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Project Details
Project creator: Stellar Twinkles
Contact email: stellar.twinkles[at]gmail.com
Project summary: Stellar has been looking for new ways of communicating with fans, and recently they have started making individual live stream broadcasts using Periscope! These broadcasts are intimate and fun, and they enjoy being able to communicate with us. The girls talk a lot about their thoughts and have fun playing together and with fans.
I want to have these videos translated and subtitled to English for international fans to also enjoy, but am lacking the funds and capacity to do so. So I am reaching out to you guys to make this happen!
Contributing $10 will get a short 5 minute video subbed! [Contribute Now!]
A little bit of background: As many of you know, I run the Stellar Twinkles YouTube channel where I have been providing subtitles for Stellar Behind the Scenes videos for the past year. While in the past I’ve paid for all translations and performed the subbing myself, I have come to realize that I can’t keep this up on my own (especially with these videos, being fairly regular, and where some are over 30 minutes long!) At the same time, I’ve realised that many fans from around the world feel the same as me and want to make a difference to Stellar. So I have decided to reach out to you guys to make the subtitles for these broadcasts happen. (How can I contribute?)
Why this project? (ie, why make Subtitles for Stellar’s personal broadcasts?)
- Stellar members want to communicate with fans and have been trying to (Jeonyul has mentioned this in her broadcasts) – so let’s help them do so! 🙂
- Stellar members really appreciate it when subtitles are made for their videos as it helps new fans gain interest in them.
- We can help others learn about the girls, and better understand them!
- We can help fans that are far away, see the girls much more regularly 🙂
- Subtitling these videos will encourage the girls to make even more of these fun and personal broadcasts! (In fact, I’ve already told Jeonyul that I am looking for a way to sub these videos and she has seen the message :))
- Creating English Subtitles makes it much easier for subtitles for other languages to be made!
Benefits of contributing to this project
By contributing to this project, you will be supporting the promotion of Stellar, and help them better communicate with us! You will also be supporting me in becoming a Professional Full-Time Fan for Stellar (What’s this?)
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FAQ
How will funds be used?
80% of contributions will go directly into the translation and subtitling of the videos. 20% will go into supporting me in becoming a Full-Time Professional Fan so that I can better support Stellar (What’s this?).
Please note that I’ll be taking care of the extra work around editing (eg verifying and correcting the subs, preparing the videos and managing translators and subtitlers) and the managing and updating of this project.
Also note that depending on how you choose to send the contribution to me using PayPal, a small percentage may be charged by PayPal as a transfer fee. I believe choosing the “I’m sending money to a friend or family” option generally results in lower/no fees. You can read about how PayPal fees work here.
How much does it cost to sub these videos?
Not that much! It costs around $1.9~$2.2 USD to translate and sub each minute of video. If 10 people contributed $10 USD each, we could get a whole hour of videos subbed! ^^
Where will the videos be released to?
I will release the videos on my Stellar Twinkles YouTube channel for all fans to enjoy. You can subscribe and turn on alerts to be notified as soon as a video is released!
How will contributors be credited?
I will credit contributors in the description of each YouTube video! Every $1 USD you contribute will earn you 100 hearts. I will list contributors in credits in order of the hearts that each person contributes, as at the time each video is released. I will also credit at the start of each of the English Subtitles that the subtitles were made possible thanks to Stellar Communications Project Contributors.
The name that will be displayed will be your Given Name and Last Initial, or another name that you provide (please email me!) If you’ve contributed to the Stellar Support Project previously, I will credit you according to your confirmed name.
What’s this about being a Professional Full-Time Fan?
For the past year, I’ve been working on promoting, supporting, and helping Stellar gains fans by:
- Making and working with other fans to create subtitles for Stellar videos in English, Chinese and Japanese.
- Helping to communicate Stellar’s feelings and thoughts to fans (YouTube, fyeahstellar and elsewhere)
- Communicating with Makestar on Stellar’s crowdfunding projects to shape and improve results for Stellar and Twinkles
- Organizing and running various projects to support Stellar via the Stellar Support Project (all details including updates and responses from Stellar to the project can be seen at the main page)
- Projects completed
- Starbucks gift cards for all members
- Massage vouchers for all members
- Chuseok gifts for members and staff (Hanwoo, and fruit gift boxes) (View Stellar’s Thank you Video)
- Projects in progress
- Interview with Stellar, to connect Stellar and Twinkles around the world.
- Lotte World Project (A professional video in the style of a Korean Variety show + Various promotions around it)
- Projects completed
Beyond this, I have also been working on developing a proper website for IdeaFan, which will make it easy for fans to create and run their own projects and support their favorite idol groups, as well as eventually let fans collaborate with management companies to have a say in how their favorite groups are run.
To fund this, however, I have been working part-time, and more recently since arriving in Korea, I have been living from my savings. I realize that while I’m incredibly passionate about what I do, and would love to make this what I do for the rest of my life, I will not be able to go far without a source of income.
