It's easiest to name it after the audio or video file, using everything before the file extension. For example: InterviewWithMarciaJohnson.mp4 would be named as either InterviewWithMarciaJohnson.docx or InterviewWithMarciaJohnson.doc. At Expect Perfection though, we generally also add _DRAFT or _FINAL to [...]

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Body language and other unspoken elements are only included by request, in Strict Verbatim styles. In Strict Verbatim, if the interviewee makes a gesture that's important for context, we describe their body language in brackets. For instance: INTERVIEWER: Was the [...]

No. You should never transcribe all dialogue as quotations within interview transcripts. For transcripts containing voice overs, you would transcribe the dialogue as normal. For the voice over, you can use a convention -- i.e., [VOICE OVER] -- or put [...]

That depends. If your goal is to offer a translation of the foreign language into the English language, then it should not be translated verbatim. Foreign languages are almost never translated verbatim. They don't make sense when translated literally. For [...]