• Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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    113 months ago

    When subtitles don’t quite match the dialogue as spoken, it’s generally for the sake of people who read slowly, right?

    • imogen_underscore [it/its, she/her]
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      3 months ago

      i think a lot of the time it’s just a lack of effort or quality control on the streaming services part. streaming subs have gotten so bad it’s one of the main reasons i prefer to just watch torrented stuff now. watching the simpsons on disney plus they will literally miss whole lines of dialogue a handful of times per episode. watching trek TOS on Netflix the subs are constantly slightly out of sync with the audio by halfway through an episode. it’s maddening

    • peppersky [he/him, any]
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      113 months ago

      There’s guidelines for how many characters there can be in a line of subtitles and for how long/short they can be on the screen. There are of course no guidelines for how fast a character in a movie is allowed to talk.