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That scene has long had the "janky but really fast translation" niche and the "good but takes a couple of days" niche. From what little I experienced of the fo
by amalcon 4y ago
That scene has long had the "janky but really fast translation" niche and the "good but takes a couple of days" niche. From what little I experienced of the former, people who cared about translation quality probably weren't using it anyway.
I've been away from all that for rather a long time, so I don't know. Still, I'd guess these robo-subtitles are probably replacing the "fast and bad" niche. The "slow and good" niche seems like it could survive.
- sireat 4y agoLooks like anime fansubbing scene has not changed much in the 30 years. Back then there were multiple fansubber camps - notably Artic Animation which fell into "janky but really fast translation" releasing many shows and purist fansubbers who released maybe a few titles a year but with extremely high quality subs. Then you had extremists who demanded no subs whatsoever and then those who preferred commercial dubs...