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Who does the subtitles/dubbing?

April 26, 2017Dubbing subtitles

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Who does the subtitles/dubbing?

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The subtitles and dubbing are often not done by the same company/studio that produced the movie. Rather, they are done cheaply by companies that employ small-time actors (in the case of dubbing) or, in the case of subtitling, interns (who often do not have a full grasp of English) or other low-level workers going off a preliminary version of the script. Tim Youngs relates this bit of information: “I’ve been under the impression people do movie subtitling for a love of movies or experience rather than finding fortune.