When the people doing the subtitles clearly are not fans of the show....

6x05: Schisms. My nerd rage flared up a little bit watching that scene.

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jfc he has a name, it is Data and he speaks
- Data: [Vehicle reversing]
Better?
- Yes, much. Lol. Blu ray/streaming release or did you fix it in post?
  
  Trekcore blu ray stills. I've found myself referencing it more these days. Except for VOY and DS9, since some studio refuses to do a proper HD/4K release.
  Edit: I'm aware of the VOY side project though.
- Tricording
NERDS TALKING
- 😂 That would be either someone's first day on the job, last day, or possibly both.
  
  It would funny to do like a "trek illiterate sub"
- Ongoing nerding...
  
  Nerds shit continues
I get why you raged because my immediate thought was which gadget‽ There are so many!
- You are not wrong!
  The ones in their hands? The ones in their shirts? The one that is a gadget? The one in the face? The various ones behind them? The one they're standing in?
I'm pretty sure the subtitles I use are taken from the transcripts, not dictated from the show.
Which makes it interesting to see when the actors add their particular flair to the dialogue -- especially Patrick Stewart and Brent Spiner.
- Out of curiosity, have an example?
  
  None that I can remember specifically but it happens a lot. The subtitle text will be something like, "are you sure?" and Captain Picard would say something like, "are you ABsolutely positive?" And I think Brent Spiner added a lot of Data-isms that weren't in the transcripts.
  I think most shows do it. Why would a company pay someone to transcribe when they can just pay someone to line up the audio with the transcript in 1/10th of the time?
[foreign language]
Being someone that posts a lot of video edits that are mostly subtitles, this hurts me deeply.
- I would be immediately suspicious if any of your edits made such an egregious mistake lol.
  
  I am honestly touched. First time I have been referenced in a meme.
My favourite is when auto subtitles add [Music] when there is clearly nothing.
- car starts
  [Applause]
My favorite subtitle moment from Star Trek (I don't remember which one) is the "Everyone prepare for a Happy Birthday!" on Netflix
That was the funniest thing little kid me had ever seen

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