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

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...

illust by Weibo@-Ask-- Anyone who is interested in Japanese anime should not miss Eva . Neon Genesis Evangelion ( Eva ) is regarded as a phenomenal masterwork of Japanese anime. It tells a dark and extremely complicated story that touches on a diversity of themes , including spiritual development , romantic relationships , social values of that age , culture, and religion. Among these , one of the most popular subjects of fan discussion is the delicate relationship between two of its characters , Shinji and Kaworu. And our story starts here. Eva was first broadcast in 1995 in Japan and was then released on many streaming platforms after it earned its reputation in the following years. In 2019 , Netflix ’ s re-release of a new version of this anime aroused heated discussion about several changes in the English translation from the original one. Shinji and Kaworu.  Retrieved from  https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/6/24/18701179/netflix-neon-genesis-evangelion-kaworu...