So I decided to get creative. I decided I’d create my own profession – The Professional Fan. I mean, there are professional gamers and video streamers, and bloggers, so why not a professional fan, right? Easy.
But for there to be a profession, the profession must be able to have some way of earning funds. So, for this project, I have decided to take a small % of the funds to help support myself while I work on supporting Stellar. Beyond this, I will also look at other creative ways I can generate an income, as a Professional Fan, so that I can better support Stellar, our Twinkle fandom, and Kpop fans around the world 🙂
For myself, I want to be in a position where I can dedicate a large part of my life to supporting and creating a good result for Stellar, as well as other groups in future. Having a way of earning funds like this will give me the opportunity to spend most of my time working for fans, as well as stay in Korea, where I can make the most direct impact.
Let me be your Professional Fan – your agent – in Korea, to make things happen for our beloved Kpop groups. Please support me to help support Kpop fans from all around the world!
By contributing to this project you are supporting me in being a Professional Fan – thank you!
If you have any ideas on how I can get creative in earning an income as a Professional Fan, please email me at stellar.twinkles[at]gmail.com and let me know! I would love to hear your ideas 🙂
How can I contribute?
Remember, it only costs around $1.9 to $2.2 USD to get each minute of video subtitled into English! Contributing $10 will get a short 5 minute video subbed!
To contribute, click on the button below!
Project Status (Last updated: 2018.08.06)
Current Funds Available for Subs: ~$25 USD (13 min)
Video subtitling progress:
V-live Videos
- (Queued next for subbing) Hyoyoul date broadcast! (2017.10.07) – http://www.vlive.tv/video/43760?channelCode=F1E1A9
- (Done!) Gayoung x Kyubin (2017.09.26) – http://www.vlive.tv/video/42952?channelCode=D854DB
- (Done!) Gayoung x About Mini (2017.09.19) – http://www.vlive.tv/video/42163?channelCode=D854DB
- (Done!) Surprise Broadcast (2017.07.13) – http://www.vlive.tv/video/35566?channelCode=F1E1A9
- (Done!) Minhee’s Birthday Party (2017.01.03) – http://www.vlive.tv/video/20063?channelCode=F1E1A9
- (Done!) Hyoeun & Jeonyoul’s Birthday Party (2017.03.20) – http://www.vlive.tv/video/25389?channelCode=F1E1A9
- (Done!) Gayoung’s Birthday Party (2016.12.02) – http://www.vlive.tv/video/18013?channelCode=F1E1A9
Gayoung
- [More subbed – need to update this list]
- Part 3: https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_GY/1LyxBOaePVnKN
- Part 2: https://www.periscope.tv/w/1RDGlorEZzkKL
- Part 1: https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_GY/1MYxNOVZvMNKw
- (Done!) Part 3: https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_GY/1lDxLmRnNYkKm
- (Done!) Part 2: https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_GY/1zqKVNbBPzVKB
- (Done!) Part 1: https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_GY/1MnxnXLknyeGO
- Tuesday, Oct 18 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_GY/1OwxWrZQEpjJQ
- Wednesday, Oct 12 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_GY/1ypKdADLorRGW
- (Partial) Wednesday, Oct 12 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_GY/1lDxLmZmnybKm
- (Done!) Sunday, Oct 2, 20:27 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_GY/1mrGmWyaewqxy
- Sunday, Sept 25, 23:33 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_GY/1yNxanBNNgEKj
- Sunday, Sept 25, 23:06 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_GY/1eaJbXzrDPqKX
Minhee
- (Done!) Jan 19, 2017 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_MH/1YqGoEdWZmkxv
- (Done!) Jan 10, 2017 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_MH/1vAxRdMXdMyGl
- (Done!) Monday, Oct 24 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_MH/1OwGWrDqwRmKQ
- (Done!) Thursday, Oct 20 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_MH/1eaKblDNmRRJX
- (Done!) Wednesday, Oct 19 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_MH/1DXxyozLRNRGM
- Tuesday, Oct 18 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_MH/1zqJVNZqkzYJB
- Monday, Oct 17 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_MH/1BdxYdzNDLYJX
- (Done!) Monday, Oct 17 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_MH/1jMJgAzywgWKL
- Sunday, Oct 16 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_MH/1ynJOkvqPYWJR
- Friday, Oct 14 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_MH/1MYxNOWqXDoKw
- Tuesday, Oct 11 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_MH/1ZkKznDeVmaKv
Hyoeun
- (Done!) Jan 18, 2017 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_HE/1BdGYgArqOAxX
- (Done!) Tuesday, Jan 3, 2017 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_HE/1YpKkqqaDaAJj
- https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_HE/1mrGmABqVnLGy
- https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_HE/1YpKkAgNXgXJj
- (Done!) Wednesday, Oct 12, 20:25 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_HE/1vOxweneeNMGB
- Thursday, Oct 6, 16:07 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_HE/1MnGnnwDkayGO
- (Done!) Thursday, Sept 22, 00:29 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_HE/1nAKEDZqEeAxL
- (Done!) Tuesday, Sept 20, 15:00 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_HE/1YpKkevnwMYJj
Jeonyoul
- (Done!) Feb 11, 2017 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_JY/1jMJgYVbDBwKL
- (Done!) Tuesday, Jan 3, 2017 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_JY/1vAxRddedaYGl
- https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_JY/1jMJgZzXDNkGL
- https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_JY/1gqxvRrvzlBxB
- https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_JY/1OwGWrmnYWRKQ
- (Done!) Saturday, Oct 15, 15:05 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_JY/1PlJQkBvvQnKE
- (Done!) Friday, Oct 7, 20:33 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_JY/1lDxLNBAbnQGm
- (Done!) Monday, Oct 3 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_JY/1BRKjRwDoojKw
- Sunday, Sept 25 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_JY/1ypKdowgZQjxW
- (Done!) Thursday, Sept 22 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_JY/1zqKVVEEdbZKB
- (Done!) Thursday, Sept 22 – https://www.periscope.tv/Stellar_JY/1djGXYRRPZLJZ
Contributors (and hearts contributed!)
