Is Hong Kong drama english subs good?

• Agenda

  27 Sep 07, 00:15

  I'm going to get a DVD set fro hongkong through the net.. but i don't know if its worth it to pay the shipping fees anot..
  
  because local al the english subs very kns, so i just want to know.. is it good?
• polarsnake

  27 Sep 07, 08:13

  Originally posted by Agenda:

  local al the english subs very kns, so i just want to know.. is it good?

  Is it? I thought the local media did a good job at the translations.
• <Precious>

  27 Sep 07, 08:19

  SUCKS!
• dragg

  27 Sep 07, 08:34

  learn cantonese.
  
  
• angel7030

  27 Sep 07, 08:50

  Originally posted by :
  [b]SUCKS! [/b]

  How to translate this to Cantonese ar?
• polarsnake

  27 Sep 07, 09:04

  Originally posted by angel7030:

  How to translate this to Cantonese ar?

  It would be 'kup'
• udontknowme

  27 Sep 07, 09:17

  cantonese translate to any other chinese dialect or any other language will lose its meaning one
  
  
• dragg

  27 Sep 07, 09:17

  Originally posted by angel7030:

  How to translate this to Cantonese ar?

  hou lan char.
  
  
• Icemoon

  27 Sep 07, 10:12

  Originally posted by udontknowme:

  cantonese translate to any other chinese dialect or any other language will lose its meaning one
  
  

  How come?
  
  Since all chinese dialects share the same chinese script base, there is bound to be a way to write down what you are talking about, then read it in mandarin or another chinese dialect.
• sLeEpWaLkErInG

  27 Sep 07, 10:20

  watch SCV better...
• udontknowme

  27 Sep 07, 10:22

  Originally posted by Icemoon:

  How come?
  
  Since all chinese dialects share the same chinese script base, there is bound to be a way to write down what you are talking about, then read it in mandarin or another chinese dialect.

  no lar. some words cantonese have, mandarin no have. esp the slang stuff
  
  and sometimes the cantonese pple like to make use of the cantonese pronounciation to make erm...'jokes' and stuff. if u translate those, then no meaning liao lor...
• Kachui

  27 Sep 07, 10:40

  Originally posted by udontknowme:

  no lar. some words cantonese have, mandarin no have. esp the slang stuff
  
  and sometimes the cantonese pple like to make use of the cantonese pronounciation to make erm...'jokes' and stuff. if u translate those, then no meaning liao lor...

  Agreed. Watching cantonese series or movies in Mandarin is not as fun...especially for comedies. All Stephen Chow's movies must be watched in cantonese to get a real kick out of them.
• kid_kid

  27 Sep 07, 16:28

  Originally posted by Kachui:

  Agreed. Watching cantonese series or movies in Mandarin is not as fun...especially for comedies. All Stephen Chow's movies must be watched in cantonese to get a real kick out of them.

  Ru Hua(Yu Fa) translate to english is 'like a flower'...not funny liao since they change it to another girl name
  
  
• kid_kid

  27 Sep 07, 16:30

  duplicate
• meltz

  27 Sep 07, 16:33

  Originally posted by polarsnake:

  Is it? I thought the local media did a good job at the translations.

  sg hk drama r taiwan dub
• aHGer^83

  27 Sep 07, 16:39

  Originally posted by meltz:

  sg hk drama r taiwan dub

  nope... not all.. now mostly are China ppl liaoz...
• meltz

  27 Sep 07, 16:43

  Originally posted by aHGer^83:

  nope... not all.. now mostly are China ppl liaoz...

  most still taiwan .. by the words they use and their slang .. if china dub .. i sure wont watch .. hate china dub yucks .. cant stand it
  
  just look out for the way they pronounce the word "he" .. taiwan they pronounce as han
• aHGer^83

  27 Sep 07, 16:46

  Originally posted by meltz:

  most still taiwan .. by the words they use and their slang .. if china dub .. i sure wont watch .. hate china dub yucks .. cant stand it
  
  just look out for the way they pronounce the word "he" .. taiwan they pronounce as han

  i know ah... but some had "migrate" to china liaoz...
  
  nbz... talking abt china... knn...
• polarsnake

  27 Sep 07, 22:08

  Originally posted by meltz:

  sg hk drama r taiwan dub

  i meant the subs are created in sg