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"I wouldn't mind you guys keeping an eye on me, though."

http://thegrail.quest/about/

it is the pure God essence that makes up our spirit, as we all descend from one source.

Wait, so are you rejecting dualism? And if so:

•gnostic: Stemming from this, no follower of a creator god can be a genuine ally in the strictest sense. We’ve invaded this realm to undo the Devil’s crea

tion from within.

does "we all" include the creator?

http://thegrail.quest/2022/09/18/calling-all-knights/

And we will be here forever, as few in number as we may be.”

Unless our enemies find a way to get rid of us, which is entirely possible:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-right/if-western-civilization-does-not-die-soon/msg6698/#msg6698

Genetic modification technology which already exists will allow scientists or nations to completely eliminate any noble personality traits and replace them with completely slavish ones (once the genes determining various personality traits become discovered).

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-right/if-western-civilization-does-not-die-soon/msg7995/#msg7995

Western Civilization has figured out how to brainwash individuals before they're even born:

Continuing from:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/counterculture-era/the-archetype-of-the-warrior-how-films-help-empower-us-all/msg21153/#msg21153

"I’m willing to try a short clip first"

Since you didn't suggest a particular clip, I will pick one:



You may wish to download the video for working convenience.

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Auntie?

Where are you, Auntie?

Oh ****! Auntie!

Where have you gone, Auntie?

Please answer me, Auntie!

Auntie, are you in here?

Woah!

Oh it's you, Auntie! So good to see you again!

I was so frightened just now!

What were you frightened of?

I was afraid that you had abandoned me here because you didn't care about me anymore.

I already told you that I intend to spend my whole life in the catacombs.

So how would I abandon you?

That's true.

Follow me.

Where to, Auntie?

I'm going to teach you martial arts.

Teach me martial arts? Great!

What the...

I hope you don't mean to tell me that you want me to train in there?

I absolutely mean to tell you that you will be training inside this cage.

What?!

Guo, catch this bird.

OK, Auntie, I seriously need a breather before continuing. I'm totally out of breath.

You've only been training for an hour and you're tired already?

You think you can achieve success in martial arts with this attitude?

But Auntie, I've been here two days now and have had nothing to eat except honey.

No rice, no meat, nothing.

I'm a rice person. Even if you fed me ginseng every day I'd still starve!

So you're saying you have to eat rice.

Are you saying you and Granny Sun don't eat rice?

It's not that we don't eat rice, it's just that ever since Granny Sun died, we don't have anyone to cook the rice.

What?! So you had rice here all along?! You should have told me earlier! You may not know how to cook it, but I do!

Not bad at all.

What did you expect?

To be honest, I wasn't even giving it my full effort.

As the saying goes, a cook is limited by the available ingredients.

Too bad down here in the catacombs we don't have poultry or any other meat.

So as much as I want to prepare a richer meal for you, I have nothing to apply my cooking skills on.

All practitioners of our style of martial arts must purify our sensual desires.

So we can only eat vegetarian food. That means no meat allowed.

Oh come on, Auntie! I mean sure, occasional vegetarian meals are a good way to detox, but if every meal has to be vegetarian, won't your mouth end up numb?

Ever since childhood I've been fine with plain rice and tea. You don't have to worry about pleasuring my palate.

You'd be better off focusing on your training.

Precisely because of your dedication to teaching me, not only do I promise to train diligently, but moreover I insist on cooking for you the best dishes possible to express my appreciation for you.

Please post the timestamped version in your reply. I will then check to see if it works.

Okay, I looked at another video on YouTube, and they're not precise with the three digits either. They seem to only measure in seconds and half seconds (so either 000 or 500 for the millisecond field) and that's even less precise than what I'm doing. So I'm assuming that my measurements are close enough and won't affect the subtitles. Feel free to still correct me though, if anything I said above sounded off or non-ideal

Also, holy hell. A bit of a challenge right off the bat. The main character talks so fast in the very beginning. I'm glad I've got that part done now

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Auntie? Where are you, Auntie?

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Oh ****! Auntie!

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Where have you gone, Auntie?

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Please answer me, Auntie!

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Auntie, are you in here?

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Woah!

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Oh it's you, Auntie! So good to see you again!

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I was so frightened just now!

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What were you frightened of?

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I was afraid that you had abandoned me here
because you didn't care about me anymore.

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I already told you that I intend to
spend my whole life in the catacombs.

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So how would I abandon you?

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That's true.

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Follow me.

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Where to, Auntie?

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I'm going to teach you martial arts.

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Teach me martial arts? Great!

