Name translation???

I have a bit of a silly question here. It’s not about names or anything, just a translation thing. How on earth do they decide when to use "you" (formal) versus "you" (informal)?

got an example?

I’m talking about movies in general. You know, when one character is talking to another. How on earth do they decide whether to be formal or just keep it casual?
It’s specifically about those films where everyone is speaking English. It just randomly popped into my head yesterday.

Yeah, right. They’ll probably just wing the translation... whatever they think sounds good 🙂
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They probably have some kind of intuition when they see two people talking, wondering if one should be using formal language with the other.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I honestly think translating movie titles is even worse...

Honestly, there's no point in translating them. It drives me crazy when they call SpongeBob SquarePants "Jack" or try to rename Gary—it just feels wrong.

Amy Flores3 said:Honestly, there's no point in translating them. It drives me crazy when they call SpongeBob SquarePants "Jack" or try to rename Gary—it just feels wrong.

Hahaha, seriously, calling Gary "Jack" is just pure stupidity. That is so brainless!!

I’m all for translating names from cartoons based on fairy tales or stories we all grew up reading—the kind of stuff kids still read today. Why not? If they already know Little Red Riding Hood or Thumbelina, let them keep those names in the movies. But I am definitely against translating actual first names, especially in historical films (and honestly, in our historical literature too, which had this weird habit of localizing names). Take John, Richard, James, or Jacob, for example. I mean, seriously, what's the point? Just because others did it—like how an Englishman might see Francois or Francesco as Francis, or Jean as John—doesn't make it a valid excuse.

There really isn't any need for translation... That’s actually one thing I loved about my time in Switzerland—even though you hear German everywhere you turn, foreign films still keep their original titles. 👍