Have you ever turned down a subtitling project because your client didn't have a script in document format and you had no idea where to start? Have you tried transcribing an audiovisual file in Word, and got frustrated with the task of manual time-coding it? Well, there's a simpler way around projects of this nature! In this presentation, you'll learn about DotSub, a free online platform that helps you transcribe and translate subtitles on the fly. It includes a synchronization feature, so you can generate an accurate, time-coded file in several different formats currently used in the subtitling industry.

• Note: If you're curious about DotSub and, unfortunately, won't be able to make it to San Francisco, here's a link to the webinar I presented at Proz.com. Stay tuned for the Brazilian Portuguese version of this webinar as well!

Dad is Cool and Mom Rocks are short story collections about parenting written by Brazilian journalist and radio personality Marcos Piangers and his wife Ana Cardoso, who is also a journalist and women's rights activist. The speaker will read from the books and discuss how the Portuguese>English translation was challenging in some areas–dynamic writing style, colorful descriptions, a few local expressions–but extremely rewarding in others. While these stories are about raising two young daughters in Brazil, the events narrated by the author translated easily into English with minor language adjustments, proving that parenting is indeed a universal experience.

• Note: Authors may be present for a bilingual reading. In the meantime, you can check out the translated ebook or the original ebook in Portuguese on Amazon