How comes for some non- English Netflix shows, the translated English subtitles, and the English dubbing do not match?

Question

Like they match the general gist of each other but not very close.

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Answer 1

They’re done by different translators. Typically a dub translator will try to match mouth movements, which obviously doesn’t matter for subtitles. This leads to the subtitles being (typically) a more direct translation.