They are very artisanal, though. I used to do timing for anime fansubs when I was a teenager, and there's a lot of subtlety going on, specially when you don't s

They are very artisanal, though. I used to do timing for anime fansubs when I was a teenager, and there's a lot of subtlety going on, specially when you don't speak the language (you're guided mostly by sound and phonetics, as the translations come more or less untimed). Timing is much more automatized nowadays, but still doesn't feel as high quality as handicrafted timing does.