markhavemann Posted September 11, 2022 at 04:34 AM Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 at 04:34 AM added: Light The Night Season 2 (华灯初上) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhavemann Posted September 13, 2022 at 08:32 AM Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2022 at 08:32 AM added: Light The Night Season 3 (华灯初上) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhavemann Posted September 19, 2022 at 04:46 AM Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2022 at 04:46 AM Added 预支未来 S1 (Futmalls) This show was kind of unique with its Black Mirror sci-fi style, hopefully there will be a season 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinWenSen Posted September 20, 2022 at 07:19 PM Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 at 07:19 PM On 12/25/2018 at 11:57 PM, markhavemann said: Financial Contributions If anybody wants to contribute financially to this and have stuff transcribed professionally at around 20rmb/3USD for a 30 minute episode, you can add me on WeChat or send money via PayPal with the info below: Hey thanks for doing this, it's awesome ! I might want to contribute, I tried looking for you on WeChat but couldn't find you... Anyway, I was looking for the 男人帮 transcript but all I could find was the show with hard subtitles.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhavemann Posted September 20, 2022 at 11:29 PM Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2022 at 11:29 PM On 9/21/2022 at 3:19 AM, JinWenSen said: Hey thanks for doing this, it's awesome ! I might want to contribute, I tried looking for you on WeChat but couldn't find you... Anyway, I was looking for the 男人帮 transcript but all I could find was the show with hard subtitles.. I changed my wechat ID and forgot to update it here. It's now: justanothermark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JinWenSen Posted September 21, 2022 at 04:14 AM Report Share Posted September 21, 2022 at 04:14 AM On 9/20/2022 at 7:29 PM, markhavemann said: changed my wechat ID and forgot to update it here. It's now: Sent you a friend invite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhavemann Posted October 9, 2022 at 11:01 AM Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2022 at 11:01 AM For something a little different, I've added all subtitles for the Chinese dub of Netflix version of My Hero Academia S1-4. The subtitles match about 95% of the time and it's a nice way to get some Chinese while watching something that isn't a Chinese show. I'm thinking about uploading the actual mp3 audio tracks of each episode too, since I think the Chinese dubs are only available if you watch on Netflix in Taiwan or Hong Kong. Not sure about the legality of this though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTH123 Posted October 11, 2022 at 09:55 PM Report Share Posted October 11, 2022 at 09:55 PM On 10/9/2022 at 6:01 AM, markhavemann said: Not sure about the legality of this though? I'm not sure either. There’s at least one long thread about this kind of thing on this website. It’s a great, interesting read with a lot of different, informative opinions. For me, the sort of bottom line is that it isn’t for profit. It’s for learning. There aren’t that many people trying to learn this way either. So, there isn’t much for any company to get too excited about in a legal way. Having said that, I still prefer to point people to websites where they can download stuff themselves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhavemann Posted October 12, 2022 at 01:15 AM Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2022 at 01:15 AM On 10/12/2022 at 5:55 AM, MTH123 said: For me, the sort of bottom line is that it isn’t for profit. It’s for learning. That's what I tend to think too. On 10/12/2022 at 5:55 AM, MTH123 said: I still prefer to point people to websites where they can download stuff themselves. Unfortunately, lots of the websites that were around before have disappeared. If you are lucky enough to find a website to get stuff like this, it usually doesn't last for very long, and all that's left is broken links and useful content that's lost forever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTH123 Posted October 13, 2022 at 07:01 AM Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 at 07:01 AM On 10/11/2022 at 8:15 PM, markhavemann said: Unfortunately, lots of the websites that were around before have disappeared. If you are lucky enough to find a website to get stuff like this, it usually doesn't last for very long, and all that's left is broken links and useful content that's lost forever. Yes, great point. Even websites that are still around have broken links. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhavemann Posted January 4, 2023 at 06:48 AM Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2023 at 06:48 AM Added Chinese Name English Name Year Episodes Complete Subs English Subs Text Transcripts Links 延禧攻略 Story of Yanxi Palace 70 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
