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Subtitles for About a Raven (2004)

English
November 23 2021 07:34:17
Created by Eus, Niffiwan, Mountain of Gems₃
Pro vorona.2004.en.1.25fps.1637652857.srt ⭳
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Subs originally made by Eus in 2013, translated from Russian subs by ~Bublik~. In 2021, significantly reworked by Niffiwan, with a few bits used from the MoG channel subtitles.
The first version of the subtitles seems to have been for a slightly different version of the film, with narrators all the way through rather than character voices.

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1 00:00:05,060 --> 00:00:07,460 The federal agency of culture and film 2 00:00:07,540 --> 00:00:10,800 Pilot Big animation studio 3 00:00:11,020 --> 00:00:12,760 Present 4 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:15,440 We live in Russia. 5 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:21,200 The Russian coat of arms is a golden two-headed eagle, mighty and proud. 6 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:24,240 In its center is St.George, 7 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,040 stabbing a wicked dragon with his silver spear. 8 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:30,160 The Russian flag has three colors: 9 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:33,200 white, blue and red. 10 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,440 The capital of our country is Moscow. 11 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,800 Russia is the largest country in the world. 12 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:43,360 To cross it from one end to the other 13 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:46,360 you need to travel by train for nine whole days! 14 00:00:46,840 --> 00:00:51,000 At the far east end of Russia, on the banks of the Bering Strait, 15 00:00:51,360 --> 00:00:53,120 on the Chukotka Peninsula, 16 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:57,000 live those brave hunters and fishermen, the Eskimos. 17 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:02,800 The Eskimos also carve in bones funny images of their lives, 18 00:01:03,080 --> 00:01:09,520 With skin-sewn small boats - kayaks - Eskimos use harpoons to hunt walruses and seals, 19 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,160 and even large whales! 20 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:18,440 Among animals they especially revere the toothy orca, patron saint of the sea hunt. 21 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:22,200 But the main hero of their legends has always been the raven. 22 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:27,520 Eskimos live in remarkable warm houses called Yarangas. 23 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:32,840 To heat a Yaranga, a single candle is enough. 24 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:37,520 In the long polar night, when the sky glows with the northern lights, 25 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:42,640 old men by the campfire tell the children Eskimo fairy tales, 26 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:47,220 and each of them is like a precious gem. 27 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,940 Mountain of Gems 28 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:04,220 ABOUT A RAVEN based on Eskimo fairy tales 29 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:15,900 - Hey! 30 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,640 There once lived a hunter and a bear. 31 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:05,160 They lived as neighbors, didn't quarrel, and were even in some way friends. 32 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,560 One day, they went fishing... 33 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:37,020 And they caught a fish... Just one. 34 00:03:37,060 --> 00:03:38,560 But a very good one... 35 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:42,480 It was a grand fish, but they couldn't agree on how to share it. 36 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,440 They started arguing: the bear said he caught it, the hunter said he did. 37 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,760 Tired of arguing, they sat down next to the fish... 38 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:51,920 They did not know what to do. 39 00:03:52,160 --> 00:03:53,680 - Let's tell stories... 40 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:55,480 - The one whose story is better will get the fish! 41 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:56,760 - All right, - said the bear. 42 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:57,520 - What about? 43 00:03:57,640 --> 00:03:59,400 - About a raven, for example! 44 00:04:01,680 --> 00:04:03,660 - Let me go first, though! 45 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,160 - Yeah, sure - agreed the hunter. 46 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:08,960 - Okay, listen to this story... 47 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:15,440 This happened long ago, say the elders - even my great-grandfather was not born yet... 48 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,200 An owl and a raven lived together. 49 00:04:19,680 --> 00:04:21,960 They lived as friends and didn't quarrel. 50 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,680 They hunted food together, and shared it all... 51 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:27,920 They lacked nothing... 52 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,080 And both were white. 53 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:11,960 - Here we have become old men, 54 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,920 - but we've never experienced being beautiful... 55 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:19,200 - All the other animals have beautiful plumage: 56 00:05:19,360 --> 00:05:22,160 red, black, gray, mottled... 57 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:24,320 - But we are all white, always white... 58 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:28,960 Only in the short summer are we even visible... 59 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:39,200 - True... no one can see us when we sit in the snow. 60 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:45,280 - Let's decorate each other - first you paint me, and then I paint you! 61 00:05:45,340 --> 00:05:47,340 - Okay 62 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:02,880 - Oh! 63 00:06:32,660 --> 00:06:34,380 Go on. 64 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:29,320 - Beautiful! 65 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,100 - Now sit down, let me paint you as well! 66 00:08:14,680 --> 00:08:16,560 - A-aaaarr! 