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Amara Tenoh
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They're as fast as my comments.
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Ashtur
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Thanks for answering!
I kind of had a feeling that the last few episodes would be as difficult and rushed as you said, but wanted to see if my expectations met reality. |
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AksaraKishou
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Didn't we have a similar question/answer some time ago? Well, whatever, thanks for the info!
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Vaisaga
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Remember when ANN leaked the 2nd episode of Oreimo? Pepperidge Farm remembers. That's how I learned episodes are sent out in advanced.
Not too sure about other streamers, but Crunchyroll is good about going back and correcting mistakes in the subs. |
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DmonHiro
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Then why not just set the time of the simulcast a few hours later? 2-4 hours would pe plenty as a buffer, I belive.
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omoikane
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Simulcasts are usually much later, anywhere from 4 to 36 hours later, for CR. Longer for some other companies. But none of that prevent the Japanese side from being late unless you move it back much more than a few hours. A lot of the ground work to translating a TV series happen early on, this is when you can get specialized terms and names that persist throughout the show over with, get them approved; stuff like songs that gets used repeatedly, etc. Ideally by the end all that had to happen would be plain dialog... lol. |
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Vaisaga
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Then people would complain about the delays. |
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purplepolecat
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More to the point, the legit streamers still have to maintain their edge over the fansubbers. |
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Angel M Cazares
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I was under the impression that foreign streaming services received the episode 1-3 hours after it aired in Japan. Then the video went to the translator, who watched the video and came up with a translation in 2-3 hours. And finally the video technician added subtitles.
What Justin describes is much more complex. I am very thankful that we have subtitled episodes in just hours after airing in Japan. |
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Hameyadea
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I think that's the lesser of two evils. If the choice was between "episode was posted a few hours after its Japanese premiere, but had a good sub quality" to "episode was posted early, but had missing lines, and/or badly translated ones," I would choose the former.
It happens... |
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Ashtur
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I feel sorry for the people who get to translate oddball stuff.
Especially I feel for the ones who had to translate the various seasons of Saki. "Wait? Wait? What is that utterly bizarre mahjongg combination called? What's that mean?" You would almost need to find a fairly serious player to do the translation... |
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AtoMan
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Thank God for Shirobako, once again. Now everyone knows that the final episodes could arrive at the TV stations's broadcasting facility mere hours before the airing.
That's Japan, though. Normally the show gets recorded way ahead of broadcast schedule and given to translators early - for example, as a translator i had access to all 26 episodes of Iron Man Armored Adventures 1st season when only 5 or 6 has aired worldwide. Sometimes the early, unfinished versions are provided - Doctor Who season 8 had a leak of those workprint versions; they were black&white, with most of special effects done roughly, some ADR missing (hardsubbed on the screen), and such.
The translation process is usually much longer than 2-3 hours, assuming you don't need an approval for certain terms. Sometimes you have to do some research about the topic on your own, check the facts (God bless Wikipedia!), do the subtitle timing etc. |
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Zalis116
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Luckily, CR and perhaps other sites will sometimes go back and update the subtitles to correct errors in simulcast subs. Though the "cascading delays" phenomenon still doesn't explain cases like Charlotte and Nou-rin where the official subs were lousy right out of the gate.
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Ashtur
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It was actually Shirobako that got me wondering about this. Now I'm just not sure how exaggerated it is. (and I'm still wondering if Our Lady of the Speed of Sound had a special deal with the police to let her get back to the wrap party in time.) |
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DuelGundam2099
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Neat! I look forward to when Ishikui's name in Ushio and Tora gets corrected!  Now to get serial.
Wow that is bad, have the simulcasters considered using temporary assistant editors for proof reading? Those would help with quality control. |
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