Sibrwd

Translation, Translation, Translation

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If you enjoy theatre and languages you may, like me, get excited when you’re asked to be involved with the Theatre Festival for European Minority Languages. Saying that, as you may expect, dealing with translating minority languages can be a bit tricky. Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru was invited to take a 15 minute performance to the festival in Bautzen, Germany. Pridd, a one man production by Aled Jones Williams (performed originally by the company in 2013) was the perfect choice and this was the perfect opportunity to use Sibrwd to open…read more

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Y Negesydd
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Trying Sibrwd: first time trialling the app

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After months of developing the technology, creating the content, and setting it around the stage production, I had the chance to trial the Sibrwd app during the tour of Y Negesydd in May this year. Following an open invitation, four groups of individuals were selected to trial Sibrwd at four live performances of Caryl Lewis’s new play. Simply put, the purpose of Sibrwd is to allow people who are not fluent in Welsh to enjoy theatre in Welsh. So far, surtitles and synopsis cards have been used but there are…read more

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Communication, Communication, Communication

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Sometimes an idea is so simple it’s hard to believe no one else has thought of it. And sometimes when you are at the centre of something it’s hard to know where to start explaining to those on the outside. This is how I feel about Sibrwd at the minute. But I guess the beauty of successful marketing is to convey brand new ideas in a clear and cool way. I’m still laughing about the article in Saturdays Guardian magazine that said a lady in the 1970′s served her newly…read more

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Geekery

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It’s been a little like a geek’s Christmas for a few days at Galactig! First of all our Ruckus kit arrived. We don’t intend to take any chances with network connection issues with the Sibrwd app so we’ve scoped out a solution using smart wifi technology from Ruckus. From the earliest stages of specification we realised that we shouldn’t rely on patchy wifi connections in theatres or other spaces. It’s also not unusual for there to be no wifi available. Each production using Sibrwd will benefit from 2 ZoneFlex wireless…read more

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Sibrwd Day – Y Llwyfan

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I felt that it was time that Galactig and Theatr Gen’s whole team met up to discuss the project, therefore, Sibrwd day was arranged at Y Llwyfan.   Colleagues had heard about the project, but, it was necessary to discuss how Sibrwd would be executed. In addition to Theatr Gen staff, we also invited Dyfan Jones, the experienced Composer and Sound Designer who designed the sound on our Blodeuwedd production.   This discussion was very important because Galactig the digital platform manufacturers and we as successful theatre producers, but, it was necessary…read more

The Application and First Steps

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When I arrived back from my holiday in September, Arwel and Lowri had been discussing the idea further with Galactig and things were moving forward at a fast pace.  Following on from Skype meeting, Derick created a clear document outlining the possibilities of the platform and Arwel thought of the name ‘Sibrwd’. I went on to research the objectives and aims of NESTA, the Welsh Arts Council and the Arts and Humanities Research Council, who fund the grant, so that we could transfer what we knew about the three into…read more

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National Eisteddfod, August 2013

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During July, we received an email about a new fund for digital research ideas, to develop audience or for business purposes.  We bounced ideas around the Theatr Gen office but couldn’t decide what the best option would be to develop further.  We decided to meet with possible digital partners at the Eisteddfod.  During a very sunny afternoon in the Eisteddfod in Denbigh, Arwel Lowri and myself met Rob Ashelford – the Programme Manager for the Digital Research and Development Fund for the Arts in Wales – so we could learn…read more

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