Here we are, back with the Short Transcript Challenge!
The rules for the challenge are simple: just write down a transcription of the video for us in the comments! If you don't want to attempt the whole video just let us know the minute you're transcribing so someone else can take it up from there.
I'm becoming quite a fan of BBC documentary openings. They're a genre in themselves! This one is about Nicholas Culpeper. I hope after the opening you will feel a little curious about this character!
If you need any help with any specific words, just tell me when it is said and I'll give you a hand.
This challenge will be closed on March 6th (next week). Good luck!
UPDATE: Thank you veeeery much to Irene for her almost perfect transcription! It's very interesting to see exactly where you had difficulties: those weak words and linking can really be challenging!
You can check your versions against this key. Thanks!
The rules for the challenge are simple: just write down a transcription of the video for us in the comments! If you don't want to attempt the whole video just let us know the minute you're transcribing so someone else can take it up from there.
I'm becoming quite a fan of BBC documentary openings. They're a genre in themselves! This one is about Nicholas Culpeper. I hope after the opening you will feel a little curious about this character!
If you need any help with any specific words, just tell me when it is said and I'll give you a hand.
This challenge will be closed on March 6th (next week). Good luck!
UPDATE: Thank you veeeery much to Irene for her almost perfect transcription! It's very interesting to see exactly where you had difficulties: those weak words and linking can really be challenging!
You can check your versions against this key. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteDear all,
ReplyDeleteHere it is my attempt to the transcription. I´m not sure at some points and between brackets are a couple of “phonetic” guesses. Maybe somebody want to give his/her opinion.
Nicholas Culpeper -Transcript
At the beginning of the 17th century England was a powerful and prosperous land. But within 50 years it would be overwhelmed by the four horsemen of the Apocalypses. Famine, Disease and Death ravaged the country throughout one of the most tumultuous and bloody periods of British history. The civil war raged between Cavalier and Roundheads one man was waging his own battle; Nicholas Culpeper took on the establishment in a bid to bring Medicine to the masses. Culpeper was an outcast for respectable society. A man whose passion for democracy, an appetite for (abelion), (other meant) to constant conflict with the establishment, working in the underground world of religious sects, secrets printing presses and unlicensed apothecarie shops, he waged the private war to bring medical knowledge and ultimately political power to the people. He was part of the brave new world in which all the privileges would be in challenged and faith in authority lost. A courageous radical, he took a step into the unknown and became part of the revolution that toppled a monarchy.
Best wishes,
Irene