Lawrence Booth2 said:I get where you're coming from... but you're only half right here
for instance, those "professionals" churning out subtitles are often just English majors trying to scrape together tuition by selling their work to pirate sites... personally, I've been involved in a few productions myself, so I can go back and watch them again... and put together a decent subtitle...
CBS is a professional network, and their graphics and subtitles are actually quite nice for people who have trouble seeing the screen
I'd love to be able to watch Stalker on CBS... or maybe some Kurosawa films I used to catch with English subtitles... things like that... but waiting around for someone to finally decide to air a movie is just a waste of time
plus, some of the people translating these subtitles have seen their own specific styles popping up on various local TV stations... I won't speak for CBS, but other networks definitely steal translations straight from the internet... it's not like they have actual staff working for them😁
I remember back in '94, I think it was an FX movie about a murder trick... piece of cake... easy as pie😁
Some companies only employ highly trained professionals. CBS, CNN, and RTL are in a league of their own, even if they aren't perfect. By the way, RTL has been caught lifting fan-made subtitles several times. For CNN and RTL, they use Mediatranslators. Aside from them, the folks over at SDI Media (or something like that) aren't bad either. On cable channels, though, it's basically 90% chaos. Even HBO, which should theoretically have the budget for this, has absolutely catastrophic translations. They'll occasionally miss an entire line of dialogue entirely. It just gets typed up and pushed through without any proofreading
The absolute worst subtitles come from Dobbin, because they mostly just hire students and trainees. Though, even they stumble onto a good one every once in a while
But even with all those flaws, it’s still better than 90 percent of the garbage translations you find online

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