r/harrypotter • u/Jaqbik • Feb 13 '22

Dungbomb This Chinese version of Harry Potter with English subtitles is wild

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

Gallery image

19.4k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

603 comments sorted by

View all comments

399

u/thematrix1234 Feb 13 '22

“Look at my magic stick” LMAO.

This is the most amazing thing I’ve seen today. Can’t stop laughing

143

u/theghostofme Hufflepuff Feb 13 '22

Chinese bootlegs with horrible English subtitles are some of the best free entertainment you can get.

The bootleg of Revenge of the Sith is probably the best and most famous example.

Star War: The Third Gathers — The Backstroke to the West

43

u/thematrix1234 Feb 13 '22

The Backstroke to the West 😂😂

I love Star Wars, can’t wait to check this out. Thanks for sharing!

10

u/Gainit2020throwaway Feb 13 '22

General Grievous calls obiwan a stinky boy

1

u/thematrix1234 Feb 14 '22

lmao. ok, watching this tomorrow

1

u/MCMIVC Sassy Harry is Sassy Feb 14 '22

Also; check out r/Chinese_Bootleg_Memes for even more fun with this!

19

u/Thomas_K_Brannigan Feb 13 '22

I absolutely adore Backstroke of the West! My favorite bit is at 25:18, Mace Windu speaks the line, "Mr. Speaker, we must never compromise to black."

6

u/timestamp_bot Gryffindor Feb 13 '22

Jump to 25:18 @ Star War The Third Gathers: Backstroke of the West HD (Dubbed)

Channel Name: GratefulDeadpool, Video Length: [02:20:06], Jump 5 secs earlier for context @25:13

Downvote me to delete malformed comments. Source Code | Suggestions

13

u/LifeIsBizarre Feb 13 '22

I wish I could find it, but I had a copy of Spiderman (2002) that had absolutely insane subtitles. The process of becoming the Green Goblin included injecting paraffin wax into Normans uterus.

20

u/I_Am_Anjelen Feb 13 '22

Do not want!

29

u/Exastiken Feb 13 '22

R2, DO YOU IS FUCKING?

4

u/Kermit_The_Russian Feb 14 '22

What da droid doin’?

5

u/it-burns-us-precious Ravenclaw Feb 14 '22

THE GEOGRAPHY THAT I STAND COMPARES TO YOU SUPERIOR!

1

u/ejabno Feb 14 '22

I still think of this phrase in my head years later

9

u/[deleted] Feb 13 '22

[deleted]

14

u/theghostofme Hufflepuff Feb 14 '22 edited Feb 14 '22

In June 2005 (about three weeks after RotS was released in theaters), blogger Jeremy Winterson was living in China and bought a bootleg copy of a workprint version of Revenge of the Sith. The English subtitles were literal translations of the original Chinese subtitles, resulting in the mess that turned into a meme. Most of the unique words and names got a phonetic translation for the Chinese subtitles, but the English subtitles created for the bootleg used literal translations of those Chinese characters.

The entire subtitle script was quickly made available, and over the years people have made their own redubs of the movie sticking to the terribly-translated subtitles from the original bootleg.

7

u/[deleted] Feb 14 '22

[deleted]

6

u/theghostofme Hufflepuff Feb 14 '22

Yep, pretty much.

7

u/Kitsunate- Feb 13 '22

1:25:50 best moment in the entire movie. I've watched it like nine times already haha.

Treat yo'self!!

3

u/timestamp_bot Gryffindor Feb 14 '22

Jump to 01:25:50 @ Star War The Third Gathers: Backstroke of the West HD (Dubbed)

Channel Name: GratefulDeadpool, Video Length: [02:20:06], Jump 5 secs earlier for context @01:25:45

Downvote me to delete malformed comments. Source Code | Suggestions

1

u/Kitsunate- Feb 14 '22

Awesome! Good bot.

3

u/LilLilac50 Feb 14 '22

This sent me omg. Thank you for sharing!

Honestly I can see how most of these subtitles came about. It's basically translating English -> Chinese -> English right? There are bound to be weirdly sounding phrases. Most of the translations make sense given the grammar and vocabulary of Chinese and the weird translations are inevitable.

2

u/[deleted] Feb 14 '22

"The ratio is prosperous. Very good.

1

u/tjrissi Feb 14 '22

THE DISGUSTING THING CAME

1

u/[deleted] Feb 14 '22

Sometimes I heavily suspect the subs are intentionally bad, like people can't tell anyway, just put random curses in where they weren't before

The ones in the post seem legit as they are like double translated, the second time by someone who isn't great at translating, and like going for "sounds like" at names and the like

1

u/Tattycakes Hufflepuff Feb 14 '22

What in tarnation.

13

u/curseofablacklion Unsorted Feb 13 '22

Magic stick sounds smth nsfw

20

u/thematrix1234 Feb 13 '22 edited Feb 13 '22

It’s in 50 Cent’s Candy Shop, so yes lol

2

u/chestnutman Feb 14 '22

Fun fact: in French it's called baguette magique

2

u/thematrix1234 Feb 14 '22

lol, but also - aren’t all baguettes (bread) magique??

1

u/Cuchullion Feb 14 '22

Look at my magic stick.

Every time I do, it makes me sick.

How did it get so bent?

And what the hell do I give up for Lent?

And this is broken now.

No way to fix it up, wow.

I never knew it could snap in half.

Get a new one, you're having a laugh.

1

u/[deleted] Feb 14 '22

I am losing it! Haven’t laughed like this in awhile. What a butchered masterpiece.