x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoLemmy users what are some things translators do that absolutely infuriate you ?message-squaremessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11
arrow-up136arrow-down1message-squareLemmy users what are some things translators do that absolutely infuriate you ?x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square60fedilink
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·3 months agoOr when the character is bilingual but the subtitle just says: [speaking a foreign language]
minus-squarenoughtnaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoZoe: swears in Chinese Subtitle: “[SPEAKS GALACTIC LANGUAGE]” FU, everyone knows that that’s a real language and probably a very juicy phrase that would be absolute golden to know for some other occasion! ^(PSA there exists a site with every phrase translated and explained)
Or when the character is bilingual but the subtitle just says: [speaking a foreign language]
[Untranslated Wookiee speech]
Zoe: swears in Chinese
Subtitle: “[SPEAKS GALACTIC LANGUAGE]”
FU, everyone knows that that’s a real language and probably a very juicy phrase that would be absolute golden to know for some other occasion!
^(PSA there exists a site with every phrase translated and explained)