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[–] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Since Dutch as a language is generally not big enough to make dubs profitable (the exceptions is media specifically meant for young kids) almost everything her is subtitled. Subtle here are mostly quite good. Sometimes I notice it doesn't match exactly what is being said but then it does have approximately the same meaning. I never noticed examples like yours from english to Dutch, but I don't watch a lot of TV anymore.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    If it doesn't match exactly what's being said that means a human translated it based on not just what it literally says but also on context and on what a Dutch person would actually say.

    Example, when Quirrel "finds" the troll in the dungeon in HarryPotter, he says "thought you ought to know", which would literally be "ik dacht dat jullie dat moesten weten" but was actually translated as "Ik dacht, ik zeg het even."

    I remember that one because I laughed so hard.

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