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Well, I was watching Ugly Betty in Italian a few nights ago (ah, these quiet evenings in...) and there was a scene that made no sense at all. For UB aficionados, it's the one where Mark tells Wilhelmina he's agreed to leave her in order to work as Daniel's assistant. In the Italian version, Wilhelmina says 'Mi lasci?' Mark looks upset, then explains that his career chances with Daniel will be much better than with Wilhelmina, which, as my younger friends say, is like duh. But Wilhelmina looks unnacountably shocked. The scene didn't work, so we watched it a second time in English (thank you, mysky). What Wilhelmina actually said was 'So quit,' i.e. leave Daniel and stay with me. So, of course she can't believe that Mark disobeys her and refuses to go back on his decision. If you're not an UB fan, this will be unutterably boring, I know, but, even so, it's worrying that such a high-profile show should have a scene that means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in the dubbed version and that no one seems to have noticed, or cared...
ReplyDeleteHave you guys ever watched Will and Grace in Italian?
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We watch W&G almost exclusively in Italian, and my standing comment is "Questo non fa ridere in italiano." Matteo's post on "Guillermo e Grazie" should be required reading for anyone who works in Italian TV!
ReplyDeleteTry Frazier. No, on second thoughts, don't bother.
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