Let's talk about translation errors

Krystel 2022-04-23 07:01:21

First, I watched the original Chinese version. I don't know if there is a similar error in the dubbed version:

1) Jack found the girl in the auto parts store, the girl apologized and said:
"You were supporsed to be a pervert" was translated into "I didn't expect you to be in a mess" .
Pervert means pervert.
This is the girl saying "(according to the information someone told her) you should be a pervert!"

2) When Jack and the old man lay in ambush beside the quarry planning,
Jake: "Can you take him out?"
Old man: " to dinner?!"
This is a joke between the old man and jack, Jake asked the old man if he could cover him and kill a certain one, and the old man said "Where is he?" (similar to this)
take out to kill someone It also means dating. White-headed detectives have used similar stalks in the past.

3) At the end Barr moaned on the bed that he had done terrible things and get away with it before, then Helen said it was okay, this time with me, he said it was useless, no one can protect me. After:
Helen: Protect you from what? from who
? Who is going to hurt you?
Barr : There's this guy. He's a kind of cop, at least he used to be. He doesn't care about proof, he doesn't care about the law, he only cares about what's right. He knows what I did. You can't protect me. No one can. But things happened, he will be there. (Maybe I misremember a few sentences.)
The last three sentences mean: He knows that I have done something. You can't protect me, no one can. Once I commit a crime, he will appear (to eliminate harm for the people).

1 and 3 have already affected the plot and character settings, and 2 is not translated into a joke.

There are also piles of other small mistakes, similar to how sucker is translated into "stinky hands" and the like.

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Jack Reacher quotes

  • [from trailer]

    Jack Reacher: You think I'm a hero? I am not a hero. And if you're smart, that scares you. Because I have nothing to lose.

  • Jeb: Hey. Outside.

    Jack Reacher: Pay your check first.

    Jeb: I'll pay later.

    Jack Reacher: You won't be able to.