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Old 03-31-2006, 11:10 AM   #52
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Originally Posted by Alex Stroup
The subtitles are translation of the Japanese. The English dub is the change in language necessary to match mouth movements and create subtle changes in story that make comprehension easier for non-Japanese people (a Japanese idiom, for example, will probably be literally translated in the subtitles while converted to an English equivelant for the dub).
Yeah, Japanese idioms don't translate well directly into English. Or the other way around for that matter.
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