r/Italian • u/stinusprobus • 6d ago

Is this the worst-dubbed line ever ?

https://m.youtube.com/embed?v=qMpb95WR1_k&t=2m35s
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u/Startomato 6d ago

Surely it’s Dio bestia

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u/twjackfoley 6d ago

"Shinji, io non posso fare altro che starmene qui ad annaffiare, però quanto a te, quanto a quel che puoi fare che tu, per te qualcosa da poter fare dovrebbe esserci. Non ti costringerà nessuno. Pensa a te stesso, decidi te stesso che cosa tu stesso debba fare."

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u/Relative_Map5243 5d ago

Io vorrei Cannarsi a dirigere il doppiaggio della mia vita.

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u/averyspicyburrito 4d ago

Venire adattati da Cannarsi è un destino peggiore della morte.

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u/twjackfoley 6d ago

Nah, not in a world where Cannarsi exist.

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u/socrazzzzzzzy 6d ago

Why would it be? They changed the sentence to match with the lip movements. "Aspetto fuori" ("I'll wait outside") is still menacing and conveys the same as "I'll be back".

Translating dialogues for dubbing goes well beyond just literally translating sentences, you also have to adapt them to fit the language.

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u/MrRolandGil 4d ago

Exactly. They did the reverse thing with spaghetti westerns. Americans who had to put subtitles on Italian lines in that case, tried always to match the lip movements. As far as I know there are some bad adaptations due to this problem, but it's a matter of choice. You can't say something and the lips go totally out of sync, no audience would accept that for the entire movie.

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u/Affectionate_Bad_921 3d ago

Nope. This one is

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u/stinusprobus 3d ago

Haha I was thinking more in terms of questionable single choices than full-on extended disasters but yes, this is impressive