Eric SimmsSenior Program ManagerBaltimore, Maryland, United States
That's a great question. You should suggest this to PMI.org. I'm sure they could arrange a volunteer effort to translate webinars into different languages. Saving Changes...
I'm not native English speaker and sincerely I prefer no subtitles. Like this I challenge myself, I learnt about Project Management and improve my English listening skills.
With subtitles, you will read instead of listening. Anyway, as Eric noted, you can contact customer service to ask about it. Saving Changes...
Hi Tiana,
It can be interesting to have subtitle in many language on all on-demand. More webinar are not in English and in some case the English of the speaker is difficult or the audio is poor.
In all case, subtitle can be of interest.
Make a suggestion here or at PMI.org
We can choose to have subtitle or not! Saving Changes...
At the moment there isn't subtitles.
Adding to the subtitle suggestions I would add the option to chose the webinar language when using the "search" feature Saving Changes...
I'm actually thinking of re-doing my 2016 webinar in French. As far as I know, that is the only option for supporting alternate language in webinars. (You can change the overall language of the web site by going to the menu at the bottom of the page and choose Language, under TRANSLATE. Be prepared, it translates everything! And, usually not that well!) Saving Changes...
LORI WILSONRETIRED - Technical Project Manager| RETIRED - LifePoint HealthClarkston, Wa, United States
I think having subtitles in different languages is a great idea! It would even help me sometimes when the speaker has a strong accent, I don't want to miss a word of what is being shared!
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1 reply by Mayte Mata Sivera
Sep 05, 2017 12:04 PM
Mayte Mata Sivera
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Lori,
I don't pretend to be rude, but using "strong accent" is a sensitive word for all of us that use ESL.
I attended different webinars, where some of the attendees bullied and laughed when the presenter was doing a huge effort to arrive at all us using his/her not native language.
I'm more inclined to use transcriptions instead of subtitles like this English native speakers can also train their minds to different accents.
I think having subtitles in different languages is a great idea! It would even help me sometimes when the speaker has a strong accent, I don't want to miss a word of what is being shared!
Lori,
I don't pretend to be rude, but using "strong accent" is a sensitive word for all of us that use ESL.
I attended different webinars, where some of the attendees bullied and laughed when the presenter was doing a huge effort to arrive at all us using his/her not native language.
I'm more inclined to use transcriptions instead of subtitles like this English native speakers can also train their minds to different accents.
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1 reply by LORI WILSON
Sep 05, 2017 12:13 PM
LORI WILSON
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Hello Mayte: Please forgive my wording, I never meant to offend in any way. Thank you also for sharing the blog - you will help me be more appropriate in my word choices going forward. What I can say is that I enjoy very much hearing diversity in speech and language and have the utmost respect for my peers.
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LORI WILSONRETIRED - Technical Project Manager| RETIRED - LifePoint HealthClarkston, Wa, United States
Sep 05, 2017 12:04 PM
Replying to Mayte Mata Sivera
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Lori,
I don't pretend to be rude, but using "strong accent" is a sensitive word for all of us that use ESL.
I attended different webinars, where some of the attendees bullied and laughed when the presenter was doing a huge effort to arrive at all us using his/her not native language.
I'm more inclined to use transcriptions instead of subtitles like this English native speakers can also train their minds to different accents.
Hello Mayte: Please forgive my wording, I never meant to offend in any way. Thank you also for sharing the blog - you will help me be more appropriate in my word choices going forward. What I can say is that I enjoy very much hearing diversity in speech and language and have the utmost respect for my peers.
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1 reply by Mayte Mata Sivera
Sep 05, 2017 12:16 PM
Mayte Mata Sivera
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Don't apologize, I know that you always are here to help and contribute in a positive way. I replied your comment to do a small reminder to all community of the effort that non-native speakers are doing to improve this community with blogs, discussions, and webinars.
