SUBTITLES we have KNOWN and LOVED
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Throbbing Angel
uncivilly servile
I can't recall. Prolly not.
What I do recall is that the sentence she said actually included the word Son at the start or end
Throbbing Angel
uncivilly servile
Jodie Whittaker on US TV when she was the Dr
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
petee
no gods, no malarkey
being a film toff, i've seen a number of schmancy movies with different subtitles over the years, and my fave is the first time i saw The Pornographers by Imamura, and there's a scene where a guy has had a haircut in a place that's been smashed up by the mob and at the end he says "This style, 19th century?" because it sucked, which i LOL'd at but has been changed twice i think by now.
sorry, that was a long way to go but srsly, it was frickin' hilarious.
sorry, that was a long way to go but srsly, it was frickin' hilarious.
WouldBe
Dislicksick
And quite right too.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
I'm hearing this in the voice of Sophie Willan
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Very frequently subtitles are different, probably more frequently than you might expect.
My auditory processing disorder and related communication issues mean I rely on various sources of input when I am watching TV/films - a mix of subtitles, lip-reading (which is why I am not particularly keen on animations), and also yes audio - I have a neurological impairment to my understanding/processing of heard speech, but I don't have a mechanical hearing impairment to do with the function of my hearing (beyond the awful tinnitus, which is unrelated).
There's often a big difference between spoken lines/dialogue and subtitles - not least because subtitles sometimes have to be a bit truncated to fit on the screen in large print (which is often an option in settings, you can change the size, background transparency etc. on the most accessible TV services) without obscuring the action.
There are plenty of occasions though when the subtitles give a different impression of what is going on in the scene than the spoken dialogue, or on occasion are just plain wrong. Other times they give you more information than you would get from the spoken dialogue - eg. a scene where someone walks towards another character but you only see their feet, and the tension is ruined when the subtitles tell you who is speaking the lines before the shot has revealed who it is.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Oh Eurovision subtitles are classic - not only is it a live show, but there are a lot of different accents and languages to deal with.
Live sporting event commentary subtitles are also very very prone to oddness and corrections.
Also all those live morning TV shows.
Nine Bob Note
Self-Isolating before it was fashionable
I remember one where a Labour MP at a football match a few years back "turned up in his hat and scarf" which was subtitled as "turned up with hezbollah," but I can't find it 
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
I remember one where a Labour MP at a football match a few years back "turned up in his hat and scarf" which was subtitled as "turned up with hezbollah," but I can't find it
If he was a West Ham fan it could have been even worse
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Just now on Celebrity Gogglebox, Channel 4. It's 10.30pm, so after the watershed.
Dialogue:
Rylan (to his mum): Would you like to be described as a MILF?
Rylan's Mum: No I fucking wouldn't.
Subtitles were:
Rylan: Would you like to be described as a MILF?
Rylan's Mum: Not exactly.
I mean what the actual fuck, is it illegal to have the word fucking in the subtitles or summat? The word was not bleeped out in the audio, so why have the subtitles say something different?
Dialogue:
Rylan (to his mum): Would you like to be described as a MILF?
Rylan's Mum: No I fucking wouldn't.
Subtitles were:
Rylan: Would you like to be described as a MILF?
Rylan's Mum: Not exactly.
I mean what the actual fuck, is it illegal to have the word fucking in the subtitles or summat? The word was not bleeped out in the audio, so why have the subtitles say something different?
mrsfran
Slightly less bulbous
What may have happened is that there are two versions of the programme - pre- and post-watershed. And they've copied the pre -watershed subtitles onto to the post-watershed version and missed this one/failed to check. That's just a guess, but it does happen.Just now on Celebrity Gogglebox, Channel 4. It's 10.30pm, so after the watershed.
Dialogue:
Rylan (to his mum): Would you like to be described as a MILF?
Rylan's Mum: No I fucking wouldn't.
Subtitles were:
Rylan: Would you like to be described as a MILF?
Rylan's Mum: Not exactly.
I mean what the actual fuck, is it illegal to have the word fucking in the subtitles or summat? The word was not bleeped out in the audio, so why have the subtitles say something different?
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
Is Gogglebox aired pre-watershed? A lot of the TV shows that they have the participants watching and the ensuing discussion/comments are quite adult and full of invective and double entendre.
I mean I get that there might be a pre-watershed version, but it would probably involve a lot of bleeped out swearing and be a bit shorter due to having to be edited than the show I normally watch...
EDIT: Also although it's not always clear whether what is on TV is a repeat or a new episode, one of the shows they are watching tonight aired for the first time on 24th May, so this is a recent episode, not something on an endless loop of repeats in a different timeslot.
No I don't know why I am watching it either tbh, just CBA to find something else to watch
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DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
What's that sound like, someone tinkling on a piano?
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Calamity1971
If Mr Peanut says It's okay, then it is.
Shippou-Sensei
4:1:2.5
Anime has some classics
While in anime subs it isn't that unusual for some words to be left untranslated and instead this is a famously bad example of this that has become a meme.
keikaku doori (計画通り) is something you do hear a fair bit in anime so I almost get why it was included but I have no idea why it was cut in half.
Most untranslated stuff is specific stuff like name suffixes or niche greetings.
While in anime subs it isn't that unusual for some words to be left untranslated and instead this is a famously bad example of this that has become a meme.
keikaku doori (計画通り) is something you do hear a fair bit in anime so I almost get why it was included but I have no idea why it was cut in half.
Most untranslated stuff is specific stuff like name suffixes or niche greetings.
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