Black creatives: We need to deliver closed captions for an interview video. The subject is a black woman. She speaks very intelligently in thick, southern African American vernacular. (Continued)

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I used to transcribe professionally and my rule of thumb was to put down every word someone said, but spelled correctly. So like, if they said “nothin’” I’d write “nothing.”

But if they said “gonna” I’d write “gonna,” because that’s what they said. I wouldn’t change it to “going to." As long as you’re being exact about what they said, and not going overboard trying to recreate an accent or pronunciation, should be fine.

It’s how I’ve seen it done, and it’s not like we’re writing a novel where we need to imagine how something said exactly. It’s more about getting the words there than a particular vernacular. Hope this helps somewhat.

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@OP really appreciate you asking and trying to get this right. Hope to work with more people like you.

And @CW props to you for providing good advice

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As a non-black person I could use some help navigating this with integrity. Do we perfectly transcribe her words and put them on screen as is? Is it condescending to even think about this?

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Wow OP please let me work for you

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I find conscious style guide.com an incredibly useful resource. They have guide for all the territories that need to approached intelligently and sensitively

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OP, I’m really glad to see someone using Fishbowl for something like this. And glad CW helped. I hope more of us will follow suit. Good luck with your project.

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