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Editing to “Fit The Mood”
(Shamelessly stolen from the QA guide)Make sure you consider the overall “mood” of the clip, and ...
Export Settings
Export in H.264 MP4 at 60fps. Bitrate settings should be Variable Bitrate (VBR) in the range of 2...
Editing Software
You are free to use any editing software you wish, as long as it has support for one or both of t...
General
At HLR, we believe editors should have full freedom to decide how they want to edit a video, with...
Intro
This guide will outline basic settings and conventions expected of all editors. It will only go o...
Commas (,)
More info: https://prowritingaid.com/CommaComma chainsUse Oxford commas.e.g. “I love my parents, ...
Indonesian-specific
IdiomsUse many websites as references since our idioms could be interpreted differently in Englis...
Chinese-specific
IdiomsThere are many websites for idiom translations. In the best case scenario, you should trans...
Onomatopoeia
The word itselfTry to localize as much as possible. This may mean it is changed to an actual desc...
Japanese-specific (Neologisms)
Character-defining speech ending tics (gobi 語尾) or catchphrase: GobiAs much as possible, mix it w...
Illeisms (i.e. Speaking in the third person)
Avoid whenever possible.(e.g. Pekora saying “Pekora is…” turns into “I am…”)
Stuttering
Separate with hyphens. First phoneme repeats, including capitals. Repeat vowels if necessary.Refe...
Intro
If you get their/they’re/there wrong, you will be publicly lynched.- Also we’re and were and wher...
Intro
Follow this for punctuation as best as possible: https://www.thepunctuationguide.com/index.htmlAl...
Overall
Try to maintain phrase-by-phrase (rather than word-by-word) loyalty to the source language, unles...
Repetitions
If only 2 repetitions are present, either leave as-is (e.g. “Hey, hey.”) or add a counter (e.g. “...
Currency
Follow standard numbers rules outlined in said section.Currency names should not be capitalized (...
Numbers
Numbers Numbers can be either spelled out (e.g. “Nine thousands”) or written in numerals (e.g. “...
Plural acronyms and abbreviations
There are different ways to form plural acronyms and it highly depends on the individual acronym ...
Past perfect tense
Keep in mind that while past perfect may be accurate, it is sparingly used in casual English spee...