subtitled film
Read while watching
A subtitled film displays translated text at the bottom of the screen rather than replacing the original audio with dubbed voices.
Viewers read dialogue while hearing actors' original performances: I prefer subtitled films—you lose so much with dubbing.
The term distinguishes foreign-language films shown in their original form from those with voice replacement.
- foreignFrom another nation
- foreign languageAnother nation's speech
- dubbedNamed or revoiced
- captionsText describing visual content
- closed captionsOn-screen transcription of audio
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