I Made Attempts Although It Sucks Anyway

28 08 2008

ARASHI – SECRET TALK – A Day in Our Life (subbed)
Download it here (18MB)
translations by Jodie (j_ibo:LJ)
timed/hardsubbed/typeset/produced by Ace (that’s me, awww!)

So there you see, my lame try (I do lame things, I wonder if I really want to remember them) to sub. Problem is, I don’t own any of the translation (this is the cue to ranty post). Should be 2 videos but the original translator of the other Secret Talk decided to sub it herself so I have no choice but unpublish the longer one. But there, you’re witness to my lameness. And the whole Arashi community in Youtube. Well, at least we got another Secret Talk sub.

I don’t know if I could promise though that I will get better. I have something in mind of what I wanna do next. (Something that doesn’t require other people’s translations) But I know, the whole video production business, be it fanvid, parody, subbing or even just DVD-ripping is a complicated, time consuming, arduous work, that requires… wait, why am I so whiny? I just show you my first Arashi Love Production video presentation and I’m whiny already? Bad! Bad!

MANY THANKS TO JODIE OF LIVEJOURNAL! She’s so nice, and even excited about the idea that it will turn to video and more fans could see her translation and understand Arashi even if it’s just 3 minutes of bashing Aibaka! (Aibaka is my new Aiba pet name, thanks to marchy!) Also to her friend Steph (jalapeno:LJ) for directing me to Jodie. Becky also of Taijiproject for checking of errors in my texts.

And no, I won’t be a subber, there are people born not to do it, I am one of them. But I want more people to see the Secret Talk that’s why I did this. PLEASE DON’T UPLOAD SOMEWHERE ELSE. THANK YOU.

Finally, DAMNIT you YOUTUBE LOGO ruining the subs!!!! GoogleVideo rulez!!!


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11 responses

28 08 2008
icecola

ace signed off at 6:10AM. Philippine Time. good day!

28 08 2008
かざみどり

dont understand???????

28 08 2008
marchlavender

girlfriend, did i keep you up with all our chat? do you manage to get some sleep?

wow, you really work hard on this! nice try, nice result… hope to see more from you. i am not a born subber also, i’m too lazy for it, but i do appreciate people who put their effort on subbing projects.

haha… next time may be you can move your text a bit away from the tube logo… but really, definitely not bad on your 1st try!

and how i like the name, Arashi Love Production… it got my name in it! :P

28 08 2008
Niro Rin Ji

haha not bad for your 1st try. I’d probably suck as poop haha xD. Glad you took the time to try though unlike other people who just say that the subbers suck when they don’t sub. so good job ;D

Oo I like that name also ” Arashi Love Production ” nice ring to it haha

28 08 2008
icecola

かざみどり, don’t worry, this rant is all about me trying to sub, but thanks to your comments, I guess I didn’t fail that much. Just on the other video though. *sobs*

marchy, don’t worry, I really can’t sleep that’s why I’m up. what, with watching my downloads all the time if they stopped again or what, and reading so many good things, it’s really hard for me to sleep unless I’m really tired after work. I just like the idea that people will be aware of Secret Talk and maybe read on their own the other translations, you know how people likes videos nowadays, anything that has Arashi faces and subtitles are better. So here… Arashi faces.

Niro, I agree, subbers don’t suck, we owe a lot of info to them, that’s why I love them. If I could make them a banner here, or feel special, that’d be great just to show my appreciation for their work. SO NO BASHING SUBBERS ESP ONLINE!

well, it’s ll about the love for Arashi, hence I love the slogan, an ARASHI Love Production.. (yes, I remember you marchy when I realized it) and it’s only when embedded like here in Youtube that there a logo. in youtube home, there’s none. akkk!

28 08 2008
marchlavender

you change it to google vid! :)
now it looks so nice… keep up the good work!

28 08 2008
icecola

yeah, I dreamed of changing font size and style but when I wake up I put it in Google vid. my dreams are so baka.

28 08 2008
moonchild

wow, u were up the whole night last night!Ü

it’s cool that you’re trying to sub, it’s something that me and my friends are hoping we could do when our nihonggo gets better (sumtym within the next ten years. hehe.) i’ll download this when i get the chance!

28 08 2008
icecola

yeah, but surprisingly, I’m working fine, my screws are still intact. isn’t it’s nice that we learned to do new things be it graphic designing or writing fanfic/fanblog or video editing, whatever at a young age, just because of Arashi? I think that’s everyone’s motivation in creating things.

don’t worry, there are many people just like you studying Nihonggo, and it’s not how fast you’ll learn it but how good you’ll be at it ;) good luck to all of us trying to learn!

29 08 2008
かざみどり

ace,how do you make the subtitle?i want to learn..need any software?

29 08 2008
icecola

かざみどり, yep, for me I use Aegisub for subbing and styling and VirtualDub for hardsubbing. I wanna learn the software for subbing by audio though, coz that’s easier to be exact in the timing but I lost of the software’s name.

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