Just watched this at a friends place and I really liked the movie even though I actually had a hard time understanding the nuances of it. I mean, the subtitles sometimes barely made sense or was it cause too much gets lost in translation in this movie? Seems like there was a lot of wordplay in french. Or did I just watch a really bad copy?
"Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down. Makes her home."
Going off on a longshot, a translator would really have to take the cake, in order to make a slam dunk translation of this movie.
shareI bought a British copy and most of the subtitles seemed understandable. But translating is a tricky business due to slang, puns, cultural references, etc.
Plus different companies in different countries may provide different English subtitles.
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"Love keeps her in the air when she oughta fall down. Makes her home." That wasn't from the copy of "Micmacs" you watched, was it?
There was a lot of slang and a lot of puns, but I thought on the whole the translator made a very good job of replicating the puns in English.
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Which subs are the better ( or real) ones? I'm British.
See how NODLABS differ from FH's, which are apparently "Pal DVD" and "Bluray".:
(click 'preview' on the link to read subs)
http://subscene.com/english/MicMacs-Micmacs-tire-larigot/subtitle-316815.aspx
http://subscene.com/english/MicMacs-Micmacs-tire-larigot/subtitle-341751.aspx
Hmm... I just noticed the NODLABS subs have a quite a lot of spelling funk ups..
like:
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You're ín troul}le too.
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l don't mínd íf you're around.
Ignoring that, they are still both quite different from one another..
NODLABS:
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*You'll come with me to the police?
*No.
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*Why?
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*I killed Charles Ringan.
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*Would you tell the Commissioner?
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*Yes, if you ask it
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*I don't want to.
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* Listen, I'm very tired.
I feel quite stiff.
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* I killed a man and I witnessed
the murder of a poor soul.
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* It's all because Geiger
sang Carmen.
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* If I told, your home
would be invaded by police ...
FH:
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- You'll come to the µolíce?
- l can't.
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VVhy not?
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VVhat íf l saíd l kílled Sean Regan?
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You'd tell the políce that?
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lf you take me there.
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l'm not goíng to.
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Look, angel, l'm tíred.
My jaw hurts and my ríl}s ache.
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l kílled a man back there and stood by
whíle some kíd was kílled.
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All because Geíger
tríed to throw a loop over Carmen?
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The coµs would swarm
your house so fast