x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agoLemmy users what are some things translators do that absolutely infuriate you ?message-squaremessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareLemmy users what are some things translators do that absolutely infuriate you ?x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squaregedaliyah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 month agoOr when the character is bilingual but the subtitle just says: [speaking a foreign language]
minus-squarenoughtnaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month 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)
minus-squarecorsicanguppylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago site with every phrase translated Because Mandarin?
minus-squarenoughtnaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoWell yeah it’s mandarin, but in the show Mandarin is pretty exclusively used for very creative swear phrases, such as “The explosive diarrhea of an elephant”. Things that might be fun to learn to say… See: https://fireflychinese.kevinsullivansite.net/
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)
Because Mandarin?
Well yeah it’s mandarin, but in the show Mandarin is pretty exclusively used for very creative swear phrases, such as “The explosive diarrhea of an elephant”. Things that might be fun to learn to say…
See: https://fireflychinese.kevinsullivansite.net/