Why doesn't Yesasia.com do english subtitles for TWN Dramas?

I tried to look to see if I could buy the Taiwanese dramas off yesasia.com, and alas, I came up with an unsuccessful search! The only ones with English subtitles were dramas I had never heard of or didn't care for! The popular ones like It Started with a Kiss, Meteor Garden, Love Contract, Mars, and Hana Kimi were nowhere to be found.

So, can anyone please answer these two questions for me?????

#1: Why doesn't anyone do English subtitles for Taiwanese dramas and sell them? And I'm not talking about the people who burn them off d-addicts and sell them on e-bay. I mean, like actual companies that proof read and sell it proper on a site?

#2: Where can I find a place that will sell it?

Please help!!! It would be greatly appreciated!

Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 11:22 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Hmmm, I actually found some Taiwanese dramas on yesasia.com that were subbed, like Meteor Garden & Rain, Devil Besides You, & The Champion. Did you check out the "Taiwan & Other Asia" tab? The specific link to the "Taiwan & Other Asia" TV Series is down right now, but try going there later, maybe they will have other dramas.

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/code-c/section-videos/pid-1004061512/ <--- Should take you to Meteor Garden.

From what I can access, there are a a lot more dramas without subs than with. I didn't really answer your questions, but hope it helps a little. Makes me wonder where we would go without d-addicts Blink

Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 3:12 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Hana Kimi probably doesn't have English subtitles because it's so new... don't know about the other ones though.

Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 12:15 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

if you want to know, why don't you just ask them directly? Big Smile

it's not like we have any decision-making power over what they do.

as for the ones that you can find there, be sure and see where it is from. many of the ones with so-called english subs are from the malaysia version. and those subs are usually pretty engrishy, to say the least.