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What idiots did the subtitles on the DVD?

POSTED BY: Mantichorus
UPDATED: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 17:30
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ANNIK

Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:24 AM

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Originally posted by Elvis:
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Originally posted by annik:

I used to watch all kinds of funky Chinese movies not really intended for English audiences. Clearly, the English subtitler wasn't too proficient in English in many cases ... my friends and I would be rolling around on the floor hurting at some of the word choices!

Cheers,
Annik

Sounds like you're talking Hong Kong there. They paid the subtitler something like $50 to do the entire movie, still do as far as I know--it wasn't necessarily a lack of language proficiency but the need to work very, very, very fast. Did I include enough verys?

I think a few more would be appropriate in this instance.

Cheers,
Annik
... my sister's a ship. We had a complicated childhood.

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DBELL46

Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:01 AM

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Originally posted by Mantichorus:
Nope, Jayne said it when offering Mal vera in OMR.

I believe that it was Tracy in "The Message" after he's shot while he's stumbling down the stairs
before he takes Kaylee hostage.

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MANTICHORUS

Wednesday, June 16, 2004 7:53 AM

Maybe they both said it.
Maybe one or both of us is wrong.
Ain't no hassle either way.

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"BADGER: You think you're better than other people.
MAL: Just the ones I'm better than." -Shindig.
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"MAL: Gotta say, doctor, your talent for alienatin' folk is near miraculous.
SIMON: Yes, I'm very proud." -Safe.

CYBERSNARK

Wednesday, June 16, 2004 4:24 PM

In Read or Dream (the TV followup to the Read or Die OVA), there's a character called Nenene Sumiregawa.

Apparently, Manga Entertainment (doing the DVDs) mistranslated her name as "Up! Up! Up!" (Ne = Up)

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JAYSEDAI

Wednesday, June 16, 2004 5:30 PM

One more reason 20th Century Fox should have picked our company our company to create the DVDs. We always double-check all the Subtitles and Closed Captioning for errors. If we find any we can change it at the DVD authoring level.

I won't even bring up how woefully inappropriate the menu design was (Okay I just did) - moving grids with techno music does not equal space western.

Bad decision Fox executive - you know who you are...

(On the other hand the commentaries and behind the scenes were well produced - gotta give credit where credit is due).

Jeremy

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