67 00:08:19,880 --> 00:08:22,000 - What have you done? 68 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,640 - I worked so hard to decorate you nicely!.. 69 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,480 - You are beautiful now! 70 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:30,920 - But you just made me black! 71 00:08:31,020 --> 00:08:32,920 - Now all my children will also be... 72 00:08:33,080 --> 00:08:34,000 black! 73 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:36,640 - Get away from here! 74 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:38,200 - Go away! 75 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:47,400 Since then, the raven is black, and the owl is mottled. 76 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:50,280 They are not friends any more, and no longer live together. 77 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:54,420 The owl tries to avoid meeting the raven - she's afraid of him. 78 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,420 Well, what do you think? 79 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:00,280 - Yes, it's a good story... 80 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,660 - Now listen to mine... 82 00:09:23,520 --> 00:09:25,920 This is a very old song... 83 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:27,420 The elders say, 84 00:09:27,460 --> 00:09:31,000 that in a cozy nest lived three little snow buntings... 85 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,240 The elder sister flew out every day for food, 86 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,240 while the younger sisters sang their favorite song. 87 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:44,040 Sun, come warm the earth, do hurry, 88 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:47,480 All the birds will then be merry. 89 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:51,000 Our snow bunting sister will bring us soon 90 00:09:51,200 --> 00:09:53,520 insects, larvae and midges! 91 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:00,600 The raven heard the song, flew to the little birds and said: 92 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:03,040 - You sing well, birdies! 93 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:05,520 - Sing me this song one more time, a bit louder! 95 00:10:07,960 --> 00:10:11,480 Then the raven snatched the song in his beak and flew off. 96 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:14,920 He flew to his nest, sat down and sang: 97 00:10:15,120 --> 00:10:18,040 Sun, come warm the earth, do hurry, 98 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,120 Then we'll have more to eat and be merry. 99 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:24,720 Rabbits and mice will run by every day, 100 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:27,280 so our lives will be happy and gay! 101 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:31,880 Aya-buna-kar-kar! Aya-buna-kar-kar! 102 00:10:33,120 --> 00:10:36,360 Then the elder snow bunting sister came home and saw 103 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,600 her nestling-sisters crying bitterly. 104 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,700 - What are you crying about? Who hurt you? 105 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:46,560 The sly raven took our song from us! 105 00:10:46,700 --> 00:10:47,700 That's bad! 106 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:49,720 - Where did that wicked raven fly off to? 107 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:55,600 - Over that way, where the cliffs loom over the sea! 108 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:58,480 - Do not cry, I will ask a human to help. 109 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:06,720 - Why did you fly to me, little bird? 110 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:08,880 - Good man, help us! 111 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:11,200 A wicked raven has stolen our song! 112 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:14,040 - You sing a good song to the sun, 113 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,000 I often listen to it in the mornings and enjoy it. 114 00:11:17,320 --> 00:11:19,320 - Tell me, where does this raven live? 115 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:21,960 - Over there, where the cliffs loom over the sea. 116 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:35,200 Meanwhile, the raven opened his beak, stuck out his tongue and sang, 117 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,320 The song was twirling on the tip of his tongue. 118 00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:42,360 - I'll teach him a lesson! 119 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:49,160 - Oh! 120 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:06,520 And the little birds, as soon as the sun shyly rises each morning, once more sing their song 121 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:08,560 and remember the good hunter. 122 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:21,880 From that time the raven has had no voice; he's forgotten how to sing. 123 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,160 K... Krrr... 124 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:30,480 - Well, what do you think? 125 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:31,840 Did you like the story? 126 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:33,640 I did... 127 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,080 And they had an another quarrel: 128 00:12:36,440 --> 00:12:40,360 The bear said that the hunter's story was better, but the hunter favored the bear's! 129 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:43,680 Long did they argue, and finally agreed on a draw. 130 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,480 They decided to divide the fish in half. 131 00:12:46,920 --> 00:12:49,560 They turned around - but the fish wasn't there! 132 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:52,600 They got angry and started to swear, 133 00:12:52,800 --> 00:12:55,480 but in vain - the raven had flown away. 134 00:12:56,040 --> 00:12:59,640 They sighed they went back to fishing. 135 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:01,580 What else was there to do? 136 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:05,160 But they agreed in advance that anything they caught 137 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:06,740 would be shared evenly. (Direction & animation Aleksey Alekseyev) 138 00:13:06,840 --> 00:13:10,720 And that they would tell stories at home, on a full stomach. (Art: A. Alekseyev, Mihail Aldashin) 139 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:12,720 Voices A. Alekseyev, A. Yaroslavtsev 140 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:14,720 Intro by S. Merinov & team 141 00:13:21,440 --> 00:13:24,260 Subs by Niffiwan & Eus