Star's Lover 11 Subtitle Done.

Sorry it took so long.

I got a little discouraged with the non-progress in getting permission to release. KST is apparently not continuing the project.

Anyway, let's just continue and complete the SL Subbing project. I think we may be able to get some translators once most of the subs are done. We can just replace the current translation with new translations... and we can release then.

Permission For Release of softsubs.

It looks like ViiKii won't allow us to release SL softsubs based on ViiKii on-line subs.

I'm looking into getting permission from VietNamese subs creators for translating from their subs.

I can translate VietNamese into English fairly easily.

I've watched an episode with VietNamese hardsubbed, and found the translation to be pretty good, even poetic. It seems more accurate to the original Korean. Since VietNamese, Chinese, and Korean have a lot of similar concepts... I'm pretty sure I can produce a pretty good translation from the VietNamese subs, which were translated from Chinese subs.

EDIT:

I've sent a message to KST Fansub staff, offering to collaborate on creating subs. We've gotten further on our effort than they have, so perhaps a joint project can result in earlier release of both E-Subs and VN-Subs.

Getting RAW "Star's Lover" files.

The complete collection can be found for direct MU download from Aja-Aja at:
http://aja-aja.com/regular/stars-lovers

This is the HQ, 700MB version.
The 700p version are also available to members and VIP.

This drama is licensed, and torrents are hard to find. Some torrents can be found on Chinese & Asian torrent sites. Please go to the SOOMPI "Star's Lovers" thread to find those torrents.

Subtitle Editing Software

Aegisub:
http://www.aegisub.net/

This is what I normally use. I like the features for precise timing such as the audio wave-form bar. Keyboard shortcuts makes it nice and fast. Once the "sub text" have been imported. the entire sub can be done without moving your hands away from the shortcut keys and the mouse.

Subtitle Workshop:
http://www.urusoft.net/products.php?cat=sw

Venerable workhorse. Recently updated. I should revisit this software and look at the automation and subtitle fixing features.

Media Subtitler:
http://www.divx-digest.com/software/divxland_media_subtitler.html

Very nice and easy to use.

Star's Lover 10 Subtitle Done.

We've completed half the subs for this drama.

The half-way point is a significant milestone. Congratulations to everyone for a job well done thus far. :o)

Getting ViiKii subs' Text

Simple way to get ViiKii subs' text without typing

1. Goto viikii website.
2. Select a segment of video to watch.
3. Click on the "Captions/Subtitle" tab to the right of the video.
4. Click on the "T" at the bottom right.
5. High-light and Copy all of the subs that are displayed and paste them into Notepad.
6. Replace blank lines with "?????" for the spots.
7. Remove the duplicate lines that have subtitle version numbers.

Voila... the segment text is ready to be saved and read into your subtitling software.

NOTE: kapneemo's contribution to our subbing effort.

Star's Lover 09 Subtitle Done.

I took a little longer with this one.
Since we still don't have permission from ViiKii.
I took the liberty of doing more editing to tighten up some of the awkward language used.

I started using the top part of the screen to add explanatory notes for a few korean terms. In future episodes, I think we can just keep some of the personal titles and add notes on screen tops.

We've only kept "unni", "noona", and "oppa" so far. I think we can add more to the kept list with "halmoni", "ahjusssi", "ahjumma", and some other simple titles.