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FrancescoBerio-'s avatar
FrancescoBerio-
Community Member
3 days ago

Acronym in a different language in the same voiceover

Hi everybody,

I'm trying to solve this problem. I have a lesson that is in Dutch but I would like the acronyms in the voiceover to always be pronounced in English. I tried using the syntax <say-as interpret-as="characters">IID</say-as> but I always get different results and rarely the correct ones. Any suggestions?

Thank you

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  • FrancescoBerio-'s avatar
    FrancescoBerio-
    Community Member
    15 hours ago

    Thanks for you reply... but is more than an hour long training and I  have to translate it in several  languages keeping the english for the acronyms... I  need a faster solution. Thank you anyways.

  • JHauglie's avatar
    JHauglie
    Community Member
    3 days ago

    I would create the clip in Dutch and then download it as an *.mp3 file, then create a second clip with the acronyms in English, and download that. Then I would work with an audio tool such as Audacity to create the final clip with the English-pronounced acronym, and replace the original Dutch clip with that. You should not need to tweak your captions (if you are using them).

    You could also try a tool like WellSaidLabs, which has custom pronunciation dictionaries - though I admit I have not tried the dual language approach that you are using here. Good luck!