With the proliferation of inexpensive and accessible video
cameras, an increasing amount of interesting and important video
is being produced around the world. Many of these videos are now
created by both amateurs and professionals and find an
international audience on the Internet through a variety of
distribution and showcase channels. Many videos, inevitably
include people speaking in one language or another and to make
such a video accessible and understandable to a global audience
the video can either be dubbed or subtitled. These are the two
methods of video translation. The choice for either solution is
largely a cultural and resource issue. However, subtitles are by
far the easiest to produce, as audio dubbing requires a lot of
time and software expertise whereas subtitles can potentially be
created with only a video player and a text editor. The
technology needed to subtitle video has matured and both
standards and technologies are now available to make video
relevant to an audience that would not ap