MOVIES AND TV SHOWS IN ANY LANGUAGE
Posted on December 29th, 2010 by Bob and Joy Schwabach
Recently, we were watching “Tamna, the Island,” a Korean movie, at Viki.com. It was in English, but subtitles were available in 21 languages.
The amazing thing about this site is that a volunteer community translates TV shows and movies that Viki acquires rights to. In the first 24 hours, a movie will typically be translated into at least 20 languages. (The translators also sometimes add running comments about the movie in their own language.)
Since the site began in 2008, it has streamed one billion videos. Its volunteers have put more than 100 million words into subtitles in 143 languages. The translators work in teams and get credit for what they do.
