About SRT arrangement 字幕SRT格式排版

字幕排版是一個相當兩極的工作，你可能很喜歡，也可能因為其重複工序而覺得煩躁。值得慶幸的是，字幕排版也可以很自在，若使用對的方法的話。

首先，影片必須先剪接好才謄寫字幕。先將中英文字句一句句謄寫出來，每一行的字數當作是直接上字幕的用字而且不要超過限制字數，就可以很快謄寫完畢。之後再將寫好的字句上載到字幕程式。我常常準備兩個字幕檔案也就是.ass和.srt檔案，客戶可以隨時使用。

若配上.srt字幕之後還需要剪接，最好是將字幕內崁在影片上面，剪掉不需要的部份之後就不需要重新字幕排版。字幕工作固然比較繁瑣，但是看到自己寫的字幕內崁在影片上面，我會覺得很有成就感，再辛苦一些也是值得。

Subtitling is a type of work that attracts two extreme reactions. You are either enjoying or shunning it because you find it to be repetitive. Thankfully, when we work on it the correct way, arrangement of subtitles can be relaxing.

Firstly, make sure the video clips are edited nicely before writing the subtitles. Write the Chinese and English subtitles line by line. Take each line as the version to be uploaded as subtitles and do not exceed the number of limited characters for each line. Focus on the transcription and you will finish writing the lines fairly quickly.

Subsequently, upload the written lines onto your subtitling programme. I always prepare both .ass and .srt files so that clients can ask for either of them.

If video editing is still needed after uploading .srt file, hardcoding the subtitles onto the video is the best method. When the subtitles are hardcoded, the video editor can trim unwanted parts and no new subtitling is needed.

Subtitling work is minute and complicated. But I have a great sense of achievement when I see my subtitles are hardcoded onto videos. And that makes all my efforts worthwhile.