| The subtitles are great when feeling lazy and not wanting to consciously translate, or when specialized technical jargon comes up that would otherwise make me grab a dictionary to piece together the missing links. Any of the reputable groups do a pretty good job of subtitle timing; back when I was still actively translating/timing we always tried to leave the subs up for at least 0.5 seconds after they're done talking. With some shows that's impossible, so becomes more of who can better logically seperate the dialogue so that the user can follow it without having to rewind, even if what is put up on the screen doesn't exactly match what's coming out of their lips (some extreme examples of this would be Excel Saga or Puni Puni Poemi). Most complications occur when there needs to cultural/contextual notes added, or that there are side conversations that are relevant to the entire context. These can be taxing most on the timer, as they've got to decide how to output all the data in a way that everyone can follow and understand. When that happens, or seems transparent that's a definitive sign of a quality finished product; whether it be from the fansubbers or the licensed distributor for that particular region. |
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| i can usually keep up with subtitles, altough its a bit harder to read them while eating .) |
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| So far I could keep up in every anime I watched, but I have atendency of reading really fast.However, the notes that many fansubbers use make this increasingly difficult and I know many people who can't keep up with both of them. It really depends on your knowledge of the subtitle language. |
| I pause and rewind alot. so I guess I can find it hard to keep up at times. But I rather subtitles, than no subtitles ^_^ Plus maybe its hard trying to read *and* watch the animation at the same time. for me it is I guess |
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| I can- except if they also have translator notes on =.=" In which case I ususally have to stop and read the explanation. |
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| I can completely keep up with it, although sometimes whenever there's a TON of stuff on the screen I have to pause and read it. For example when they're introducing someone and they show their name and stuff I usually pause it and read it all. |
| Yepp, I have no problems. Except for when they describe something at the top, then I have to pause for a few seconds. |
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| I find that if the subtitles are in my mother tongue there is plenty of time to both read/understand the conversation and look at the anime. |
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| 99% of the time I can keep up with them. The only times I can't are when two people are talking and there's a Translator's note on the top of the screen. Then I have to pause it, but how often does that happen? |
| No problems unless the fansubbers really suck at putting the subtitles up where they are not consistent. |
| yupp, i can keep up with them. but if there's this particular sentence i'm not sure of, i will pause there and examine it, thn after i understood, i'll continue streaming it. =D |
| I can always keep up. |
| meh I tend to space out alot so i really do like dubs. but subs I am usually fine with. Except for.... oh what was it... HETALIA. dear god for the first 3 eps I had to keep pausing every time someone spoke. The 1st anime to truly loose me within 30 seconds. |
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| Yep. But when it's too long and the speech is short i need to pause. Nagato's explanations(haruhi suzumiya) was among those i couldn't keep up...need to pause each time and did not understand anything..just like kyon....xd |
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| yes i can :) |
| Mmm..i guess it depends..you see, i can read good and well..but when i find myself spacing out and just staring at the words and not really reading them cause i lost interest is an occasional problem..but for the most part i can keep up. Does anyone else have that problem? lol..watching a boring anime that leads to you spacing out and having to go back a little to see what you missed? |
| I don't have this problem but not everyone can read 200 words per minute. On occasion when i try to get some of my friends into anime for the first time, or they heard about anime "x" and they want to watch it, they sometimes can't keep up with the text. Its kind of understandable and is more based on a reading skills thing instead of just trying to read fast enough. I have a different friend who has a pretty nice career in business, but his reading skills isn't the fastest. It all depends on the person imo. The subs that put in way too much text in one frame are sometimes meant to do that for a reason like for a snap gag or to cover large amount of information that you're not supposed to understand completely at first glance. Those things are meant to make you pause for a minute and has nothing to do with not reading fast enough. A good test to see if you have good reading comprehension would probably be Genius Party - Limit Cycle (ep5). |
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| somestimes, cuz there's some anime i need to pause, like higurashi, the story is to complicated |
| I need to pause or sometimes go back to read subtitles....although I'm getting better at it... |
| I seem to be reading quicker, I haven't noticed but because of anime I can read a lot quicker and still remember things. I just didn't know because I hadn't tried with a book before LOL. Thank you subbed anime. I've never had a problem reading subs but my speed has picked up. |
| Most of the time. I'm used to subtitles since everything, excluding stuff aimed at children under 8 or so, is subbed in my country. Sometimes I need to pause for a second or so if there are translators notes on the upper side, but that's all. |
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| I can keep up on x2 speed :D. |
| It hasn't proved a problem so far but I still prefer dubs just because of the convenience of them. |
| There might be some subbers out there with really poor timing that are causing some people to not be able to keep up, but I have never had a problem with this personally. |
| yea ; i have no prob with it. even though sonetimes the they're off |
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| Yap,i can. The only anime i've ever stopped often to read is Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei... because you just HAVE to read the bullshit on the blackboard,it's hilarious XDDDDDDDDDD |
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| Subtitles can be extremely distracting. It's very easy to fall into the trap of looking at the bottom of the screen to read the subtitles without looking at any of the actual art. It always bothers me when some elitist anime fan tries to say that the only way to view a show is to watch it subbed. Dubs are totally fine too. |
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| The more I got used to the language, the more I got used to the subtitles. Of course now I can watch most of the shows without subtitles because of the knowledge of the language. |
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| If I can keep up on subtitles with The Disastrous Life of Saiki K. I can keep up with pretty much everything else Yare yare |
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| Nowadays, subtitles in anime are pretty lengthy, especially during explanation scenes. This has caused me to not be able to keep up with them. Moreover, the skill to keep up with the subtitles has been worsening for me lately. It is more difficult for me to read subtitles now than compared to 4 years ago. |
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| Wow you dredged up an old thread. Anime is only worth watching subbed. I have no problem keeping up with it. |
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| Yeah, no problem. Except Tatami Galaxy lol. |
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TuzoAnime said: Over my years of watching anime I've heard people preferring the dub version because they can't keep up with subtitles (Note: I'm not bashing people who like to watch anime dub) . What do think? The funniest thing about it is that something like this is almost exclusively written by American native speakers which I always find comical. Edit: wow, nice necro. |
| Dub = fake crap. Always. |
| Its easy to keep up now after watching so many animes. The only anime that gives me a hard time is tatami galaxy with its monogatari 3x speed. Sometimes I even need to pause it. |
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| Of course cuz i have the power of pause and rewind in me |
| Learn to read faster pals. It is not difficult, almost everyone can achieve this. You don't have to read the words entirely, just a brief look to the phrase and you can grasp the meaning without actually reading it from left to right. Works pretty well with simple line such as in subtitles. Subs of the Tatami Galaxy are not hard to follow up. |
| Short answer: Yes Long answer: Have you ever watched Bakemonogatari? |
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| I'm a very fast reader so most of the time yeah lol |
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| If the conversation isn't difficult, I'll mostly rely on my Japanese listening skills and only take a glance at the subtitles. If the conversation is difficult, I'll mostly be reading subtitles, but my Japanese listening skills also help me to understand things faster. In conclusion, I rely on both of my Japanese listening skills and English reading skills combined together to get a grasp of the situation yet I voted "most of the time" due to I don't rely on the subtitles alone, there's also one anime I couldn't keep up with anything, Yojouhan Shinwa Taikei. |
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| I can until more than 2 people are talking |
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| Honestly I don't have any trouble keeping up with subs, providing they're done properly There are some subs (not necessarily the anime itself) which don't give people enough time to read them, too little dialogue in a single displayed line I tend to prefer watching dub if the dub is half decent, as it allows me to not have to focus as much whilst watching anime, but I don't have any issues watching subs |
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