Comment on Deepfake lip syncs video to edit out profanity, match translation

Creddit@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• brsrklf@compuverse.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Are you sure they’re not just decent dubs? Non English-speaking countries have been used to synced dubs forever.

  This is why adapting (well) for dubs is way more complicated than just translating dialogues. You have to find an equivalent line that matches visible mouth movements.

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  • Creddit@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s true I suppose. No, I can’t be sure. It could just be really good dub writers, I guess?

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• krayj@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The actors mouths approximately match the overdubbed language, at least for English.

  I wish this were true. Netflix is a worst-in-class offender imo. They will shoot a film in three different native languages so that about 1/3 the dialog sounds and loks correct for your native language. And then for the other 2/3 of the dialog, it’s a horribly butchered dub job from 2 different languages back to english. I can’t watch them because my brain rejects the horrible dub and it pre-occupies my thoughts rather than me just being able to the movie.

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  • DreamerOfImprobableDreams@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also, for some reason the dub and subtitles use different translations, so the character will be saying one thing and the subs will read something completely different. It's confusing AF. Often end up getting so frustrated I just turn off the dub and focus exclusively on the subs.

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    • Tommy_the_Gun@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s because people can’t read it as fast as people talk. Or, the dub has to match up the mouth movements, but the subtitles don’t.

      I watched a fan-subtitled anime a long time ago, where they literally translated every word. It was like a paragraph of text on each screen, and it was impossible to keep up with.

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