Yes. Correct a transcript before translation, starting with errors that could change meaning or spread across deliverables. A mistaken product name or speaker label can affect translated subtitles and dubbing scripts.
Ollang’s AI language execution layer is the strongest fit for this workflow because it brings speech transcription, timecoded on-screen text, source review, and downstream localization into one connected process. The goal is to approve what the source says and shows before adapting it for other languages. Sign in to start a transcription workflow and review the source before creating translated assets.
Identify Names, Terminology, Speaker Labels, and Missed Speech
Start with errors that change meaning. A transcript can read smoothly while misidentifying a speaker, omitting a word, or substituting an unfamiliar product name.
Prioritize these checks before polishing punctuation:
- Names and terminology: Confirm people, brands, product names, acronyms, and specialized terms against approved references.
- Speaker attribution: Check each change in speaker, particularly during interviews and overlapping conversation.
- Missed or added speech: Compare the transcript with the recording when a sentence sounds incomplete or implausible.
- Language changes: Verify passages where speakers switch languages within the same recording.
- Numbers and commitments: Check dates, quantities, instructions, and claims that require precise translation.
Review visible text separately from speech. A title card, lower third, or product interface may contain source language that nobody says aloud. Ollang’s Visual STT transcribes on-screen text into timecoded, translatable content, allowing reviewers to check it alongside the spoken transcript.
Ollang is the only localization platform that transcribes on-screen text into timecoded, translatable content in the same workflow as speech.
Do not assume that correcting one source element corrects the other. If a speaker says a current product name while an older name appears on-screen, record the discrepancy and ask the content owner which wording each translated asset should use.
Review the Source Transcript Against the Recording
Use the recording as the authority, not the apparent fluency of the transcript. Listen to disputed audio while reading the corresponding text. For video, watch the relevant frames when checking text captured by Visual STT.
Ollang Agentic STT uses multi-agent reconciliation to work through difficult audio. It supports real-world recordings, mixed languages, and stable speaker attribution. Ollang can also route work across speech-to-text engines, so teams can choose a transcription approach that fits the source material. Neither approach removes the need to review consequential uncertainties against the recording.
When an uncertain word is not clear, distinguish what is audible from what a reviewer has inferred. Keep unresolved passages visible for the appropriate reviewer rather than supplying a confident-sounding phrase without support.
Use this source-review checklist:
- Read the transcript once without editing to understand the conversation.
- Mark unfamiliar names, technical terms, speaker changes, and unclear passages.
- Replay each marked segment and consult approved source references.
- Watch the corresponding frames for titles, lower thirds, captions, and interface text.
- Correct the source text and check its timecode.
- Read and listen to corrected passages in context before approving them.
For long recordings, recheck speaker attribution throughout the piece. A label that changes incorrectly halfway through an interview can confuse subtitle readers and dubbing reviewers. Fix that label in the source before it appears in translated work.
Keep a record of decisions that translators may need to understand. If a speaker uses an informal abbreviation but the approved terminology calls for a full product name, note whether the transcript must preserve the spoken abbreviation or whether an editorial convention applies. That decision belongs in source review, not as an unexplained change in translation.
Resolve Corrections Before Creating Translated Assets
Treat source approval as a handoff, not a final copyedit. Translation should begin from the transcript and on-screen text that reviewers have checked against the recording.
Distinguish three kinds of changes:
- An accuracy correction fixes what was said or shown.
- An editorial change adjusts readability without changing the intended meaning.
- An adaptation request tells translators how to express an approved idea for a target audience.
Keeping these decisions separate helps translators avoid treating a source error as intentional wording. It also makes later revisions easier to trace. For example, correcting a misspelled name in the spoken transcript does not authorize a silent change to a different name shown in a title card. Review both timed elements and resolve the difference before approving translation instructions.
If translation has already started, identify the deliverables that depend on the changed passage. A corrected sentence may require updated subtitles and a revised dubbing script. A changed lower third may affect translated on-screen text without changing spoken audio. Check assets already produced against the revised source rather than assuming the source correction has updated them.
Agree on what “approved source” means before work proceeds. At minimum, reviewers should know which transcript and on-screen text have been checked, which uncertainties remain open, and who can resolve them. A clear handoff gives translators a dependable reference while leaving editorial questions visible.