clacke
Why is the #dub different from the #subtitles?
If you guessed "different media, different limitations" you guessed right, but #TomScott provides the details, fun examples, and more about the art of translation in general, using his own show as a case study.
Leif Lindholm
@clacke
While I always prefer subtitles, including for the language the audio is in, dubbing when done well is a proper artform. It's like 4D poetry.
clacke
@unixsmurf It really is, and it shows when there is such a range from daily TV dramas where you can hear they're just reading off the page to a full Disney movie production where they hire local proper artists to sing the translated songs.
... and then you can listen to the three Scandinavian dubs and notice where they borrowed from each other and where they diverged. 😊
Mans R
@clacke Even closed captions sometimes differ from the words spoken in the same language. It's often due to space constraints, but sometimes they use a different word for no apparent reason.
clacke
@mansr One thing people have been bringing up recently is that subtitles have been using milder language than the spoken dialog, which is just robbing people of the intended effect when they're dependent on the text.
They're airing what's spoken, what's the point of censoring what's written? There isn't one, it's misguided at best, belittling at worst.
GNU social JP is a social network, courtesy of GNU social JP管理人. It runs on GNU social, version 2.0.2-dev, available under the GNU Affero General Public License.
All GNU social JP content and data are available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license.