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I can't say I agree with dubbed movies having no soul. Greater accessibility to a wider audience is not something to deride, or hold in contempt. That being s
by Baeocystin 3y ago
I can't say I agree with dubbed movies having no soul. Greater accessibility to a wider audience is not something to deride, or hold in contempt.
That being said, I do agree that listening to other languages is a great thing. My father was a linguist, and when we would watch subtitled media, we'd play a game where we'd try and hear the cognates, pick out the most common words, figure out the basics of the grammar as we went along. It was a lot of fun!
- leobg 3y agoOne of my favorite movies was "Scent Of A Woman". But when I watched it in the German-dubbed version, I was appalled. It made the whole movie suddenly seem like a comedy. To me, the translation had killed its "soul", for lack of a better term. I still want my kids to learn English. And ideally also one or two other languages, like Chinese. As Nietzsche said: "So you have mounted on horseback? And now ride briskly up to your goal? Well, my friend - but your lame foot is also riding with you!"