Also the Malay subtitles were INCREDIBLE. it just sucks that we still don't really preserve them in any home releases (I believe Netflix/otherwise Malay translations are handled by their own contracts. I'd check with this one down the line if not for the fact I'd have to pay for d+). The 80s/90s era of horrible subs because the contracts used to come out of Hong Kong is definitively over.

Can someone make an identical copy of this #SubtitlingSoftware for #Linux please?

https://divxland-media-subtitler.en.lo4d.com/windows

I've looked into alternative ways to sub youtube videos, and NekoCap seems to be the best one so far.

It's open source, no AI stuff or paywalls, supports a bunch of other video sites, and it supports complex subs so you can use different fonts, do text placement, all that cool stuff. They have their own subs editor, but I have never used it, just make my subs on AegisSub and upload them there.

You do need to have a google account to upload subs there, which is eh, but you get your own little page with all the videos you subbed and you can put a donation link there which is nice.

It links to the original youtube videos, so you can share them from the NekoCap website or just use their web extension to watch straight from YouTube, no account needed.

Anyway, I think it's neat, been using it a decent amount, I like it.
Here's a link to it: https://nekocap.com/

Oh, Dexter subtitler, you disappoint me so. If it had been a pop song, you would have noted the name of the song and the artist, But Miles Davis’s “So What”— one of the most important songs in all of jazz? One of the great opening tunes on any record, period? It is reduced to “Light jazz music playing.” *sigh*

I get that not everyone's musical backgrounds are as wide my own, but jeez, have a little curiosity... It is your job, after all.

#MilesDavis
#Jazz
#SoWhat
#Dexter
#Subtitling

Someone seriously needs to sit #Instagram and #TikTok creators down and teach them how to make proper #subtitles.

Yes, I’m sure your “rapidly flash one word at a time” style of #subtitling feels very hip, fast-paced and dynamic, but it’s also practically unreadable and immensely distracting from your actual #video.

So recently, I fired one of my #subtitling customers, a major US #streaming platform (that must remain unnamed because NDA). Why? A fatally flawed style guide, a QA process purely based on metrics, and a 100% top-down organisation with *zero* processes in place for #KnowledgeSharing or supplying feedback.

If that's how you're running a business in a creative industry, don't be surprised if you're having a hard time finding or retaining skilled workers. I'm just saying.

Attending Juha Lång's exciting doctoral defence on eye tracking and AVT reception . The results show the advantages of viewing subtitles that adhere to conventions, such as spotting and synchronisation with the audio. (1/2)

https://www.uef.fi/en/article/doctoral-defence-of-juha-lang-ma-10-feb-2023-eye-movements-and-reception-of-audiovisual-translation?s=09

#Cyflwyniad / an #introduction:

Awdur #ffantasi ac #arswyd sydd hefyd yn dablo mewn #isdeitlo a #sgriptio.

Hogyn #Bangor yn wreiddiol, boi #Pontypridd bellach.

Disgwyliwch fwydro #Cymraeg: #llyfrau, #cŵn, #bwydfigan a #Springsteen. Uffar o frand.

/

#Fantasy and #horror #author who also dabbles in #subtitling and #scriptwriting.

A #Bangor lad, now in #Pontypridd.

Expect nonsense about #books, #dogs, #veganfood and #Springsteen, mainly in #Welsh. What a brand.

It was great to discuss #subtitling, automation and #MT last week at #APTIS2022.
It was a reflection on how to develop innovative and sustainable courses that address the evolving needs of the profession. I also wrote a post about this some months ago. Let me know what you think!
https://orrego-carmona.com/post/subtitling_pe/

Ok, here we go. I'm Vicky and I am:

️an audiovisual & legal #translator, #subtitler, #proofreader, #QCer. Work languages are French, English and Spanish
Traduzco #películas y #series al español.

️very much into anything #languages, #linguistics, #HumanRights, #law, #literature, #philosophy, #translation, #subtitling, #aviation, #seismology, #ColdWar, et al. ️

️in my 30s

️she/her/ella/elle

️latinoamericana

There are #subtitlers who tweet about their latest #subtitling work, recommending the show and expressing their passion, excitement and gratitude that they landed such a fantastic gig.
Which makes me wonder if this "inspires" new-entrants who may see
"passion" as being ready to work more for less. Which may cause collective damage.
Not sure how this can be addressed. By openly talking about rates, possibly?
@subtitlers

New week, time for an intro: I'm an assistant professor in #Translation at the University of Warwick. I work primarily with #audiovisual translation, #subtitling and #technologies, and everything in between. I'm currently working on #eyetracking, #machinetranslation implementation by experts and non-experts, #GlobalSouth and #GlobalNorth cooperation, and #translator training.