Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

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Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

Postby Agnes&Elin Forever! » Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:26 pm

I'm currently making english subtitles for the TV-movie Närkontakt with Rebecka Liljeberg *:)*

I recently got an editing program that makes it fairly easy to do so.

I'm also translating it myself as I go along, although there were some translation for this film on the net before.

Unfortunately the video material is rather poor as you know, but it's all we have at the moment.

Still I'm sure you'll love seeing the film with subs though, and Rebecka is really great in this one.

I think I'll upload the film to a hosting site this time too, this file will be much smaller than She's Blonde Like Me, and won't take such a long time to download.

If you want I could also upload to a video site?

Ok, it'll probably be a few weeks until it's ready but I thought I'd wet your appetite just a little :D
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Re: Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

Postby katka » Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:01 pm

Thanks !!! I look forward to :D Bex is unique in this short film. I most like telephone call scene when calling her mom, emotional how she crying :cry:
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Re: Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

Postby Dahls » Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:07 pm

katka wrote: Bex is unique in this short film. I most like telephone call scene when calling her mom, emotional how she crying :cry:


If I remember correctly, thanks to this wonderful short film, Bex landed the part in FÅ. Therefor it must be my favorit short film! :D
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Re: Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

Postby katka » Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:09 pm

Dahls wrote:
katka wrote: Bex is unique in this short film. I most like telephone call scene when calling her mom, emotional how she crying :cry:


If I remember correctly, thanks to this wonderful short film, Bex landed the part in FÅ. Therefor it must be my favorit short film! :D


hmmm :wink: it's true :D
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Re: Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

Postby DMt. » Mon Jul 02, 2012 10:26 pm

Nice work, Magnus!

Here's an html document that may be helpful to you - although, if I know subtitles, there'll be a good deal of possible improvement.

I look forward to seeing the results; I liked this little film a lot. That diving scene really impressed me - it must have been bloody freezing, and rather dangerous, too :shock: Tough kid! 8)

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Re: Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

Postby Agnes&Elin Forever! » Tue Jul 03, 2012 12:58 am

Thanks, that translation is not bad.

But it's more of a word for word exact translation of the dialogue.

I prefer to translate a little bit more freely, to make it flow better.

I also have to make it somewhat simpler to fit it all in on the screen, otherwise it would be too much text.

This is something even professional translaters have to do with movies :wink:
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Re: Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

Postby DMt. » Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:08 am

Sadly, for some [many? most?] people, any amount of text is too much...but I do take your point; it's a question of finding the right balance.

Again, looking forward to your work 8)
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Re: Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

Postby Agnes&Elin Forever! » Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:35 am

It's more of a technical question in this case re the amount of text.

You have to time the lines to the spoken dialogue, and keep them long enough so the audience can read.

If it's too much text then it just won't fit the moving pictures and audio.
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Re: Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

Postby DMt. » Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:53 am

Yeah, I've noticed that the .srt files define the screentime right down to the frame...

A tightrope walk.

You can do! 8)
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Re: Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

Postby fish » Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:56 am

Great stuff Magnus.
I can't wait to see it. *:)*
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Re: Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

Postby Ian » Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:02 am

That would be fantastic, Magnus. Look forward to it. *:)* :D

I did think about trying to add subs to the Luuk 98 interview once, and downloaded a sub program. Couldn't make head nor tail of it and gave up after 4 hours with a migraine. :T :lol:
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Re: Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

Postby Santi » Wed Apr 01, 2015 11:10 pm

This subtitles only is a traduction of script. Don't see it in a movie.
It need to edit in a document with every phrase his time.
I'll try to do it
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Re: Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

Postby Dahls » Thu Apr 02, 2015 12:02 am

Good luck with that, Santi.

It's a neat and likeable short film. ^O^
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Re: Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

Postby Santi » Thu Apr 02, 2015 1:22 am

thanks
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Re: Närkontakt with subtitles!!!

Postby fish » Thu Apr 02, 2015 7:47 am

Dahls wrote:Good luck with that, Santi.

It's a neat and likeable short film. ^O^

I agree completely. *:)*
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