How can I get English subtitle of Top Gear?

neojohnson · November 22nd, 2005, 01:45 AM

Hi, dude!
I'm a new guy here from China.
I love TG just as you guys. And I've watched the whole episodes of TG from 2002 S01 to 2005 S06.
I think TG is the greatest Auto TV Show of the world and history!! It is great. And we should share good things to friends, shouldn't we images/smilies/smile.gif

But there is a problem , a language problem.
We Chinese people speak Chinese. But TP is an English TV Show which speaking English. So unless you can understand English , you can't enjoy the show.
Most people in China who love Auto don't know much English than Hello. So they just can't enjoy the show like me.
But there is one approach to solve the language problem.---------Translation.

If somebody ( like me) can translate the TG from English to Chinese , and produce a Chinese subtitle( like .srt file). then quite a lot Chinese people can watch the show . I mean hundreds of thousand people.

But there is one problem. My English skill is not good enough to listen to the TG show and just write down every word and translate to Chinese.

So I want guys here to help me, find a way to get the English subtitle of Top Gear. We can start from the newest Season 7 Episode 1.
Thanks a lot.

ESPNSTI · November 22nd, 2005, 02:23 AM

Manually typing up subtitles would be an awful lot of work.
The best would be to capture subtitles (provided the BBC broadcasts those), and then convert them to chinese using a translation program (which isn't going to be perfect).

neojohnson · November 22nd, 2005, 02:36 AM

Thanks, dude.

I can do the translation part. But I need the English subtitle first.
I'm in China not England. So I can't just CAPTURE the English subtitle provided by BBC. Anyone in England can help?

By the way. A lot of people in China really do what you call " awful lot of work". They are called Subtitle Team. What they do is listenning to the TV Series ( Like <24> or < Joey>) , writing down every word , then translating to Chinese , syncing the frame, at last making a Chinese subtitle.
If you can read chinese , go www.shooter.com.cn and take a look. There's tons of Chinese subtitle for Movies and TV Series.

ESPNSTI · November 22nd, 2005, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by neojohnson

I can do the translation part. But I need the English subtitle first.
I'm in China not England. So I can't just CAPTURE the English subtitle provided by BBC. Anyone in England can help?

Perhaps VUK, Overheat or others in England know if it is possible or not to get the subtitles.
I think having the subtitles available is useful for English speaking people too, since it could be used to search.

wooflepoof · November 22nd, 2005, 03:28 AM

Your avatar is hot

neojohnson · November 22nd, 2005, 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ESPNSTI

Quote:

Originally Posted by neojohnson

I can do the translation part. But I need the English subtitle first.
I'm in China not England. So I can't just CAPTURE the English subtitle provided by BBC. Anyone in England can help?

Perhaps VUK, Overheat or others in England know if it is possible or not to get the subtitles.
I think having the subtitles available is useful for English speaking people too, since it could be used to search.

Yeah, thanks. Maybe they can help me.

Also , I've got an idea that just go to TopGear and ask them to give a copy of subtitle of the episode.
Why not? Doing this do no harmness to TopGear but help it to promote the show to China which is a very big market for them.

Can it work?

neojohnson · November 22nd, 2005, 03:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wooflepoof

Your avatar is hot

Thank you , dude images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Her Chinese name is LinZhiLing, and English name is ChiLing.She is the hottest super model in China ( including Taiwan) now. You can see her everywhere on TV Ads.

She is the No.1 beautiful girl in Taiwan.

There are lot of her pic on the website below, enjoy it.
http://ent.tom.com/xiezhen/linzhiling/

///M · November 22nd, 2005, 04:32 AM

I need TP for my bunghooooole!!!

jtkellertx · November 22nd, 2005, 05:04 AM

It's TG, btw.

I can type of the lines in my extra time, it won't have the times though. I may get my girlfriend to help me, she is a mad typist. Oh, and I'd be typing this in American English, by the way.

I doubt the BBC would help you get more people to illegally watch this show. The BBC is funded by British citizens and it wouldn't be fair for a ton of foriegners to be watching.

Edit: My email address is jtkellertx@gmail.com if you want to contact me.
I'm gonna start now actually on episode 1 season 7.

neojohnson · November 22nd, 2005, 06:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jtkellertx

It's TG, btw.

I can type of the lines in my extra time, it won't have the times though. I may get my girlfriend to help me, she is a mad typist. Oh, and I'd be typing this in American English, by the way.

I doubt the BBC would help you get more people to illegally watch this show. The BBC is funded by British citizens and it wouldn't be fair for a ton of foriegners to be watching.

Edit: My email address is jtkellertx@gmail.com if you want to contact me.
I'm gonna start now actually on episode 1 season 7.

Haha, it's my mistake. Of course it's TG.

Very appreciate for your help! and your girlfriend!
American English is good. At leat it's still English , isn't it images/smilies/smile.gif

Yeah, I know it's difficult for BBC to support me. But in China , Internet is the ONLY way to watch such a good Auto Show. Maybe someyears later, BBC can come to China and get my watching fee images/smilies/smile.gif

My Gmail is neojohnson@gmail.com. I'll reach you by email.
Thanks again, dude.

dutch_designer · November 22nd, 2005, 09:21 AM

I gotta say your english is quite good! I know what you mean though, sometimes it's quite hard to understand what they mean, certain things just only make sense when you're a native speaker.

