Ko-en subtitlers, please put formality level in team notes

[irmar]

There is a post about how to listen to formality levels and recognize them. I thought I would link it here, maybe it is useful for someone

The golden way of editing ... Or is there one?

If it’s written on a spreadsheet, you don’t have to memorize it, you can have it open and consult it when translating. The difficult part is for the person making the spreadsheet, how to ascertain which speech style is used. I can give you a few tips for Korean - for Chinese, maybe someone else can help. Let’s first simplify by considering only three levels of formality: CASUAL (banmal): For intimate friends (the ones you grew up with, typically) siblings of the same age or lower age - de…