There’s an American-TV-loving underground in China, whose purpose is to translate and subtitle popular U.S. shows so fellow countrymen can download them via BitTorrent.
The New York Times takes a look at this fascinating hobby/mission, which is trying to dodge strict Chinese censors and U.S. copyright lawyers, and figure out how to translate American slang all at the same time.
“When I first started watching ‘Friends,’ I found the show was full of information about American history and showed how America had rapidly developed. It’s more interesting than textbooks or other ways of learning,” notes one secret translator.
1. Anyone else concerned that a potentially large segment of the world could be learning about the U.S. via “Friends”?
2. The late, great Aaron Spelling would have been a God in China.
Via tvtattle