SPG900 · November 22nd, 2005, 11:41 AM

The show is subtitled with teletext, page 888 (for those who can watch TG on tv). No idea if there is software that can capture that.

neojohnson · November 22nd, 2005, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dutch_designer

I gotta say your english is quite good! I know what you mean though, sometimes it's quite hard to understand what they mean, certain things just only make sense when you're a native speaker.

Thank you very much!!

Translation is not a easy job to do. Cause we are from different countries , growing up in different culture. But I will try my best.

Anything is better than nothing , isn't it ?

neojohnson · November 22nd, 2005, 12:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SPG900

The show is subtitled with teletext, page 888 (for those who can watch TG on tv). No idea if there is software that can capture that.

Software can do anything beyond our imagination. So I think there must be a way to do that.

Even software can't capture sub. I'd rather type every word from TV screen.

But I can't. I'm not in England.

The good news is I've got help from here now.

dutch_designer · November 22nd, 2005, 03:53 PM

Try taking a look here, also for those who capture the episodes from the BBC:

http://ip51cf87c4.direct-adsl.nl/panteltje/subtitles/

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=69509

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime.../ATV2000.shtml

Just some links I found with Google, perhaps they are useful.

Z102 · November 22nd, 2005, 10:08 PM

I began manually adding Spanish subtitles to episode 3x06 last... March? February? Can't remember images/smilies/tongue.gif

I've worked on it in my spare time since then, and I still have the Monaro segment to do. I'm planning on finishing it (just because I like to finish what I start) some day, but as you can see, it is a very tedious task. You have to make sure you understand what they're saying, translate it into your language and try to time everything as perfectly as possible, so that your "readers" don't miss a thing. And of course, there are things impossible to translate from English. Still, this is something I would love to have the time to do. Not everyone is fluent enough in English to watch Top Gear without help. Hey, I might go now and sub five minutes more images/smilies/tongue.gif

neojohnson · November 23rd, 2005, 10:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dutch_designer

Try taking a look here, also for those who capture the episodes from the BBC:

http://ip51cf87c4.direct-adsl.nl/panteltje/subtitles/

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=69509

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime.../ATV2000.shtml

Just some links I found with Google, perhaps they are useful.

Thank you , pal. You are very nice to me.

neojohnson · November 23rd, 2005, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Z102

I began manually adding Spanish subtitles to episode 3x06 last... March? February? Can't remember images/smilies/tongue.gif

I've worked on it in my spare time since then, and I still have the Monaro segment to do. I'm planning on finishing it (just because I like to finish what I start) some day, but as you can see, it is a very tedious task. You have to make sure you understand what they're saying, translate it into your language and try to time everything as perfectly as possible, so that your "readers" don't miss a thing. And of course, there are things impossible to translate from English. Still, this is something I would love to have the time to do. Not everyone is fluent enough in English to watch Top Gear without help. Hey, I might go now and sub five minutes more images/smilies/tongue.gif

haha, seems that we have the same goal images/smilies/smile.gif

I know it would be a tough job to do. But anyway , I will do it , not only praticing my English, also help people around.

I may not do a perfect translation. But anything is better than nothing, isn't it ?

images/smilies/tongue.gif

bone · November 23rd, 2005, 10:21 AM

you can send his spanish subs through babblefish

and than correct of course

awdrifter · November 23rd, 2005, 11:30 AM

I'm Chinese, it's definitely nice to see another Chinese on the board. A lot of people on VeryCD are asking for Chinese sub version too, so it would be nice to make a sub version. I did some subbing for anime and such. It's actually not that hard to type from just listening. I can possibly help you typing out the script. However, I won't have time to do the translation. If you are interested, send me a PM.

November 22nd, 2005, 01:45 AM	#1
neojohnson Joined: Nov 21st, 2005 Last Online: November 3rd, 2008 Location: Guangzhou China Posts: 52 Rep Power: 0	How can I get English subtitle of Top Gear? Hi, dude! I'm a new guy here from China. I love TG just as you guys. And I've watched the whole episodes of TG from 2002 S01 to 2005 S06. I think TG is the greatest Auto TV Show of the world and history!! It is great. And we should share good things to friends, shouldn't we But there is a problem , a language problem. We Chinese people speak Chinese. But TP is an English TV Show which speaking English. So unless you can understand English , you can't enjoy the show. Most people in China who love Auto don't know much English than Hello. So they just can't enjoy the show like me. But there is one approach to solve the language problem.---------Translation. If somebody ( like me) can translate the TG from English to Chinese , and produce a Chinese subtitle( like .srt file). then quite a lot Chinese people can watch the show . I mean hundreds of thousand people. But there is one problem. My English skill is not good enough to listen to the TG show and just write down every word and translate to Chinese. So I want guys here to help me, find a way to get the English subtitle of Top Gear. We can start from the newest Season 7 Episode 1. Thanks a lot. __________________ I'm from China, and I love Top Gear!!

