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[–] 45 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I've definitely seen movies where common Spanish words or phrases that an anglophone audience would be expected to understand are transcribed as simply "[speaking Spanish]"

e.g. "that hombre is loco" becomes "that [speaking Spanish] is [speaking Spanish]"

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago

    Second this! I very often encounter phrases in foreign languages I understand when I turn up the volume, but the subtitles person has been too lazy to write out or translate.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

    I noticed this in Meet The Robinsons. A guy says "Madames and monsuiers" and the subtitle says "speaking french" as if the average English speaker doesn't know what those words mean

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