Comments on: Let the Right One In: The Subtitle Conspiracy

By: Faucet-Rind IV

Faucet-Rind IV — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:03:31 +0000

Here's what would be nice: If someone just posted a link to an srt or sub file of the original theatrical release. That way, someone like me could create a DVD with the two translations side by side for comparison. Or alternatively, anyone could grab an avi of the movie and run each translation separately to decide what's been missed.

I have a translation by a Swedish friend that I'm currently fixing (removing typos and grammatical mistakes) to use until everyone sorts this out. I'd post the translation somewhere, but I don't want anyone berating me for just for creating something I can watch without groaning.

By: Faucet-Rind IV

Faucet-Rind IV — Sat, 16 May 2009 19:03:00 +0000

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:04:29 +0000

It is true that the translation word by word is "You can jerk of at home". In Swedish you can say that sentence in an emphasize which would definitely mean "It is time to go home" with a touch of rough jargon more than the literal meaning. Is this possible in English as well?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:04:00 +0000

By: Straortis

Straortis — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:03:28 +0000

This is said: "Taja kan du göra hemma"

"You can jerk off at home" is the right translation. Word by word: taja=jerk off, kan=can, du=you, göra=do, hemma=at home

By: Straortis

Straortis — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:03:00 +0000

This is said: "Taja kan du göra hemma"

"You can jerk off at home" is the right translation. Word by word: taja=jerk off, kan=can, du=you, göra=do, hemma=at home

By: Ironman

Ironman — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:25:41 +0000

@Raegan, OMG Thank you very much!

By: Ironman

Ironman — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:25:00 +0000

@Raegan, OMG Thank you very much!

By: Raegan

Raegan — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:07:29 +0000

For those of you interested, I found the Swedish Blu-Ray and DVD on Megastore.se. (Website is in English, just go to english.megastore.se) http://english.megastore.se/template/next%2CProdu... http://english.megastore.se/template/next%2CProdu... p.s. I am in no way affiliated with Megastore.se. They're just the only website I found that is in English that has the Swedish version of LTROI.

By: Raegan

Raegan — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:07:00 +0000

By: Anti_Cool

Anti_Cool — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:00:09 +0000

Ah, I misread your previous comment. I thought you were referring to the subtitles. Now I understand. Very foolish, on my part and the part of the dvd translators.

By: Anti_Cool

Anti_Cool — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:00:00 +0000

Ah, I misread your previous comment. I thought you were referring to the subtitles. Now I understand. Very foolish, on my part and the part of the dvd translators.

By: Rob_Hunter

Rob_Hunter — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:20:48 +0000

I haven’t confirmed it myself, but commenters on several sites have claimed that is the case… Dread Central, Shock Till You Drop, DVD Talk, and even Icons Of Fright all have people saying the dub, as terrible as the voices are, is almost identical to the original subtitles.

By: Rob_Hunter

Rob_Hunter — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:20:00 +0000

By: Cepet

Cepet — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:59:58 +0000

the meaning of "you can jerk off at home" is sort of like "time to go home" in this particular scene, although it's perhaps not the best translation

By: Cepet

Cepet — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:59:00 +0000

the meaning of "you can jerk off at home" is sort of like "time to go home" in this particular scene, although it's perhaps not the best translation

By: Rob Hunter

Rob Hunter — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:55:12 +0000

By: Rob Hunter

Rob Hunter — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:55:00 +0000

By: Anti_Cool

Anti_Cool — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:20:58 +0000

That doesn't make sense. If you go to the source (Icons of Fright) in the last comparison Haken calls out Eli's name (which should translate pretty clearly) but the new subtitles read "I'm trapped." Where did you hear that the new dubbing is more correct?

By: Anti_Cool

Anti_Cool — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:20:00 +0000