Jun
08
Star Wars: An Alternate Universe
ByMy mother-in-law recently watched a Chinese DVD of Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith. I quote from her email:
My first attempt brought up the subtitles, probably the funniest thing about the film. An attack from the rear is translated as ” he is coming into my behind”….
I wonder what other juicy Chinese subtitlean delights are out there…
8 Comments
June 17th, 2005 at 5:38 pm
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Remember this post about dodgy Star Wars subtitles? Well BoingBoing has photographic proof!
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June 17th, 2005 at 5:47 pm
Heh. Engrish makes the world go ’round. Another favorite of mine is from a toy ball that proclaims “Let’s decompose and enjoy assembling!”
June 18th, 2005 at 9:18 am
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June 18th, 2005 at 10:47 pm
check this one out: http://engrish.com/detail.php?imagename=god-jesus.jpg&category=Toys&date=2002-10-16
June 20th, 2005 at 4:51 pm
Alrighty… This is ABSOLUTLY TRUE!!!
My cousin got me the bootlegged version from China, when she went last month…
http://www.arteducationstudio.com/Evan’s%20Junk/starwarsiii.jpg
http://www.arteducationstudio.com/Evan’s%20Junk/starwarsiii2.jpg
The Subtitles are not just messed up… They are actually the WRONG subtitles..
They are the subtitles from the movie “The Piano” They had imported the wrong txt file.
~Evan
June 20th, 2005 at 4:52 pm
Whoops.. those dont work for some reason…
try copy and paste these into your Address Bar.
http://www.arteducationstudio.com/Evan’s%20Junk/starwarsiii.jpg
http://www.arteducationstudio.com/Evan’s%20Junk/starwarsiii2.jpg
June 21st, 2005 at 6:24 pm
I couldn’t get those links to work either, but I’ll take your word for it
August 11th, 2005 at 10:18 am
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An Alternate Universe Strikes Back
Remember those shoddy Chinese subtitles for Revenge of the Sith? Well there’s much more here.
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