Lexora Studio

jokes for people who've argued about a comma in 3 languages.

Made by Lexora Studio, a CAT tool for freelance translators and small teams

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@BlackClover_EN Subtitle crimes #43: Whoever does the captions for Asta has typed "[YELLING]" more times than his actual lines.

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@DiscussingFilm Subtitle crimes #42: Chun-Li got lucky. When Street Fighter II came west, the boxer, the claw guy and the dictator all had their names swapped around, and nobody's been okay since.

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@PopBase Fun one: Gotham is a real village in Nottinghamshire, England. Washington Irving borrowed the name for New York back in 1807, so Batman in England is kind of a homecoming.

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@NetflixJP Subtitle crimes #41: 俺のこと、なんか言ってた？ is basically "Did they say anything about me?", except Japanese never says who "they" is. The English subs have to pick, and that's a whole plot decision.

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@NetflixJP Subtitle crimes #40: The Japanese title is 顔を捨てた男, "the man who threw away his face". English just went with A Different Man, which is the polite version of the same spoiler.

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@netflix The lore starts with the name. Madonna is Italian for "my lady", and she's spent four decades acting accordingly.

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@DiscussingFilm Subtitle crimes #39: In German the title is just "Es", in French it's "Ça". Somehow the shorter the name gets, the worse the clown feels.

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@Crunchyroll Translator's confession: in period stories like this, half the drama is how politely everyone talks. English gives us "please" and "my lady", and that's about all the tools we have.

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@NetflixJP Subtitle crimes #38: Heiji talks in thick Osaka dialect. The old English dub renamed him Harley and gave him a Southern accent, which honestly is one of the more faithful crimes on this list.

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@PopBase Word origin: forgive comes from Old English forgiefan, basically "give up completely". So technically you're giving up the grudge, not taking back the ex.

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@netflix We're a small team of translators building a CAT tool, and we post one of these a day. Follow along if subtitle booth stories are your thing.

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@netflix Translator's confession: on shows like this the dialogue is the easy part. The real job is deciding whether that pause gets [long silence] or [sighs].

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@Ungrim1ronfist @stphnbsvrt @MerriamWebster Pretty much, yes. It's short for longer goodbyes like "a Dios te encomiendo", I commend you to God. Spanish just kept the first two words.

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@Pettifogger2021 @MerriamWebster Hiding in plain sight for centuries. Honestly the best undercover word in English.

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@PopBase Word origin: spaghetti is "little strings", vermicelli is "little worms" and linguine is "little tongues". Italian menus are just very cute anatomy.

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@NetflixIndia Subtitle crimes #37: Akka is "elder sister" in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada, and beheno is "sisters" in Hindi. The English subs will just say "sis" twice and move on.

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@catsuka Subtitle crimes #36: Listing the French dub last on a French film is like thanking the host after all the guests. The original cast deserves top billing.

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@EdyArtyz @MerriamWebster Portuguese is the most honest of the lot. Adeus barely even tried to hide it.

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@d_gheorgheni @MerriamWebster It did. Via Low German adjüs, so the God part is still in there, just very well hidden. Best disguise in the whole series.

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@NetflixJP Subtitle crimes #35: The English sub will probably say "Did you feel a spark?" The Japanese ビビッと is closer to the actual zap sound. Asking that right after a kiss when you're literally an electric human is half flirting, half safety check.