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by roddds 2663 days ago
I'm not super familiar with the specifics and I'm sure someone who's worked on this particular probably will be able to clarify, but the way I understand it there is a limit on how many characters can be displayed on the screen at any given time, as well as a minimum amount of time a subtitle should be visible on the screen. Because of this, transcribers might be forced to write down a shorter version of the line in order to make it fit.