In dialogs the person speaking has to be indicated === === In dialogs the person speaking has to be indicated ===
  
-Full names are only useful when first using them. After that please use a form of abbreviation. If you use first names or family names is up to you (different might be appropriate from talk to talk), but the prinpipal is always: the shorter the better!+Full names are only useful when first using them. After that please use a form of abbreviation. If you use first names or family names is up to you (different might be appropriate from talk to talk), but the principle is always: the shorter the better!
  
 == example: == == example: ==
 <file plain> <file plain>
-Constanze Kurz: welcome!+Constanze Kurz: Welcome!
 *applause* *applause*
-Kurz: nice to have you here! +Kurz: Nice to have you here! 
-Frank Rieger: also a warm welcome from me, too!+Frank Rieger: Also a warm welcome from me!
 Rieger: … Rieger: …
 </file> </file>
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 <WRAP center round important 60%> <WRAP center round important 60%>
-new!+NewAdditional Infos Jan 2019
 </WRAP> </WRAP>
  
-In general subtitles can be easily read, if a line is not more than around 40 chars. Instead you might use to show two lines at the same time (use explicit linebreaks). Amara recommends to have lines shorter, but they also think about subtitles which are shortened, while we prefer to have our talks literally subtitled +In general subtitles can be easily read, if a line is not more than around 42 chars. 
- +Since we use and format the transcripts from the etherpads you don'have to take care of linebreaksPlease insert as few linebreaks as possiblePlease only insert linebreaks for speaker changes or sounds and when the etherpad forces you to.
-Another problem actually is our current auto timing process, which currently creates forced linebreaks if lines are too longTherefore we recommend to keep lines at max 42 chars.+
  
 +In short: Fewer linebreaks is better.
 === Intro and outro === === Intro and outro ===
  
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 </file> </file>
  
-=== If you have a talk which is totally mixed in two or more languages, then use the language "Klingon" in amara (seriously) ===+=== If you have a talk which is totally mixed in two or more languages, then use the language "Klingon" in amara (seriously)===
  
 Afterwards there can be a whole translation to english and german and whatever. Afterwards there can be a whole translation to english and german and whatever.
en/styleguide.txt · Last modified: 2021/01/05 21:17 by percidae

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