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Subtitles

found in translation Aug. 11, 2022

The Historic Power of Prey Is in Your Ears“Finally, the light came on,” the film’s Comanche language expert says. Then came the hard part.

By Roxana Hadadi
[interviews moistly] July 8, 2022

Wet Writhing, Eldritch Gurgling: A Chat With the Stranger Things Subtitles Team“I will admit I was trolling a little bit with [tentacles undulating moistly].”

By Savannah Salazar

[ranks wetly] July 1, 2022

Stranger Things 4’s Best Descriptive Captions, RankedWhat more truthful statement about life’s eternal pain could there possibly be than [distant screaming, struggling]?

By Kathryn VanArendonk
sub standards May 31, 2022

Two Bilingual Comedians Try to Decipher Their Own SubtitlesSome jokes survive a translation. Others become “surprise eggs.”

By Hershal Pandya
localized listings May 31, 2022

Every Language Everywhere All at OnceAudiences love foreign TV and film. So do streamers. There’s just one little challenge.

By Rafael Motamayor
setting the type Dec. 10, 2021

Streaming Subtitles Should Not Be This Tricky to ReadHere’s how 12 services rank in overall legibility.

By Jourdain Searles
los espookys July 11, 2019

How Los Espookys Made Its Jokes Work in Two Languages, With Subtitles“It’s not an American show pretending to be a Latin American show. It’s both,” says Julio Torres.

By Jackson McHenry
funny subtitles Aug. 4, 2016

Nature Doc Appears to Show Aziz Ansari Subtitles“Bought the wrong toothbrush, should’ve done more research!”

By Nate Jones
subtitle scandals Mar. 25, 2009

Studio Responds to Let the Right One In Subtitle ScandalMagnolia Home Entertainment says it’ll use the original subtitles on all copies of the DVD manufactured in the future.

By Lane Brown
subtitle scandals Mar. 24, 2009

Subtitle Scandal! Who Dumbed Down Let the Right One In?Why are the subtitles on the DVD so much stupider than ones from the theatrical release?

By Lane Brown