Jury's out, thanks guys!
My take? A big fan of #condensing and #subtitle #omission, I think that for scenes with low visual weight, exceeding cps by a few characters is preferrable to flattening the dialogue. Only when the verbal matters more, and only for a couple of subtitles. https://twitter.com/StavroulaSokoli/status/1300059686809546760

As for trying to do both, yes, wonderful advice, that's what we always try, but it doesn't always work. As Tiina Tuominen puts it, "a subtitler has to learn to let go, recognise what is good enough and tolerate that when perfect is not possible". https://termcoord.eu/2020/08/interview-with-tiina-tuominen/