Non-English Speech

Non-English Speech

Non-English speech should be timestamped in a similar fashion to inaudibles, incidents and guesses.

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Extended Foreign Language

Note that start and end timestamps should also be used if the speech lasts for more than 15 seconds:

Example: [Non-English speech 0:01:15

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Timestamping Interpreters

Where speech is an exchange between interpreter and respondent, this should appear on its own line and not have entries for each individual speaker – in the same way as you would denote aside conversation or break in conversation, etc.

As with any extended event that disrupts a transcript, please use start and end timestamps where foreign language is spoken for longer than 15 seconds without any transcribed speech.

Example: [Non-English speech 0:03:33

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Speaker Identification

• Sometimes the respondent can speak for themselves if their English is basic

• It's best to mark the interpreter as Interpreter, allowing room for the respondent to be marked as such, should they speak in English

• Single returns either side if the same person continues to speak after

• Hard returns if there is a change of speaker after the incident