Check Athlete Names and Scores Before Publishing Sports Subtitles
Use a correction sheet to review names, numbers, negation and timing in sports subtitles, then check each translated track against the final video.
Before publishing sports subtitles, listen again to passages containing names, scores, shirt numbers and words that change a statement’s meaning. Readable text can still misidentify an athlete or reverse what an interviewee said. Approve the words and their timing against the final video.
Build a small reference sheet
Record the official spelling of participant and team names from reliable event or club material. Keep accents and distinguish people with similar surnames. Use those references to check identity and spelling; they do not authorize replacing what a speaker actually said with a different result or opinion.
Vimeo documents manual transcript editing and separate editing of individual language files. When your chosen tool allows text corrections, make them deliberately and keep a record of unresolved passages rather than guessing.
Check the passages where a small error changes the meaning
- Names: compare the spoken reference with the relevant participant, team and spelling source. Do not select a familiar name simply because it looks plausible.
- Numbers: distinguish a shirt number, a score and a match-clock reference. Check the surrounding sentence before deciding how to write the number.
- Negation: listen for words that turn an assertion into a denial, and preserve that meaning in the subtitle.
- Timing: watch the subtitle with the final picture and audio. Confirm that it belongs to that speaker and passage, including after an edit or cut.
In a hypothetical interview, the speaker refers to shirt number 14, but the draft reads 40. The correction needs confirmation from the audio and its context. In another sentence, removing the negative from “we did not win” reverses the statement. A name list or a correct final score cannot replace listening to those words.
Keep corrections traceable
For each issue, note the video timestamp, what you hear, the draft wording, the proposed correction and the reference used. Mark unclear audio as unresolved and ask someone with access to the original recording or speaker for clarification. Do not turn uncertainty into a confident subtitle.
Review the corrected passage again in the exported or published preview you intend to approve. A correction in a working document does not establish that the viewer is receiving that version.
Review each language against the approved source
The Pleymeikel Labs overview includes subtitle preparation, with features depending on the account’s plan. Check the options available in your account before planning delivery.
Keep the same people, numbers and meaning across language versions while using natural phrasing. After changing a name or score in the source text, check each translated track; do not assume it received the correction. Record the reviewed language and video version so an older translation is not approved for a newer cut. A final review should cover both text accuracy and readable timing.