subtitles and TV failings
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Beauts
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I can imagine it must be really annoying when the subtitles are slow, because you want to be watching at the same pace as everyone else. I don't use subtitles because I end up reading them instead of watching the action. I mean, I'm fine not being able to hear it in a way, but I'm not very good at reading and watching at the same time.
I can't think of any examples in particular that I've found funny, but I always find it hilarious when there's music or something in a show and the subtitles describe it like [sensual music] or something. I just find it comical, even when the scene is serious or intense.
I can't think of any examples in particular that I've found funny, but I always find it hilarious when there's music or something in a show and the subtitles describe it like [sensual music] or something. I just find it comical, even when the scene is serious or intense.
InsomniacAttack
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My ex-girlfriend insisted that we had the subtitles on whenever we watched TV even though she can hear perfectly well. I think she just liked having them because she could pay less attention to the TV and more to other things (her phone, me lol.) Sometimes for fun, I'll turn on the annotations on YouTube because often they're completely wrong and hilarious. I found a video I made for school a few years back and tried the auto-generated annotations and it was so wrong and so funny.
I watch a lot of anime so I am used to subtitles in that sense.
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i prefer to watch things with subtitles b/c i'm a little hard of hearing and it makes it easier to hear what people are saying. One thing I've found interesting is that often the subtitles will give information that isn't available in the audio-visual queues, like the names of characters, or an alleged sound that the people watching it didn't hear themselves (ie: [ominous footsteps] when none of us could hear footsteps).
I've been noticing lately that sometimes the subtitles tend to change or even just not include certain words that's being spoken
for instance, if the line is something like "They won't stop us this time.", the subtitle might instead read "They won't stop us now.", it's weird
for instance, if the line is something like "They won't stop us this time.", the subtitle might instead read "They won't stop us now.", it's weird
The english subtitles on youtube are horrible. I watch Deadliest Catch on it and the subtitles.....sometimes I don't know if I should laugh or cry because they're beyond horrible
In Sweden, anything that isn't in Swedish on TV is subtitled. Much prefer it that way over having it dubbed (like they often do in countries like Germany and Italy). It's actually great for learning languages passively.
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My hearing is fine. Rather, I think my ears are too keen.
Any background noise distracts me, especially when I'm watching TV. I'm also a very analog individual, and these digital interferences, feedbacks, or whatever they're called, are very annoying to me. I often find myself not understand over half of what's being said on the phone, in a voice chat, or even in a YouTube video.
If I were more cynical and naïve, I'd say to suck it up and learn to read lips, but just thinking this over for a few seconds makes one realize that this doesn't really help. Every individual has a different face, and in turn, a different pair of lips. Also, this doesn't work when someone is speaking in a language they're not fluent in, or not a native speaker of, in which case they'll often mispronounce words.
Regarding subtitles, I'm bilingual, and I've had to deal with several mistranslations between the two languages I'm fluent in. In one case, I was playing Modern Warfare 2., and you might be shocked (or not) to learn that the localization for this game was an absolute mess. In the most infamous case, "No Russian" was translated to "Kill them, they're Russians." These sorts of mistranslations/misinterpretations really create an itch within me that can't be scratched, and this is why I tend to stick to whichever language the media is native with, if possible.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'm very fortunate and glad that my hearing is fine. Perhaps too good. If comes the time I lose my ability to hear, however, I'd be forced to use subtitles, since these are the best and at the moment the only option.
Any background noise distracts me, especially when I'm watching TV. I'm also a very analog individual, and these digital interferences, feedbacks, or whatever they're called, are very annoying to me. I often find myself not understand over half of what's being said on the phone, in a voice chat, or even in a YouTube video.
If I were more cynical and naïve, I'd say to suck it up and learn to read lips, but just thinking this over for a few seconds makes one realize that this doesn't really help. Every individual has a different face, and in turn, a different pair of lips. Also, this doesn't work when someone is speaking in a language they're not fluent in, or not a native speaker of, in which case they'll often mispronounce words.
Regarding subtitles, I'm bilingual, and I've had to deal with several mistranslations between the two languages I'm fluent in. In one case, I was playing Modern Warfare 2., and you might be shocked (or not) to learn that the localization for this game was an absolute mess. In the most infamous case, "No Russian" was translated to "Kill them, they're Russians." These sorts of mistranslations/misinterpretations really create an itch within me that can't be scratched, and this is why I tend to stick to whichever language the media is native with, if possible.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'm very fortunate and glad that my hearing is fine. Perhaps too good. If comes the time I lose my ability to hear, however, I'd be forced to use subtitles, since these are the best and at the moment the only option.
Fraxinus
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Watching Dateline on TV. Somehow, they wrote "Joaquin" as "Tua Keen" in closed captions. Typos are funny but just total screw ups like that are funnier.
Watching anime with subtitles can be frustrating when you notice the translation is wrong or does not quite convey the true feeling of what was said.
In terms of accessibility subtitles on live television, the ones I have seen in Australia are often awfully slow and often incorrect. With all the technology we have nowadays I'd have thought that surely they could be much more improved by now. No doubt these will improve into the future but hopefully it won't be too long until they're nearly perfect since they are pretty important for a lot of people.
In terms of accessibility subtitles on live television, the ones I have seen in Australia are often awfully slow and often incorrect. With all the technology we have nowadays I'd have thought that surely they could be much more improved by now. No doubt these will improve into the future but hopefully it won't be too long until they're nearly perfect since they are pretty important for a lot of people.