Eli5 Why do non English original language films have vastly diferent translations between dub and sub?
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A dub is (usually) an actor who speaks both languages translating the original language into the dub language, or reading a script written by someone who speaks both. Because a human is translating them, the nuances and finer points of the source language are more effectively translated to the dub language, since a human can understand expressions, phrases and other language devices that may be unique to that language.
Subtitles, in contrast, are usually generated by a computer that is essentially looking up the words in an electronic dictionary and displaying the translated word in the desired language, which prevents those nuances from being effectively conveyed.
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