In subtitled films, dialogue is conveyed via text, albeit in a highly restricted manner. To avoid distracting from the on-screen images, subtitles must consist of only a few characters and lines, and to ensure that the audience has enough time to read them, they need to be carefully timed and clearly worded.
Well-done subtitles should fit seamlessly into a film’s cuts, dialogue rhythms and composition. The dialogue needs to be conveyed as accurately as possible – in terms of content, speaking style and humor – which is made all the more difficult by the fact that viewers can easily compare the text to the words being spoken in the original language. As a result, the translation must to be both precise and natural.
The timing and content of the subtitles are closely tied together, and should ideally be done by the same person. This is why I use professional subtitling software (EZTitles) that can process and deliver all of the most commonly used video and subtitle data formats.
- Wonka
by Paul King, 2023
FFS-Subtitling Berlin - Barbie
by Greta Gerwig, 2023
FFS-Subtitling Berlin - Oppenheimer
by Christopher Nolan, 2023
FFS-Subtitling Berlin - Pearl
by Ti West, 2023
FFS-Subtitling Berlin - Tár
by Todd Field, 2023
FFS-Subtitling Berlin - Ticket to Paradise
by Ol Parker, 2022
FFS-Subtitling Berlin - Black Bird
by Denis Lehane, 2022
FFS-Subtitling Berlin - Killing Eve
by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, 2018-2020
Studio Hamburg - The Boys
by Eric Kripke, 2019-2020
FFS-Subtitling Berlin - Roadkill
by David Hare, 2020
FFS-Subtitling Berlin - Dolittle
2020
FFS-Subtitling Berlin - Che cosa sono le nuvole?
by Pier Paolo Pasolini,
first subtitles 2017 - Fleabag (Season 1)
by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, 2016
FFS-Subtitling Berlin - L’Économie du couple
2016
Subwerk Stuttgart - Steve Jobs
by Danny Boyle/Aaron Sorkin, 2015 - Straight Outta Compton
2015 - Side Effects
by Steven Soderbergh, 2013 - Io e te
by Bernardo Bertolucci, 2013 - Le Rayon vert
by Eric Rohmer, new subtitles 2012 - What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
by Lasse Hallström,
new subtitles 2009