Being faster? Does it mean quality?

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Maybe you want to look at this thread, it is old but still one of the best we ever had in here …

Quality over quantity: how to avoid bad translations in subtitling

Hello, all. I’m clearly writing this post in affect, so please forgive my bluntness and at times harshness, but I think we need to discuss several key issues when it comes to translating. Viki has recently put a lot of effort to increase the number of subtitles and subtitlers, particularly for languages spoken in smaller communities. (Remember the race for the highest number of subtitles?) However, recently I took over an abandoned project and came across some very bad, bad, awful subtitles! …