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Netflix, Streaming Videos & DVDs

PoindexterOglethorpe

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7. Are you sure?

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Sat Apr 24, 2021, 01:39 AM

Apr 2021

I have not come up against movies being dubbed into English in years. I am always happy to listen to the original language and read the subtitles. Oh, and like a lot of people I use subtitles on almost everything I watch because my hearing isn't what it used to be, and it makes things vastly easier.

One of the things I like about listening to the original language, is seeing how much I can understand. My French is decent. I've also studied German, Spanish, and Italian. Other languages are fun just to hear the cognates in those languages.

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What's up with Netflix dubbing every foreign-made series into English?? [View all] Pinback Apr 2021 OP

It is not just foreign films. sheshe2 Apr 2021 #1

Yep, we've gone to all subtitles all the time Pinback Apr 2021 #15

Change to the original language and English subs are added automatically. Do it all the time. cayugafalls Apr 2021 #2

When watching via the Apple TV Netflix app, Pinback Apr 2021 #16

Well, I thank you for your kind and extremely in depth reply. I see you took a lot in the thread. cayugafalls Apr 2021 #25

You bet! Pinback Apr 2021 #26

There's usually a way to get it in the original language intrepidity Apr 2021 #3

Yep -- this works for some things on the Apple TV Netflix app, but not for others. (nt) Pinback Apr 2021 #17

Ah, I see, it's a weird platform quirk intrepidity Apr 2021 #24

I use Roku and we have all sorts of options...I dislike subtitles myself. And some of the Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #29

There should be a heading called audio and subtitles madaboutharry Apr 2021 #4

Correct, not in the Netflix Apple TV app, but in the Apple TV settings. This has mixed results. (nt) Pinback Apr 2021 #18

I just find it amusing the difference between the dubbing and the subtitles Bev54 Apr 2021 #5

I have no idea what you are talking about. NoRethugFriends Apr 2021 #6

What you describe is correct for the Netflix iOS app and website, and possibly for other platforms. Pinback Apr 2021 #19

Are you sure? PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2021 #7

Apparently it's just an issue with the Netflix app on the Apple TV. Pinback Apr 2021 #20

In Florence, Italy, I watched Gone With the Wind dubbed into Italian ... fierywoman Apr 2021 #8

LOL, sounds like fun. Pinback Apr 2021 #21

Heck even Friends the tv show is dubbed by the language spoken in a particular country jimfields33 Apr 2021 #9

Thanks for posting this. Ohiya Apr 2021 #10

Whether you can do this depends on the platform you're using, as I've learned. Pinback Apr 2021 #22

I most be the only person on this thread who likes dubbing and hates subtitles. Ah well takes Demsrule86 Apr 2021 #30

I also prefer subtitles to dubbing, but what aggravates me is when the subtitles are hard to dameatball Apr 2021 #11

Netflix lets you do big yellow letters in a black box soothsayer Apr 2021 #13

Cool. Thanks or the tip. dameatball Apr 2021 #14

I have the option to have it dubbed or in the original language with subtitles. Don't you? Scrivener7 Apr 2021 #12

When watching via the Apple TV Netflix app, the answer is "sometimes." Pinback Apr 2021 #23

IIRC, Netflix surveyed users once and found most preferred subtitles nuxvomica Apr 2021 #27

I imagine the captioning of song lyrics is for deaf viewers, Pinback Apr 2021 #28