#subtitling services

So um I put good omens into chronological order on youtube and it took me a really long time (link to playlist here)

And I’m in the process of subtitling it, with the help of @hysterical-mess, @arsamatoria, @lickthecowhappy and @ineffqble, and I would really like some more people to help with it. Currently there are 213 videos on the playlist, 16 of which have been subtitled (about 8 of the videos on the playlist weren’t published by me so i cant subtitle them, they were published by prime).

Admittedly, I haven’t been spending every second of every day subtitling because y’know, I have a life to live and school to sit through but there’s no way the process of videos getting subtitled could go slower with more people subtitling!

There is no amount or videos you have to subtitle and if you try it and realise you hate it, you never have to do it again. I would just really appreciate some help making these videos more accessible.

Obviously there is no pressure if you don’t want to, I feel it is quite a niche thing to want to do voluntarily.

You don’t need any experience, hell you don’t need to have gcses, you just need to be able to spell and know basic grammar :D

Message me if you’re interested!

Enjoy the rest of your day/night/existence

If you were to possibly reblog this even if you don’t want to subtitle that would really help :) /nf

The English version of this scene went viral in Argentina because "it's so argentinian that it cannot be translated"... well, allow me to differ.

The original English version used a joke about farting while pissing... but actually it is a string of bad jokes and double entendere going on.

You can check my channel Subtitles By Lau and support me on Patreon!!

And here's the explanation video.

In all honesty, the amount of subtitles that are, alone, just entirely incorrect when compared to what the actors are actually saying is baffling. If streaming services are going to sub their shows, they need to use a person (and/or program) that is fluent in the language of the originating country. The least they can do is consult the shows’ original scripts to ensure an accurate translation from dialogue to subtitle.

In any scenario, be it school or not, where information is trying to be taught, videos enhance the experience greatly. Hearing a person’s voice or seeing their face creates more of a human experience and even an emotional connection. This is especially true for those with learning disabilities or those who are trying to learn the language because there are more context clues and the emotion itself helps give meaning to the words.

When I was first thinking about all this, I quickly thought of the Deaf community. Does the absence of sound take away from all of these benefits that videos give? 

Absolutely not. When I thought about it more, I realized that videos with subtitles or videos with a person signing have all of the same concepts mentioned before. There’s still emotion, especially so if the person in the video is signing because languages like ASL are even more emotionally driven than spoken languages. 

This is all great, except it poses a new problem. Many videos still don’t include subtitles, completely taking away this experience from those in the Deaf community. Many teachers offer transcripts of what is said in the video when subtitles aren’t available, but as previously mentioned, this just doesn’t have the same learning affect. I think it’s imperative that we utilize what we know works, and that we don’t take away this precious resource from those who cannot hear.

As a student going into the education field, I feel it’s imperative that teachers use resources like Matinée Multilingual (https://www.matinee.co.uk/) in order to be able to fully give the great resource of video to all students, including those who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or simply learning English. 

All students should be given the same opportunities.