halfcactus | Subbing, recently

Technical stuff

Cons:
Can no longer upload Our Inn fansubs to Youtube (which would be fine if they subbed extra eps, or if they just let me post subbed clips of ZXC singing!!!)

Pros:
Trying out new platforms and learning new things. \o/

Dailymotion: seems more embeddable than Vimeo, but its interface is kind of terrible?

This is what my Youtube post looks like, so my subscribers can see that I uploaded a video somewhere else:
screencap of a Youtube community post linking to an off-site video with an accompanying GIF

screencap of a Youtube community post linking to an off-site video with an accompanying GIF

Captionfy: This is an off-Youtube platform that allows you to add your own subs to Youtube videos, and for people to watch those videos with your subs. Additionally, you can then download the subs and upload them to Youtube yourself (if you were subbing your own content). The subbing interface is 10x better and more useable than Youtube's, AND allows for collaboration—I haven't tried the "teams" function myself, but this is very good to know about since I've had people reaching out to me to collab. 😂 However, Captionfy was designed solely for Youtube, which from a fansubber standpoint has a host of difficulties that I won't get into lol.

Recently:

Zhang Xincheng Balance Game + Q&A from Our Inn ep 10.5 (March 2023):

(There were quite a few parts that I wanted to cut from sheer uncertainty, but I decided to just close my eyes and roll with it since it's a quickfire 10-minute interview and literally no one else was going to sub it.)

🔗 Watch on Dailymotion

Yao Chen & Zhang Xincheng, "紫 (Purple)" cover (Our Inn ep 11)

ZXC sounds oddly tinny in this (I assume it's a mixing/post-prod issue) but I really enjoyed this duet and am presently haunting ZJSTV's pages in the hopes that they release the rehearsal video for this haha

PS. I subbed this on Captionfy then dropped the .srt file into Davinci Resolve‘s subtitle track for the hardsubs. :)

🔗 Captionfy link (much more readable softsubs): here

Text translation:

YAO CHEN:
霞满天
The sky glows red
一起看晚霞满天
Together we watch the sky glow red at dusk
当闭上双眼还忘返流连
When I close my eyes, I still lose myself
未完的心愿
In an unfulfilled dream

ZHANG XINCHENG:
依偎在你身边
To nestle up to your side
曾是我憧憬的明天
The tomorrow that I once looked forward to
就化作一缕紫烟
Has turned into a tendril of purple smoke
环绕你心间
That winds around your mind

YAO CHEN:
若能再多看一眼
If only I could see them again—
滚烫的心炙热的眼
Your burning heart, your blazing eyes

ZHANG XINCHENG:
你的泪滴落的瞬间滑过我的脸
When your tears fall down, that moment runs down my face
还没开始却道再见
We said goodbye before we could even begin

YAO CHEN:
就算来不及相恋
Even if it's too late for us to fall in love
刹那之间镌刻永远
That brief moment is engraved in eternity

ZHANG XINCHENG:
昨日的情景再浮现流荡在心底
The scene from yesterday emerges once again, drifting in my heart
化一缕烟飘散
A tendril of smoke that dissipates

[instrumental break]

YAO CHEN:
來不及好好告別
Too late for a proper farewell
空留一段記憶的線
Empty of everything but a thread of memory

ZHANG XINCHENG:
繫不下長長的哀戀
Can't be bound to the long and tragic love
卻魂繞夢牽
But my soul and my dream are still holding on
恍惚中又和你相見
And in a trance, I meet you again

TOGETHER:
永遠到底有多遠
How far is forever?
心心之間念念之遠
The space between hearts, the distance between thoughts
採一片晚霞放心間
Take a piece of the red sunset to keep in your heart
那是我對你
That's the final piece
最後的眷戀
of my longing for you