大块头 Posted February 1, 2023 at 10:17 PM Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 at 10:17 PM I wonder how much it would cost per hour to transcribe podcasts? Presumably a lot more than $6/hour... I know I'd get a lot more out of Gushi FM if I could skim through a transcript and then listen to each episode again. In my experience hiring Chinese freelancers, $15/hour is typical for unspecialized labor. That works out to maybe $30 for transcribing an hour of audio; too much for me to support personally but feasible with a Patreon if there's enough interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pon00050 Posted February 1, 2023 at 11:19 PM Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 at 11:19 PM On 2/1/2023 at 5:17 PM, 大块头 said: I wonder how much it would cost per hour to transcribe podcasts? Presumably a lot more than $6/hour... I know I'd get a lot more out of Gushi FM if I could skim through a transcript and then listen to each episode again. In my experience hiring Chinese freelancers, $15/hour is typical for unspecialized labor. That works out to maybe $30 for transcribing an hour of audio; too much for me to support personally but feasible with a Patreon if there's enough interest. In my experience, transcribing an hour of audio usually takes more than an hour of real time. I'd like to suggest an alternative. Here is the method that I am currently using to get transcripts. This method does not produce perfectly accurate transcripts. If you could find another willing learner to allocate the amount of work to make one correct transcript, I think that should also be feasible and get you results you want faster. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
大块头 Posted February 2, 2023 at 12:32 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 at 12:32 AM On 2/1/2023 at 6:19 PM, pon00050 said: Here is the method that I am currently using to get transcripts. This method does not produce perfectly accurate transcripts. I think that people producing transcriptions probably use AI tools like that as a first step and then correct errors manually? A quick search didn't yield any companies offering human transcription (人工转录), but I found several freelancers on Upwork charging ~$15 (per hour of labor, not per hour of audio) for this service. Edit: found a transcription service, but it's expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pon00050 Posted February 2, 2023 at 05:09 AM Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 at 05:09 AM On 2/1/2023 at 7:32 PM, 大块头 said: I think that people producing transcriptions probably use AI tools like that as a first step and then correct errors manually? Did you read the writing that I linked? While it's not using specifically "AI", it is incorporating speech to text technology to get some of the transcripts automatically generated and human(myself) is doing the rest to make the transcription complete and accurate. So, I think it's still the idea of using technology as a first step and correcting errors manually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhavemann Posted February 3, 2023 at 07:38 AM Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 at 07:38 AM https://www.iflyrec.com/ has got human transcription for 1.34rmb/min of audio, their AI is even cheaper and pretty good too. If you get it done with AI you could post on the forum and get people to help check as a joint learning activity, I'd probably be interested in helping if the content was interesting. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
大块头 Posted February 3, 2023 at 05:55 PM Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 at 05:55 PM On 2/3/2023 at 2:38 AM, markhavemann said: https://www.iflyrec.com/ has got human transcription for 1.34rmb/min of audio Wow, that's pretty inexpensive. I assume that at that cost the names of people and things will probably not be 100% accurate, but I don't think that's an issue for our purposes. From experience, I know I'll be more likely to fit this listening practice in among my other projects if it doesn't require a lot of time sitting in front of the computer correcting transcripts, running scripts, etc. I'll look into getting a small Patreon started in a few months when I have more time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhavemann Posted February 3, 2023 at 09:50 PM Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2023 at 09:50 PM On 2/4/2023 at 1:55 AM, 大块头 said: Wow, that's pretty inexpensive. I assume that at that cost the names of people and things will probably not be 100% accurate, but I don't think that's an issue for our purposes. This is a big company, I don't see why there would be mistakes. It's very likely more or less on par with any other transcription services. As for names, I'm not sure anyone could guarantee accuracy at any price, unless someone actually mentions the exact characters in their name. This is the same for English, if you are transcribing and all you have to go on is sound, would you write "Ashleigh", "Ashley", "Ashlee"? No matter what your fee was, there's no way to know unless it's a famous person that you could Google, or the people in the audio say which one it is. I guess you might get placeholders with pinyin for some names that can't easily be guessed. I might try get something transcribed at some stage soon and post the results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhavemann Posted February 10, 2023 at 01:36 PM Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2023 at 01:36 PM Added: Chinese Name English Name Year Episodes Complete Subs English Subs Text Transcripts Links 狂飙 The Knockout 2023 39 ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ iqiyi Really enjoying this one so far, would definitely recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markhavemann Posted April 27, 2023 at 03:34 AM Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2023 at 03:34 AM I've created a thread for Anki vocabulary decks to help watch 家有儿女, as well as general vocabulary stats for the series. The thread can be found here. I've also added a place for links in the main post of this thread as I add for more shows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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