The final quality control pass before your localized content reaches the platform.
UTF8-LLC is a Los Angeles quality control studio for film and television localization. We verify subtitles, closed captions, audio description, transcripts, and dubbed audio against your delivery specification, so what leaves your pipeline is ready for release.
Every asset type.Every delivery format.One discipline: quality control.
Quality control is our sole discipline. Every review is a single pass by one specialist, measured against the exact specification your studio or platform delivers to.
SDH Subtitle QC
Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing checked for dialogue accuracy, timing, reading speed, sound effect and speaker identification cues, and completeness against the platform style guide.
Closed Caption QC
Caption file review against your studio or platform delivery specification: formatting, line length, reading speed, positioning, shot change handling, and synchronization.
Audio Description QC
Review of audio description scripts and mixed tracks for accuracy, placement within dialogue gaps, narrative clarity, and conformance to the platform's audio description guidelines.
Machine Translation and AI Subtitle QC
Full human review of AI-generated and machine-translated subtitle output against the source: meaning, terminology, timing, and formatting, corrected to delivery standard.
Transcription QC
Verification of transcripts and dialogue lists against source audio for accuracy, speaker identification, timecodes, and completeness.
Dubbing Script and Lip-sync QC
Review of adapted dubbing scripts and dubbed audio for translation accuracy, lip-sync and timing, character voice consistency, and conformance to the platform dubbing guidelines.
Subtitle and Forced Narrative QC
Review of translated subtitles and forced narrative files for translation accuracy, timing, reading speed, line breaks, and consistency with the platform style guide and approved glossaries.
Full Audio Checks
End-to-end review of dubbed, original language and Music and Effects (M&E) tracks for synchronization, dropouts, level issues and language accuracy.
English and German fluency, backed by a career in entertainment localization.
UTF8-LLC has operated since 2017, built on localization and content quality experience that began in 2014. The result is a quality control practice that understands both the linguistic nuance of English and German content and the technical delivery standards that studios and streaming platforms enforce.
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Calibrated to your specification
Every engagement follows your studio or platform delivery specification and quality control methodology, not a generic checklist.
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Native-fluency linguistic review
Every asset is reviewed by an English and German specialist for meaning, tone, register, and cultural accuracy, well beyond a spellcheck.
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Synchronization and timing verification
Frame-accurate timing checks across subtitles, captions, audio description, dubbed audio and original language tracks.
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Clear, actionable issue reports
Every flagged issue is logged with timecode, category, and severity, so corrections are fast and redeliveries stay rare.
A structured, repeatable quality control workflow.
Every asset moves through the same disciplined review sequence, calibrated to your specification and designed to catch issues before they become redeliveries.
Intake and Alignment
Assets are logged and the review is aligned to your studio or platform delivery specification and quality control methodology.
Primary Review
Full human review of linguistic, timing, audio, and formatting accuracy, including AI-generated and machine-translated subtitle output.
Issue Logging
Every finding is logged with timecode, category, and severity, ready for correction before sign-off.
Sign-off and Delivery
Final approval and delivery with a complete issue report, tracked against our redelivery rate of under one percent.
Secure facilities.Current technology.Uninterrupted operation.
Security is not an add-on here. The facility and every workflow are built so that unreleased content stays exactly where it belongs.
Content security framework
Facility and workflows follow the Motion Picture Association (MPA) Content Security Best Practices and the Trusted Partner Network (TPN) control framework: access control, asset handling, secure transfer, and secure disposal.
Physical security
Access-controlled premises with no public or visitor access to review stations. Assets are never viewed on shared or portable screens, and no printed material or removable media leaves the facility.
Network isolation and encryption
Review workstations sit on a segmented network behind an enterprise-grade firewall. Storage is encrypted at rest, transfers run only on client-mandated platforms (Aspera, Signiant, SFTP), and every account is protected by multi-factor authentication.
Redundant connectivity and power
Two independent internet connections with automatic failover keep deliveries on schedule. Uninterruptible power supplies bridge outages, so no review session is lost mid-asset.
Current-generation equipment
Workstations refreshed on a regular cycle, colour-calibrated reference displays, and studio-grade monitoring, with every review performed directly inside the studio or platform portal you designate.
Asset lifecycle
Assets are handled under non-disclosure agreement, accessed only through the platforms you approve, retained only for the duration of the engagement, and securely erased on completion, with deletion confirmed on request.
On-premises AI
Any AI-assisted check runs on large language models hosted entirely on our own hardware. No content, text, audio, or metadata is ever sent to a cloud service or third-party API, in any form. We stay at the forefront of the technology and adopt every meaningful advance as it arrives, always inside the same closed environment.
Ready to add a quality control pass your deliveries can rely on?
Send us the title, asset types, target specification, and turnaround. We will respond with scope, timeline and a quote.