$1 USD = 100 Hearts! Credits will be listed in order of total hearts contributed, in the video descriptions.
Contributor Name (and Hearts Contributed) |
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Michael Künzli (80,000❤)
Roman Nikolaiev (20,796❤) Sinned Angel (19,270❤) STELLAR JAPAN (9610❤) Aleyda Gonzalez (8000❤) Stellar Twinkles (7523❤) Twinkle_JueJue (5754❤) Carlos L. (5396❤) Lightning (4790❤) 린징샹 (3766❤) Hitesh K. (2949❤) JulioC (2862❤) Bioooze (2829❤) PridePJK (2500❤) Paul H. (1918❤) Marina S. (1898❤) Shen Wei L. (1898❤) Anonymous Contributor #1 (1191❤) Florin Niculescu (1000❤) Bruno S. (1000❤) Bailey S. (569❤) Phil G. (452❤) |
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Hi,
From my country, Option 1 is no longer available. I have tried contributed via both PayPalMe and to ideafan. The amount paid was the same for both (No extra charges for “Buyer” but currency exchange fees applied if applicable) so I guess it depends if the charges from your side is the same for both or there’s a difference. Hope this information helps.
As a follow up to this, since Option 2 was used in both transfers, there was a small deduction when receiving the payment, and it was the same amount! Thanks for the contributions J Lin ^^
Hi, would just like to check with you regarding the transfer fee issues. Does any of the 2 methods mentioned above has a lower transfer fee or both are the same? Lower transfer fee means more can be contributed instead of giving to PayPal. Also would like to suggest that perhaps you could consider recruiting volunteers to help with some of the work?
Hi J Lin, thanks for your query and your suggestion! 🙂 I will reply to them both below.
In regards to transfer fees, you can find the detailed information from PayPal here: https://www.paypal.com/us/selfhelp/article/What-are-the-fees-for-PayPal-accounts-FAQ690
There are two options provided by PayPal when sending contributions, one for “I’m sending this to a friend” (I’ll call this Option 1) and another for “I’m making a payment for goods or services” (I’ll call this Option 2). I know that for Option 2, there is always a charge when receiving the money, while for Option 1, I if you make a contribution using money that you have in your PayPal account, or by bank transfer, there is no fee unless transferring between countries. The page doesn’t make it entirely clear what the cost is for transfer using Option 1 between countries, though. If you try that option, please let me know if you get charged and what country you’re in for future reference! (For your reference, I believe my PayPal account is an Australian account).
As for recruiting volunteers to assist with the work – I think it’s a great idea!
I considered the idea previously but discarded it at the time because I thought it wouldn’t be as timely (ie it would take much longer to get everything subbed and available for everyone) but having volunteers do part of the work while strategically having the more important/fun/impactful videos subbed professionally is a good idea, and will help us get more subbed faster! I’ll update this page with information about subbing roles in case anyone would like to volunteer, and also make a post over on fyeahstellar.tumblr.com shortly. Thanks for your suggestion, suggestions like these help me make these projects better – so please keep them coming! ^^
Hi, in my case the 1st opt (I’m sending this to a friend) is charged for a fee. But for opt 2 (I’m making a payment for goods or services), They don’t charge any fee. I think it’s different from each country though.
Hi Sinned Angel, thanks for the input! For clarification, the sending to a friend will charge a fee if you are in a different country to my account (although I think there may be other situations where a fee will not be charged using this option, but I’m not sure). Using option 2, (I’m making a payment for goods or services) won’t charge a fee on your end, but will always deduct an amount from the amount you transfer as a fee~