x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 25 days agoLemmy users what are some things translators do that absolutely infuriate you ?message-squaremessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up154arrow-down11
arrow-up153arrow-down1message-squareLemmy users what are some things translators do that absolutely infuriate you ?x4740N@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 25 days agomessage-square73fedilink
minus-squarenoughtnaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-224 days agoZoe: swears in Chinese Subtitle: “[SPEAKS GALACTIC LANGUAGE]” FU, everyone knows that that’s a real language and probably a very juicy phrase that would be absolute golden to know for some other occasion! ^(PSA there exists a site with every phrase translated and explained)
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days ago site with every phrase translated Because Mandarin?
minus-squarenoughtnaut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 days agoWell yeah it’s mandarin, but in the show Mandarin is pretty exclusively used for very creative swear phrases, such as “The explosive diarrhea of an elephant”. Things that might be fun to learn to say… See: https://fireflychinese.kevinsullivansite.net/
Zoe: swears in Chinese
Subtitle: “[SPEAKS GALACTIC LANGUAGE]”
FU, everyone knows that that’s a real language and probably a very juicy phrase that would be absolute golden to know for some other occasion!
^(PSA there exists a site with every phrase translated and explained)
Because Mandarin?
Well yeah it’s mandarin, but in the show Mandarin is pretty exclusively used for very creative swear phrases, such as “The explosive diarrhea of an elephant”. Things that might be fun to learn to say…
See: https://fireflychinese.kevinsullivansite.net/