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duffycommaryanyesterday at 7:06 PM1 replyview on HN

Language is incredibly complex. I remember a TikTok from a bilingual English-Korean speaker comparing the English subtitles from a Squid Game scene to what was actually being said by the characters. The nuance and info density lost in translation made the subtitles feel completely remedial. Americans were basically watching a different show altogether.


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ClimaxGravelyyesterday at 9:21 PM

I'm by no means a native level Japanese speaker but I'm frequently surprised at how off Japanese-English subtitles can be.