1. My gf is Japanese, so she could provide the transcription in Japanese (as she did for SDDE-304, see original transcription here: link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z2RWwKhAciQLEv6nFcbNADd4VpzgimNBIU2jaN0auA4/edit?usp=sharing)
2. I found a good tool that renders a really nice Romaji out of Japanese characters.
3. Once I got the Romaji characters I timed the subtitles without her help (and I don't speak any Japanese. I think the problem was simplified by the fact that my native tongue is Spanish and vowel pronunciation in both languages is pretty much the same).
4. Once the Romaji subtitles were timed, together we produced the English translation.
5. Substitute the timed Romaji for English.
We would be willing to do all 4 steps, but to speed things up, we could do steps 1 and 2, another "team" times the Romaji, we (or another team) produces the English translation (step 4), and we (or another team) produces step 5.
As I suggested before, we could share a simple Google document (like the one above) with selected members to confirm the translation is moving forward.
I think it is worth considering what shinigamie suggested as a sort of MVP (Minimum Viable Product), without investing effort in building another website, and persuading members in this forum to go to another website:
1. Select a popular studio
2. Select a popular actress and recent release (I would add select a popular genre and a title not too long and without too much dialogue, just to test the entire procedure). Alternatively, translate the movies with the highest number of downloads in this forum (but I don't know how to determine that in this forum. Perhaps the administrators would be kind to assist).
3. Setup a donation drive in a new discussion thread kickstarter-style (but I don't know how to do that).
4. Once an agreed amount has been reached, proceed to produce the subtitles with the QA requested within, say, 2-3 weeks.
5. Distribute subtitles first to those who donate (one week later to everyone else or something like that).
5. Split the funds secured according to work performed and, of course, assigning a percentage of the proceedings to this wonderful forum, Akiba-online.
What do you guys think?