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At the bottom of the pyramid is the raw physics of reading. If a viewer cannot physically see or process the text, the translation is useless. subtitle The Pyramid

The tip of the pyramid is the hardest to achieve. This is where the subtitle preserves the "soul" of the scene. Breaking lines at natural pauses (e

When a subtitle fails, it is usually because the creator ignored the base of the pyramid. You can have the most poetic translation in the world, but if it flashes on screen for only half a second, the viewer loses the experience entirely. The tip of the pyramid is the hardest to achieve

Most standards allow 37–42 characters per line.

Once the text is readable, it must be accurate. However, because people speak faster than they read, "accuracy" often means condensation rather than word-for-word translation.