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Investigate Subtitles (Positioning) On Youtube for Video Translation

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Nǐ hǎo péngyǒu! 😉

> As a `person` whose _first_ language is not English
> I would like to see `subtitles` in videos
> `so that` I can _understand_ the content!

While _we_ may be used to seeing "_everything_" in English (_[observer bias](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observer-expectancy_effect)_) the fact is that _most_ people in the world don't speak English _so_ we need to _plan_ for multiple language (_translation_) early to ensure we can `include` as many people as possible!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_used_on_the_Internet
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/28255240-6b4b0e04-6aac-11e7-88aa-f7d0d18b25bd.png)

English is the 2nd _most popular_ language:
![top-languages](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/28254663-9a35f932-6aa6-11e7-95b0-3fbcf0ec489b.png)
(_because of all the people who learn it as a second language_)
see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_languages_by_total_number_of_speakers
also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-speaking_world
and/or watch: https://youtu.be/epBuWRld4ws

If we want to reach a _wider_ audience, we should _facilitate_ (_community_) translations
e.g: https://github.com/doomspork/elixir-school
![elixir-school-languages](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/28254602-11f13172-6aa6-11e7-9dc7-59a8d20ca5a4.png)

Also, let's not forget people who are _audio-impaired_ and _know_ (_how to read_) english but cannot _hear_ the sound in our videos ... i.e. this is ***super-important*** for ***accessibility***!

> Note: we (_the video creators_) aren't going to `do` the _transcription_ and _translation_ of our videos, we will make the _tool(s)_ to let the _community_ pitch in!

## Todo

+ [ ] Research YouTube Translations: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6289575?hl=en
(_what can be translated, are there any good examples of videos which have been translated, or which have multi-lingual support? please summarise your findings_)
+ [ ] Research video Subtitles: https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2734796?hl=en
(_please investigate what we need to do to add subtitles to our videos and summarise key points_)
+ [ ] How much **space** do we need to leave at the **bottom** of the video(s) to accommodate subtitles?
+ [ ] Test applying subtitles to one of our videos (_e.g. intro to Tachyons_)

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