Shinigami no Ballad [Eng Subs] (Ep 1-2)

Last edited by auroragb on Sun Mar 25, 2007 9:54 pm; edited 3 times in total

I'll be subbing Shinigami no Ballad over the next few weeks. The subs will be named to work with the 1280x720 version and synced to that (tho it should be usable for the 704x396 version too).

The subs will be done C-E based on the YYcaF subs. As in I'll be translating from Chinese. I'll do my best to retain the original flavor of the dialog. But as with all translations something might be lost. What this also means is that I'll only sub episodes I can get from YYcaF (they are up to Cool

and if they stop, I'll have to stop

btw, this is my kibipost Smile

I've gone with Shinigami as suggested, thanks Smile

Here's ep 1, enjoy
Episode 1
Episode 2

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

That's a good point, it didn't occur to me to just shinigami. Might be a good choice, it's neutral and their identity is pretty clear from their dress. I might end up using that.

Any other suggestion/comments?

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:24 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Thanks for considering subbing this. I also would prefer that you use "shinigami".
Also, if you have doubts about some translation you can watch the anime of the
same name. Big Smile

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Thank you for subtitling this show!
I also prefer the name Shinigami to Death God and definitely to Grim Reaper.

Note: while perusing the "Death Note" anime i observed that both the TW and C1
fansub groups used Shinigami while Live-Evil used "Death God" if that helps in your decision. I would have looked at the Shinigami no ballad anime but that is offline atm ;

Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:02 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Thanks for the tidbit wrt Death Note. It's useful to see what choices were made by others Smile

Leaning further towards shinigami

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:51 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I think using the term 'shinigami' itself is quite ok. I don't think people will have troubles with understanding who shinigami is. And using it prevents any inaccuracy in translation of the term. But just in case you can make some kind of note on the page with subtitles for those who hear this word for the first time in their life.

Have you heard the phrase? "Translation is just like women: when it is right, it's not pretty; but when it's pretty, it's not right". *something like that* Smile

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 1:07 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Thats great! Would love to watch it.

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:03 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

err - is it ok if we, Skewed Studios, will release hardsubs (as our releases will be 704x396)? we have also finished translating and timed ep1 already - just waiting for Translation check (as the TC'r is a big fan of the series and currently has a sidejob translating the drama cds of it) and was supposedly to release softsubs then - but it's ok with us if we only release typesetted hardsubs (as long as it's also ok with ZeeSeeS-sama it's also fine if we only release hardsubs and not softsubs)

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

@zeldAIS I would prefer softsubs since i have the 1280x720 version of Shinigami no Ballad (Love HQ Big Smile

). Maybe auroragb can work together with Skewed Studios?

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:15 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

that's also an idea - if that's ok with auroragb-sama and ZeeSeeS-sama and our staffmembers (magicalcrap-sama, SacredCultivator-dono and yours truly).

(btw - sorry i read this announcement just this day...)

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:21 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 4:36 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Sorry, I didn't see any announcements. I looked and looked and didn't seem to see an effort in progress, so I started one up.

In general I just do subs of series I enjoyed but no one has subbed for long while. My main reason for subbing this is that I want to watch the series in HQ with softsubs. Smile

If you guys are doing a hardsub effort, it doesn't really conflict

Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 9:25 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Glad to hear the series is getting sub. Good Luck and Thanks.

Big Smile

Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 7:18 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Here's episode one. I notice that the main difference between the two version is there is a shift of about 1 second in timing between the two versions, so if you rename the file to match the 704x396 version, it should work fine. Even without doing that, it's not THAT bad...