Did you spot this major issue with the hit Netflix series?
October 12, 2021 - 11:12 BST Emmy Griffiths Viewers have been completely obsessed with Squid Game – and it’s easy to see why. The hugely popular Korean drama follows a group of cash-strapped individuals who unwittingly opt into playing children’s games for a huge cash prize – not realising that they will be killed if they lose the game.English-speaking fans have been either watching it with subtitles or dubbed in English – but a viewer has pointed out a major problem with the translations.
TikTok user @youngmimayer created a video, which has gone on to receive 2.7 million likes, revealing that the English subtitles are sometimes very different to the Korean, and suggested that it drastically changes several elements of the show. Warning, mild spoilers ahead for up to episode six.She explained: “I noticed that you’re missing so much from the English subtitles… Mi-Nyeo… her dialogue constantly gets botched… she cusses a lot and it gets very sterilised.
Showing a clip from the show, she explained: “Here she is trying to convince people to play the game with her, the translation says, ‘Oh I’m not a genius, but I can work it out,’ but what she actually said was, ‘I am very smart, I just never got a chance to study,’ that is a huge trope in Korean media, the poor person who is smart and clever but just isn’t wealthy.
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