To translate a YouTube transcript into a checked bilingual glossary, use Damas to prepare the original-language transcript and a text translation, then record each useful term with its source sentence and contextual meaning. Keep different senses separate and leave uncertain matches unresolved. The glossary is your manual work or an optional draft in another LLM; Damas provides transcription, translation into 70 languages, summaries, editing and copying.
Prepare the video and both texts
Damas supports public, on-demand YouTube, Instagram and X video links up to 90 minutes. On iPhone, it requires iOS 18.6 or later, internet, Premium and consent for AI processing. Submit only material you are authorized to process. Private, restricted and live videos are unsupported; inaccessible public sources can also fail.
- Open the video on its original platform and retain its link and title in your working note.
- Paste the supported link into Damas. Follow the current app instructions for original-language transcription and translation into your chosen supported language, reviewing the AI consent.
- Wait for processing, then read both texts. Match passages by their surrounding sentences; do not assume that paragraph boundaries correspond.
- Replay important terms, names, numbers and negatives. Watch labels shown only on screen. Correct uncertain text before editing and copying it.
- Select terms that actually occur in the video and answer your learning question. Keep outside vocabulary out of the source record.
Make one record per term and meaning
For each entry, record the original term, a checked source sentence, the meaning in your target language and a review status. If the same spelling has two meanings, make two entries with separate contexts. If you cannot locate a clear match in the translation, write “correspondence unresolved” rather than supplying a familiar dictionary meaning.
Keep a separate confidence note: what supports the interpretation, and what still needs checking? “Fluent translation” is not enough. Mark an entry checked only after comparing its wording and meaning with the recording. Keep unconfirmed spellings, abbreviations and senses pending; ask someone competent in both languages and the subject to review important terms when needed.
Use quotation marks only for wording you have heard and checked exactly. Label your explanation as a gloss or paraphrase. Damas does not automatically align the two texts or create this glossary format.
Fictional example: one word, two entries
This is an invented teaching example, not a quotation from a real video. Suppose an English video uses “cell” for a spreadsheet location and later for a biological structure. In an English–Spanish glossary, the proposed records would be:
- cell → celda: context concerns spreadsheet rows and columns; retain the supporting sentence and check it in the video.
- cell → célula: context concerns biology; retain a different supporting sentence instead of merging both meanings.
- If the context is inaudible, leave the meaning unresolved. This example cannot supply evidence for your own video.
A single global replacement would erase the distinction. Use only meanings supported by your actual source; never invent sentences, facts or quotations to make an entry look complete.
Optional copy/paste prompt for another LLM
Share text with another service only if you have permission. This external drafting step is not a Damas integration, automatic termbase or synchronization feature.
Use only the original transcript and translation below to draft a bilingual glossary. For each entry include the original term, supporting source sentence, contextual meaning, confidence note and unresolved checks. Split different senses into separate entries. If a match is unclear, write “correspondence unresolved.” Do not add outside knowledge, example sentences or invented quotations. Distinguish exact wording from paraphrases. Source: [link]. Original: [text]. Translation: [text].
Check every proposed sentence and meaning against the recording and delete unsupported entries. Keep the original link, title and pending questions with the final glossary. If the source becomes inaccessible, unfinished checks remain unresolved. Share only within your reuse permissions.
For the initial text, follow video transcription; for target-language selection, see video translation. A built-in summary can orient you, but each term needs its full context.
Processing time and accuracy vary. Damas does not download media, dub speech, embed subtitles or process offline. Premium cannot make an inaccessible source available.
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