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What the...

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00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:01,500
I hope you don't mean to tell me
that you want me to train in there?

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00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:04,950
I absolutely mean to tell you that
you will be training inside this cage.

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What?!

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00:01:12,350 --> 00:01:13,950
Guo, catch this bird.

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OK, Auntie, I seriously need a breather
before continuing. I'm totally out of breath.

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You've only been training for an
hour and you're tired already?

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You think you can achieve success
in martial arts with this attitude?

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But Auntie, I've been here two days now
and have had nothing to eat except honey.

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No rice, no meat, nothing.

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I'm a rice person. Even if you fed
me ginseng every day I'd still starve!

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00:02:05,310 --> 00:02:08,070
So you're saying you have to eat rice.

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Are you saying you and
Granny Sun don't eat rice?

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It's not that we don't eat rice.

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it's just that ever since Granny Sun died,
we don't have anyone to cook the rice.

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What?! So you had rice here all along?!

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You should have told me earlier! You
may not know how to cook it, but I do!

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Not bad at all.

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What did you expect?

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00:02:34,570 --> 00:02:37,510
To be honest, I wasn't even giving
it my full effort.

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As the saying goes, a cook is limited
by the available ingredients.

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00:02:41,550 --> 00:02:44,820
Too bad down here in the catacombs we
don't have poultry or any other meat.

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00:02:45,220 --> 00:02:49,070
So as much as I want to prepare a richer meal for
you, I have nothing to apply my cooking skills on.

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All practitioners of our style of martial
arts must purify our sensual desires.

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So we can only eat vegetarian food.
That means no meat allowed.

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Oh come on, Auntie! I mean sure, occasional
vegetarian meals are a good way to detox,

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00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:07,740
but if every meal has to be vegetarian,
won't your mouth end up numb?

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00:03:08,490 --> 00:03:11,090
Ever since childhood I've been
fine with plain rice and tea.

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00:03:11,700 --> 00:03:14,240
You don't have to worry about
pleasuring my palate.

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00:03:15,020 --> 00:03:17,800
You'd be better off focusing
on your training.

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Precisely because of your dedication
to teaching me,

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not only do I promise to train diligently,

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but moreover I insist on cooking for you the best
dishes possible to express my appreciation for you.

Well done! I think you have the gist of it. As this is just a trial run, I suppose we can waive polishing the timing and word layout, something which we would do for a real project.

So, if you intend to continue, the next thing to do is to decide which series to work on. Do you have a preference?

Another thing requiring decision is naming convention. Should we go with subtitles that reflect the names of characters, places, etc. as the actors themselves are pronouncing them, or as standardized in mainstream references (e.g. Wikipedia)? I personally feel partial towards the former, but admittedly this would make our subs intentionally unconventional.

"My preference is your preference"

It turns out - I only now did a search - ROTCH 1995 has already been subbed by someone else:

https://subdl.com/sc/sun-diu-hap-lui/english

The subs do not seem to be good quality, but do we really want to spend what would be many hours of work merely producing a better version? If our aim is just to make the plot comprehensible for you, you might as well just use these subs and then ask questions back in:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/counterculture-era/the-archetype-of-the-warrior-how-films-help-empower-us-all/

should any comprehension issues arise!

My feeling is that if we are going to do subbing, it would be more worthwhile to do it for series/movies that to date lack existing subs altogether. What do you think?

"Are you referring to Cantonese speaking characters having Mandarin names in official/mainstream documentation, or Chinese names and place names being translated into English"

Both. I also forgot to mention, besides characters and places, we have to worry about names of martial arts styles or even names of particular techniques within each style!

In the meantime, I have also found a subbed version of Journey to the West 1996, though only on streaming sites. So it's looking like we won't be doing that one first either.

I looked but did not find subs for Mystery of the Sabre:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/counterculture-era/the-archetype-of-the-warrior-how-films-help-empower-us-all/msg17399/#msg17399

If it's wuxia you want to do, we could do this one, even if it is on the generic side.

Alternatively, I'm not averse to doing modern series instead if you are interested. I did a few modern dramas with Hashtali back in the old days. We did not get round to doing this one:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/counterculture-era/is-counterculture-still-alive/msg18971/#msg18971

so I am open to getting back to it (the subtitle text of the first two episodes have been sitting done on my computer for years) if the setting interests you. (I would have to send you most of the video files, however, since the remaining episodes are not presently online as far as I know.) Another possibility is:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/counterculture-era/is-counterculture-still-alive/msg19002/#msg19002

Which of the above do you like the look of?