| gsk_ | Recently someone in [well-known fansubbing group] applied for QC and wanted to say QC is last role for inexperienced but every group runs differently so I left it there. But I really do not think QC should be inexperienced they really don't need do TS or timing but they should have fair knowledge on basis and what is considered good. | 15:15 |
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| LightArrowsEXE | same, and I argued with them in the staff channel about it for a bit | 15:15 |
| LightArrowsEXE | They said qc was the "easiest" role, and my instant reaction was "what the actual fuck are you talking about" | 15:16 |
| LightArrowsEXE | QC is imo arguably the hardest role | 15:16 |
| gsk_ | ye | 15:16 |
| LightArrowsEXE | They treated QC like a glorified spellchecker, which ???? | 15:16 |
| gsk_ | I was also suprised by it | 15:16 |
| LightArrowsEXE | Like yes, the QC should catch spelling errors. As well as layering issues, wrong blur, scene bleeds, dumb encoding errors, etc. | 15:17 |
| LightArrowsEXE | Dumb editing, lines that sound like shit, lines that sound okay in a vacuum but when put into context sounds off | 15:17 |
| LightArrowsEXE | Lines that seem weird to the point where you may have caught an accidental or slippery mistranslation | 15:17 |
| LightArrowsEXE | Nuance being off across entire sentences, or the subject of a line being too hard to understand even for someone adept at English | 15:18 |
| LightArrowsEXE | These are just a few of the things a QC should keep track of | 15:18 |
| LightArrowsEXE | There is way more | 15:18 |
| LightArrowsEXE | QCing is actually rough | 15:18 |
| gsk_ | Also they shouldn't have auto correct in their brain :kekw~1: | 15:19 |
| gsk_ | Which most people do in their brain | 15:20 |
| LightArrowsEXE | Heck, even I do that | 15:20 |
| LightArrowsEXE | as an editor/QC | 15:20 |
| LightArrowsEXE | And I hate it | 15:20 |
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| garret | you should never be the only QC of your own work | 15:21 |
| LightArrowsEXE | Oh, you can be the QC if you want | 15:22 |
| LightArrowsEXE | It's just not a good idea | 15:22 |
| garret | might be really obvious stuff that you don't catch/think is fine | 15:22 |
| garret | that you just won't fix | 15:22 |
| LightArrowsEXE | It's essentially why editors exist as well | 15:22 |
| LightArrowsEXE | Translators can look at their own text and think "this is fine", but when you have someone else look over it, they notice all the flaws you missed. | 15:23 |
| LightArrowsEXE | An editor's job is essentially being that person, and also fixing it up while they're at it and making improvements where they see fit. | 15:23 |
| LightArrowsEXE | The QC should be the most critical of all, tbh | 15:25 |
| LightArrowsEXE | Which is why in newer groups they're often the most thankless job | 15:26 |
| LightArrowsEXE | ... unless they just get a QC who acts like a glorified spellchecker instead of an actual QC, that is. | 15:26 |
| gsk_ | idk what is the point of glorified spellchecker when aegi spell check is a thing | 15:28 |
| gsk_ | Heck there is QC script as well | 15:28 |
| gsk_ | Which is shows general errors like blur and shit | 15:28 |
| LightArrowsEXE | (because nobody uses the spellchecker) | 15:28 |
| LightArrowsEXE | (I have no idea why) | 15:29 |
| gsk_ | >pain probably | 15:29 |
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