Comments on: Voices from the Other Side: ef ~melodies~ Episode 6 http://behind-the.nihonreview.com/20081114/voices-from-the-other-side-ef-melodies-episode-6/ An insight into the minds of the staff of The Nihon Review Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:24:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ascaloth http://behind-the.nihonreview.com/20081114/voices-from-the-other-side-ef-melodies-episode-6/#comment-484 Ascaloth Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:19:41 +0000 http://behind-the.nihonreview.com/?p=243#comment-484 "I didn’t realize you worked on fansubs." Actually, it's my fault he got involved in this kind of thing in the first place. XD “I didn’t realize you worked on fansubs.”

Actually, it’s my fault he got involved in this kind of thing in the first place. XD

]]> By: Sorrow-kun http://behind-the.nihonreview.com/20081114/voices-from-the-other-side-ef-melodies-episode-6/#comment-478 Sorrow-kun Sat, 15 Nov 2008 06:56:05 +0000 http://behind-the.nihonreview.com/?p=243#comment-478 Nothing that I can think of. Not if you worked on the fansub I think you did. (I didn't realize you worked on fansubs. I knew you translated, but I didn't realize it was fansubs. You need to tell us these things. :p) It was an amazing scene, and it did require a careful approach to how it was subbed. The minimalist, rhythmic method of flashing short phrases on the screen was probably the best way to do it. I think the Star Wars sub scrolling could have come off as a bit corny. There's probably no point to forcing any of the text to linger since the power of the scene alone managed to do that by itself. It still amazes me how much time translators need to dedicate to their craft. An hour to do a three minute scene? Granted, I'd guess it's probably one of the toughest scenes you've translated, but nonetheless. It was a good job. For a scene like that, you don't want to be distracted by subs. You want to be so absorbed that you don't even realize you're reading subs. I'd say you achieved that. Nothing that I can think of. Not if you worked on the fansub I think you did. (I didn’t realize you worked on fansubs. I knew you translated, but I didn’t realize it was fansubs. You need to tell us these things. :p)

It was an amazing scene, and it did require a careful approach to how it was subbed. The minimalist, rhythmic method of flashing short phrases on the screen was probably the best way to do it. I think the Star Wars sub scrolling could have come off as a bit corny. There’s probably no point to forcing any of the text to linger since the power of the scene alone managed to do that by itself.

It still amazes me how much time translators need to dedicate to their craft. An hour to do a three minute scene? Granted, I’d guess it’s probably one of the toughest scenes you’ve translated, but nonetheless. It was a good job. For a scene like that, you don’t want to be distracted by subs. You want to be so absorbed that you don’t even realize you’re reading subs. I’d say you achieved that.

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