Futurama Captions

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Hey guys i am just wondering.. I know that futurama is translated into other languages like spanish and german overseas.

Do the captions at the beginning of each episode also change ? If they do are they different to the english version :O)

just curious 

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in germany they translate them more or less literally

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In Norway we only use subtitles. Sometimes the captions are translated, but not always. I think they shouldn't be translated, the jokes doesn't work as good in Norwegian.

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Originally posted by Tor:
In Norway we only use subtitles. Sometimes the captions are translated, but not always. I think they shouldn't be translated, the jokes doesn't work as good in Norwegian.

Same thing in Denmark.

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Being an Americacentric yankee, I don't watch Futurama in any language except the original English.

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Now in December 2001 Futurama will be premiered in Russia. (I think they'll show first two seasons). While I'm russian and russian is my native language, after I got to watch 2 seasons of Futurama in original english I know that alot of cool jokes (mostly word-based) can be lost in the translation, and nothing can be done.

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Welcome to PEEL Gila Monster.

The problem with dubbing (and subtitles) is that a lot of jokes is puns or related to more or less unique american phenomenons, and thus is nigh impossible to succesfully translate.

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Yeh enjoy your stay at PEEL Gila Monster.

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Thanks, it's a great forum here.

Oh, and also I think I saw Futurama on the POLSAT TV (not sure, on one of the Poland channels) - they translate all movies/series really good and they have only one person (a man voice) who speaks all the dialogues. That's better than dubbing... in some cases.

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Welcome, Gila Monster!

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Welcome to PEEL Gilamonster..Bewere of Randi and Horney Cream pies...

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The only jokes that should get lost in the translations should be puns. On a side note, my TV gets POLSAT on a broadcast channel, but I don't think I get Futurama.

Welcome to the board Gilamonster!

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Maybe I've seen it on "2" (Poland channel), maybe on other... I don't remember. Maybe it was German VIVA2 (which I REALLY doubt)... whatever.

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Originally posted by Gila Monster:
Maybe I've seen it on "2" (Poland channel), maybe on other... I don't remember. Maybe it was German VIVA2 (which I REALLY doubt)... whatever.

I don't think it was VIVA2, thats a music channel. In Germany Futurama is aired by Pro7.

Ainoth

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did i do this already? oh well...welcome to PEEL, Waruna!