Re: Subtitling (was: Newest natlang?)
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 29, 2008, 16:20 |
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On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:00 PM, caeruleancentaur
<caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
> Many opera houses have been doing this for many years, translating the
> lyrics and displaying them on the wall or curtain above the stage.
called, appropriately enough, "supertitles".
> The translations are often not literal enough for me and I find them distracting.
I would hope they would either be pretty darn literal, or else they'd
scan to the music in translated form. :) Not sure what the point is
otherwise.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>