You know, having done a little bit of temp QC work on a Soukyuu no Fafner sub group a few years ago, I think it's worth noting that translation may not even be the toughest part of a sub job. On top of translation, you have to time dialogue to a 1/100th of a second, typeset and manage that crazy karaoke, QC, encode stuff in there somewhere... heck, I know I'm forgetting something. And unless it's changed dramatically since two years ago, the software used to do that is a serious pain. The translator's job is only part of what it takes to get a sub out, and if any component of a subbing team is bogged down (and it is midterm season for a bunch of college kids), the whole group can get bogged down.
I realize I'm verging on tl;dr, but I think that's important stuff to bear in mind. *shrug*
i'll agree to your small comment. i translate/used to translate/will translate when i learn something called time management the code geass manga from chinese to english. and it is seriously hard to get the exact meanings across from one language to another. and i mean it.
i do know what you mean. i have friends who've tried to teach me some chinese, and man is it hard. and spanish, hands down, is much easier. totally agree.
and very true about the other stuff. i know i could never do what they do. i'm just impatient, since i see other sub groups (which, admittedly, are probably bigger) that are much faster. and i dont ever think of midterms since mid-semester is still a couple of weeks away for me, and next year in college i'll be on a 4-1-4 schedule so those are different too. XD but its totally true, and i was a bit...not rude, but probably superficial a bit in the last comment. :/
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I realize I'm verging on tl;dr, but I think that's important stuff to bear in mind. *shrug*
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and very true about the other stuff. i know i could never do what they do. i'm just impatient, since i see other sub groups (which, admittedly, are probably bigger) that are much faster. and i dont ever think of midterms since mid-semester is still a couple of weeks away for me, and next year in college i'll be on a 4-1-4 schedule so those are different too. XD but its totally true, and i was a bit...not rude, but probably superficial a bit in the last comment. :/