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--- en:styleguide [2019/01/07 19:39] – [In dialogs the person speaking has to be indicated] thore
+++ en:styleguide [2021/01/05 21:17] (current) – [Keep lines short] percidae
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 === Sounds are marked with "*". ===
+This **excludes** things that are visible in the video (e.g. *Points to slides*)
 Unfortunately there is a bug in amara which uses the * for italic. Just ignore it we will fix that with a script in the textfiles.
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 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 since some time you don't have to take care of linebreaks. Please inserts as few linebreaks as possible. Pleas only insert linebreaks for speaker changes or sounds and when the etherpad forces you to.
+Since we use and format the transcripts from the etherpads you don't have to take care of linebreaks. Please insert as few linebreaks as possible. Please only insert linebreaks for speaker changes or sounds and when the etherpad forces you to.
-In short: Less linebreaks is better
+In short: Fewer linebreaks is better.
+If you are working on a subtitle in amara during the quality control phase, please do not change the double lines with a maximum line length of 42 characters. The subtitles are formatted as a continous text intentionally. This creates text blocks which are visible for a as long as possible period of time. This improves the readability of the subtitles, especially for fast tech talks.
 === Intro and outro ===
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 Afterwards there can be a whole translation to english and german and whatever.