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Thread poster: Kay Denney
Kay Denney
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France
Local time: 13:11
French to English
Jan 15, 2016

According to this article Netflix had to withdraw a film: the dubbing was so bad it went viral

http://bigbrowser.blog.lemonde.fr/2016/01/15/un-film-tres-mal-double-mais-vraiment-tres-mal-double-retire-de-netflix/#xtor=RSS-32280322
 
Anders O.
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Norway
Local time: 13:11
English to Norwegian
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Dubbing Jan 15, 2016

Dubbing in general is usually crappier than the original. I remember coming to Spain and hearing Two and a Half Men dubbed to Spanish. Dreadful!

Why can't people just learn to read subtitles...

[Edited at 2016-01-15 15:26 GMT]
 
Kay Denney
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France
Local time: 13:11
French to English
TOPIC STARTER
because Jan 16, 2016

the sub-titles are usually crap too!
 


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