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It goes one step further. I've noticed that sometimes parts of the Swedish subtitles are poor translations of the English translation, rather than a direct tran
by Agentlien 7y ago
It goes one step further. I've noticed that sometimes parts of the Swedish subtitles are poor translations of the English translation, rather than a direct translation of the original.
This is especially noticeable when you have an English idiom translated word by word to Swedish in a Chinese or Japanese movie.
- kace91 7y agoThe baffling Spanish translation of FFVII was quite (in)famous for that. So much so, that one of the most famous pieces of comedy gold from the internet of that time was a "let's play" series made using captioned screencaps, in which the author would sarcastically take any mistranslation literally. This "alternate story" included: - introducing a new character called "Pointsave" (the translation for some reason refered to saving spots as people by using proper names) - a deep drama surrounding Tifa and Barret's experiences as transgender people (since the translation arbitrarily referred to them with male and female adjectives, switching mid-sentence) - characters continuously getting drunk in fiestas (since the common references to "your party" were translated to mean "your party events" rather than "your group of people").
- JaumeGreen 7y ago> characters continuously getting drunk in fiestas (since the common references to "your party" were translated to mean "your party events" rather than "your group of people"). I "fondly" remember getting to the first village outside, and being told "Tu fiesta te espera arriba" (Your fiesta/party is waiting for you upstairs). And there were the characters, all moody and sad, and I was thinking that it was a really shitty party. Until I mentally translated it back to English and understood.