Message Forum: Re: DVDs and the Need to Swear

Re: DVDs and the Need to Swear

Posted By: codeman38, on host 209.172.224.34
Date: Sunday, October 21, 2001, at 20:14:40
In Reply To: Re: DVDs and the Need to Swear posted by Etienne on Saturday, October 20, 2001, at 19:47:18:

> > > Plus they subtitle stuff that doesn't need to, IE, street signs and stuff.
> >
> > You mean... they translate the street signs into another language, or just display what's on the signs, like a ToolTip that appears on text-only buttons?
>
> Well, if a 'Don't feed the dog' sign appears on screen in close-up, they write 'Ne nourrissez pas le chien' above it.
>
> In The Flintstone, they'd juste paste a frame of the same thing in French... In the Québec version, they just have some VO reading the sign, wich I prefer.
>
> Etienne

I'd personally find the subtitles less annoying than the voiceover, m'self. But hey, to each his own...

-- codeman"random intrusive voiceovers just don't fit the spirit of the show, IMO"38

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Message:	> > > > Plus they subtitle stuff that doesn't need to, IE, street signs and stuff. > > > > > > You mean... they translate the street signs into another language, or just display what's on the signs, like a ToolTip that appears on text-only buttons? > > > > Well, if a 'Don't feed the dog' sign appears on screen in close-up, they write 'Ne nourrissez pas le chien' above it. > > > > In The Flintstone, they'd juste paste a frame of the same thing in French... In the Québec version, they just have some VO reading the sign, wich I prefer. > > > > Etienne > > I'd personally find the subtitles less annoying than the voiceover, m'self. But hey, to each his own... > > -- codeman"random intrusive voiceovers just don't fit the spirit of the show, IMO"38
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