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Just been watching Educating Yorkshire Christmas Special on C4.
I had the subtitles on, as I find it easier to read than listen.
I couldn't believe it when I read, "Musharraf needs at least a see in English GCSE to go to college." :eek:
Honestly, the irony!! :rotfl:
Given that this was a pre-recorded show, and that subtitlers are supposed to be good at English and grammar, this was a superb clanger! They made the same mistake at least once more in the context of Maths GCSE!
May be in the world of subtitling it is what passes for a joke, like playing bullsh*t bingo in the meetings I go to.I think....0 -
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Sounds like a disaster movie scriptchewmylegoff wrote: »Big thunderstorm in London earlier this evening which I got caught in at Barnes Bridge. The first I knew of it was seeing a plane on the final approach into heathrow get struck by lightning resulting in a big explosion of sparks. It looked from my view as if the lightning bolt was only between the plane and the ground but presume it was just because I couldn't see it properly from my viewpoint.
Then it started raining, a lot, and my suit got soaked.
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Most sub-titling is now done by software.Given that this was a pre-recorded show, and that subtitlers are supposed to be good at English and grammar, this was a superb clanger! They made the same mistake at least once more in the context of Maths GCSE!
No people are employed. Too many hours of telly these days for that.0 -
chewmylegoff wrote: »Big thunderstorm in London earlier this evening which I got caught in at Barnes Bridge. The first I knew of it was seeing a plane on the final approach into heathrow get struck by lightning resulting in a big explosion of sparks. It looked from my view as if the lightning bolt was only between the plane and the ground but presume it was just because I couldn't see it properly from my viewpoint.
Then it started raining, a lot, and my suit got soaked.
I saw it from the house as we have a panoramic view over London....a huge streak went right across the sky and several really bright flashes.May be in the world of subtitling it is what passes for a joke, like playing bullsh*t bingo in the meetings I go to.
What's that? How do you play?0 -
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May be in the world of subtitling it is what passes for a joke, like playing bullsh*t bingo in the meetings I go to.What's that? How do you play?
Probably ticking off how quickly various pre-identified management-speak words are used!
Another, older, game is of course police officers' snooker.
Bored road traffic coppers deciding which cars to pull over for a random check ...0 -
we routinely have subtitles on as DH is hearing impaired in one lughole and completely DEAF, DEAF I SAID in the other and last night's Lucan prog sub titles included, eg " rain spattering" and other hilarious off stage direction type things.0
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PasturesNew wrote: »Most sub-titling is now done by software.
No people are employed. Too many hours of telly these days for that.
that must be the case, it is prohibitively expensive to get people to transcribe interviews and then check the transcript to make sure it is accurate. it takes between 5 and 7 hours to process one hour of interview and whilst TV would be easier because the sound recording equipment is better as there isn't as much talking and you don't need to be as pedantic about getting it right, it must take 2-3 man hours to subtitle an hour of TV.0 -
My sibling and I used to watch some music shows with no sound and subtitles, funnier than it seems.
My sides never fully recovered the assault of laughter from the Ricky Martin song which we were introduced to through subtitles ( I think on an awards show while getting ready to go out somewhere) and appeared to be a Bavarian drinking song.. Ale ale ale.......the cup of life. Or something like that.
( the joke of course...for any monolingual literalists, is that the subtitles don't work phonetically at all )0
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