November 22nd, 2005, 02:23 AM	#2
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November 22nd, 2005, 02:36 AM	#3
neojohnson Joined: Nov 21st, 2005 Last Online: November 3rd, 2008 Location: Guangzhou China Posts: 52 Rep Power: 0	Thanks, dude. I can do the translation part. But I need the English subtitle first. I'm in China not England. So I can't just CAPTURE the English subtitle provided by BBC. Anyone in England can help? By the way. A lot of people in China really do what you call " awful lot of work". They are called Subtitle Team. What they do is listenning to the TV Series ( Like <24> or < Joey>) , writing down every word , then translating to Chinese , syncing the frame, at last making a Chinese subtitle. If you can read chinese , go www.shooter.com.cn and take a look. There's tons of Chinese subtitle for Movies and TV Series. __________________ I'm from China, and I love Top Gear!!

November 22nd, 2005, 03:28 AM	#5
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November 22nd, 2005, 04:32 AM	#8
///M Joined: Feb 28th, 2005 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 1,067 Rep Power: 0	I need TP for my bunghooooole!!! __________________

November 22nd, 2005, 05:04 AM	#9
jtkellertx Joined: Jul 11th, 2005 Last Online: November 9th, 2008 Location: The Woodlands, TX Posts: 22 Rep Power: 0	It's TG, btw. I can type of the lines in my extra time, it won't have the times though. I may get my girlfriend to help me, she is a mad typist. Oh, and I'd be typing this in American English, by the way. I doubt the BBC would help you get more people to illegally watch this show. The BBC is funded by British citizens and it wouldn't be fair for a ton of foriegners to be watching. Edit: My email address is jtkellertx@gmail.com if you want to contact me. I'm gonna start now actually on episode 1 season 7.

November 22nd, 2005, 09:21 AM	#11
dutch_designer Joined: Jul 31st, 2005 Last Online: November 25th, 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 226 Rep Power: 0	I gotta say your english is quite good! I know what you mean though, sometimes it's quite hard to understand what they mean, certain things just only make sense when you're a native speaker. __________________ have one of my south-african peace crisps!

November 22nd, 2005, 11:41 AM	#12
SPG900 Joined: Jan 14th, 2004 Last Online: November 19th, 2008 Location: België Posts: 565 Rep Power: 0	The show is subtitled with teletext, page 888 (for those who can watch TG on tv). No idea if there is software that can capture that.

November 22nd, 2005, 03:53 PM	#15
dutch_designer Joined: Jul 31st, 2005 Last Online: November 25th, 2007 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 226 Rep Power: 0	Try taking a look here, also for those who capture the episodes from the BBC: http://ip51cf87c4.direct-adsl.nl/panteltje/subtitles/ http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=69509 http://www.softpedia.com/get/Multime.../ATV2000.shtml Just some links I found with Google, perhaps they are useful. __________________ have one of my south-african peace crisps!

November 22nd, 2005, 10:08 PM	#16
Z102 Joined: Aug 25th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Valencia, Spain Age: 33 Posts: 494 Car: '07 Ford Fiesta 1.6 Sport Rep Power: 16	I began manually adding Spanish subtitles to episode 3x06 last... March? February? Can't remember I've worked on it in my spare time since then, and I still have the Monaro segment to do. I'm planning on finishing it (just because I like to finish what I start) some day, but as you can see, it is a very tedious task. You have to make sure you understand what they're saying, translate it into your language and try to time everything as perfectly as possible, so that your "readers" don't miss a thing. And of course, there are things impossible to translate from English. Still, this is something I would love to have the time to do. Not everyone is fluent enough in English to watch Top Gear without help. Hey, I might go now and sub five minutes more __________________ "A rubbish car, I'm afraid, is a waste of petrol." Jeremy Clarkson

November 23rd, 2005, 10:21 AM	#19
bone "bangle for president" Joined: Jan 14th, 2004 Last Online: November 19th, 2008 Location: belgium!! Age: 24 Posts: 6,069 Car: yamaha banshee (and an opel astra from work) Rep Power: 28	you can send his spanish subs through babblefish and than correct of course __________________ groups/artists i've seen live: coldplay, the cure, cypress hill, damian marley, deftones, depeche mode, dEUS, franz ferdinand, grandaddy, guns n' roses, interpol, jamiroquai, korn, lenny kravits, marilyn manson, massive attack, metallica, moby, muse, the pixies, placebo, prodigy, queens of the stone age, the raconteurs, radiohead, red hot chili peppers, REM, skin, tool, the who, Wu-Tang and so many more...

November 23rd, 2005, 11:30 AM	#20
awdrifter Joined: Aug 29th, 2004 Last Online: 02:44 PM Posts: 1,479 Rep Power: 25	I'm Chinese, it's definitely nice to see another Chinese on the board. A lot of people on VeryCD are asking for Chinese sub version too, so it would be nice to make a sub version. I did some subbing for anime and such. It's actually not that hard to type from just listening. I can possibly help you typing out the script. However, I won't have time to do the translation. If you are interested, send me a PM.

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