Friday, November 19, 2010

Ordinary Stuff - Subtitles Everywhere

the Yi television network, Xichang, Sichuan

One country + (multiple language families) x (countless dialects of each language) ÷ one set of characters used by nearly everyone = subtitles on nearly every television program so that people can understand what’s going on. Unless you don’t read Chinese very well. Sigh.

(Above, a music video in the Yi minority language with two sets of subtitles - Yi and simplified Mandarin)

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