Whenever I watch something in a language I understand ok, but with english subtitles, I wonder at the seemingly pointless translation differences

— Misha. Angel Investor, Photographer, Shitposter (@drethelin) March 25, 2022

When I do that, I realize how poorly translated many subtitles are. Many are seemingly done in Google Translate, or worse. Often way worse, really.

I can’t understand Swedish at all well, but some movie I watched I could comprehend Swedish obviously better than the subtitler could. These were the official subtitles, by the way, not some internet pirate effort! I guess everything is done by the lowest bidder these days. And it shows.