It was an error introduced by the subtitler, not the screenwriter.
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Subtitler
/ˈsʌbˌtaɪt(ə)l(ə)r/
Synonyms for "subtitler"
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Translations
13 translations across 8 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- subtitulador noun (person)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 字幕員 /字幕员 noun (person)
- 字幕師 /字幕师 noun (person)
- 字幕譯者 /字幕译者 noun (person)
Finnish
3 entries- av-kääntäjä noun (person)
- elokuvakääntäjä noun (person)
- televisiokääntäjä noun (person)
French
2 entries- sous-titreur noun (person)
- sous-titreuse noun (person)
Irish
1 entries- fotheidealóir noun (person)
Portuguese
1 entries- legendador noun (person)
Russian
1 entries- титровщик noun (person)
Swedish
1 entries- undertextare noun (person)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
[…]any time studio atmosphere gets too thick due to scraps among the sub-titlers as to the most fitting words to suit the deed, he can scamper up among the clouds until it blows over.
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The sub-titler is also a creature of convention—convention not of the picture alone but of popular belief. Why is it that a Chinaman on the screen must speak pidgin English, when many of the Chinese we know speak better English than the native?
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The newspaper column's subtitler could not be identified.
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