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Subtitles

Expecto_Patronum

Just interested in people's preference over subtitles. I hear many neurodivergent people say that they find it much easier to watch tv and follow what is happening if they have the subtitles on. I don't find this at all. If there are subtitles, I forget to watch the actual program because I'm fixated on reading the subtitles.

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  • I prefer not to have subtitles when a programe is in English, but it dosen't bother me when I'm watching foreign language programs. What does bug me is when subtitles tell you a person is speaking a foreign language but dosen't tell you waht they're saying. I'm also unsure how correct many subtitles are? The word choice can be a little odd at times.

  • in reply to TheCatWoman

    I am the same. In English language films subtitles are very intrusive, but in foreign language films I get the strange sensation that I speak the language fluently, through reading the English subtitles. I also much prefer the use of subtitles over films being dubbed in English.

  • in reply to Martin

    Dubbing can be awful, what they did to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was awful, totally ruined the whole film for me, it wasn't just the wording, but the tone of the dubbing that made it worse and gave a totally different perspective to the whole film. I think I've picked up quite a bit of different languages from watching subtitles, not that I can speak any other languages, but I can get a good idea from listening to the rhthyms of the spoken words I was watching An t-Eilean a Scots Gaelic language crime drama and I found myself being able to remember some words and phrases and the general rhythn of the language that I was familiar with years ago..

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  • in reply to Martin

    Dubbing can be awful, what they did to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon was awful, totally ruined the whole film for me, it wasn't just the wording, but the tone of the dubbing that made it worse and gave a totally different perspective to the whole film. I think I've picked up quite a bit of different languages from watching subtitles, not that I can speak any other languages, but I can get a good idea from listening to the rhthyms of the spoken words I was watching An t-Eilean a Scots Gaelic language crime drama and I found myself being able to remember some words and phrases and the general rhythn of the language that I was familiar with years ago..

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