When subtitles go wrong: misunderstanding from inaccurate subtitles on international media

Empresses In The Palace Retrieved from  https://www.amazon.com/Empresses-Palace-Complete-English-Subtitled/dp/B00YAZQNMAhttps://www.amazon.com/Empresses-Palace-Complete-English-Subtitled/dp/B00YAZQNMA   The Legend of Zhenhuan , a hit Chinese TV drama about Imperial Harem in the Qing Dynasty, has been introduced into foreign markets by Netflix in the name of Empresses In The Palace in 2015 with great anticipation. Except for the dramatic and stirring harem rivalry scenes, it is a good chance for the foreign audience to take a glimpse at the ancient Chinese culture and its political system since the drama is adapted based on a true historical story.  

British comedy-drama Sex Education Retrieved from  https://collider.com/sex-education-season-4-netflix/ Netflix’s comedy series Sex Education has become a huge hit around the world. It has also been heatedly discussed in China among many young people and can be perceived as epochal in Chinese market since there has never been a drama that boldly talks about sex specifically with a target audience of the younger generations. There is no surprising that the series contains many sex-related terms, same sex-related terms and private organs as its theme intends to provide youngsters with proper sex education. However, when subtitling into Chinese, there seem to be some problems regarding “sex” and its related terms.  “Do you know what sex is?" Sex Education Season 1 In the story, Jeans is Otis’ mother and a sex therapist. She is quite open-minded and tries to provide Otis with sexual knowledge from his childhood. The following dialogue is one of the examples happened when Otis wa...