Questions regarding the 2 samples for applying Amara On Demand : Amara.org Support Center

Claire Hsu

started a topic about 5 years ago

Hello everyone, this is my first time posting on the forum.

I was a contributor to the TED team on this platform. Now I'm interested in applying for Amara On Demand. One of the requirements is that I need to create 2 sample works for them to evaluate.

My main question is that I've already subtitled several videos on this platform in the past, so can those videos meet this requirement? It not, do I have to upload my own samples? Or, can I find 2 videos in the Public Workspace to subtitle.

I'll be really grateful to anyone who can answer or give me some advice or information related to this topic. Thank you all in advance!

Claire

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Allison Buford said about 5 years ago

Hi Claire,

I'm the senior recruiter for Amara On Demand. I just checked your profile, and unfortunately whatever work that you did before must have been on a private team. So your activity page is blank. Your best bet is to subtitle two short videos in the Amara Public Workspace so that we can see activity on your profile.

We ask for samples to make sure that applicants are comfortable with the Amara Subtitle Editor and know how to synchronize subtitles to the video timing.

Best,

Allison

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Claude Almansi

said about 2 months ago

Thank you for your question, wordletime. Please create a ticket that will go to Amara tech support. I am unfortunately unable to reply with certainty.

Best wishes for 2026

Claude

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linda

said 14 days ago

Does anyone know if timing and formatting are evaluated strictly in the samples, or if the main focus is linguistic quality?

Rieann Brown

said 9 days ago

Hi Linda,

Thank you for your interest in Amara.org and your questions. The two samples are needed to show that you know how to use the Amara Editor where all captions and subtitles for Amara On Demand are created.

Timing and formatting are as important as the linguistic quality to ensure the highest quality captions and subtitles that are easy to read and align with the spoken words in the video.

The samples do not need to be long (2 minutes is fine, longer if you prefer). They should be recent samples that only you have worked on for our team to review.

Please note that we are currently not taking new applications for Amara On Demand. You can continue to check our Careers page for new openings when they become available.

I hope this helps!

Rieann

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