Subtitle Typo Award (1987): 8 characters are worth 1,000 words and pictures

Couldn't have said it better myself.

(Pyaar Karke Dekho)
It may not be the literal translation of what they're singing, but it sure is evocative. Maybe all 80s Govinda songs should be transcribed like this.

Comments

Pitu said…
HAHAHHAHAAHAHA *speechless* HAHHAHAHAHAAHA!
June 03, 2010 10:58 PM
bollyviewer said…
Shouldn't there be some exclamation marks following the question marks?
June 03, 2010 11:09 PM
bollylitsa said…
Hahaha! Is this what is called "a translator's inspiration"? :P
June 04, 2010 2:02 AM
harvey said…
:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
June 04, 2010 3:40 AM
ajnabi said…
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! That's awesome! Mr. Subtitler, I love you.
June 04, 2010 8:37 AM
Amrita said…
Ahahahah! The subtitler is clearly one of us in spirit.
June 04, 2010 8:44 AM
Shellie said…
LMAO! I suppose ????? translates universally! What a gem!
June 04, 2010 10:06 AM
Shweta Mehrotra Gahlawat said…
rofl- ur blogsite should carry a warning for psots like these- i may frighten someone with irrepressable laughter.
June 04, 2010 12:33 PM
Kanan said…
HEHAHAHAHA.... *falls off the chair laughing*

He/she must have run out of words. And who wouldn't! :D I can't wait to watch this on video. Those balls... OMG! who directed this?
June 04, 2010 3:21 PM
Unknown said…
ROFL.

No seriously, ROFL!!!
June 04, 2010 4:45 PM
Anonymous said…
Okay, now I know what to do when I'm subtitling a song for Tom, and can't find a good English equivalent for a line... such a brilliant idea! :-D
June 04, 2010 9:23 PM
Rae said…
Made me laugh out loud! I'll bet the WTF before the question marks was removed by the censor board.
June 04, 2010 10:23 PM
MsBlogger said…
Haha, that's a good one! And I agree, it's pretty accurate!
June 09, 2010 12:51 PM
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