supertitles

The translated dialogue of "Diciembre" is projected in English supertitles that do not adequately communicate the interactive flow of these captivating onstage protagonists.

Variety.com 2010

The mainly Arabic dialogue is rendered in English supertitles, and some of the performances, including that of Fayez Kazak, who plays the Malvolio role, seem wildly broad, as if the actors don't trust the audience to understand them.

NYT > Home Page By JASON ZINOMAN 2011

Here, Monostatos is a guy clad in a green spandex bodysuit (that is, he’s green-skinned), and when the same scene occurs, Papageno’s musing as translated in the supertitles is about green birds and green men.

Zauberflöte 2005 2005

As I laughed at the words and supertitles in David Henry Hwang's insightful play, I began to think about the tricky nature of translation.

Bess Rowen: Lost and Gained In Translation Bess Rowen 2011

As I laughed at the words and supertitles in David Henry Hwang's insightful play, I began to think about the tricky nature of translation.

Bess Rowen: Lost and Gained In Translation Bess Rowen 2011

Indeed, depicting the three armies and their leaders, all speaking their own languages supertitles essential is a complicated task, better suited to film than stage.

Stifled Voices Heidi Waleson 2011

And apart from supertitles that were rarely in sync, Bel Cantanti's production rode Puccini's effervescent wave impressively.

A night at the opera, small-scale but satisfying Post 2010

This is what I thought as I watched the action and the supertitles in Chinglish.

Bess Rowen: Lost and Gained In Translation Bess Rowen 2011

Conductor Alan Gilbert's approach was large-scale and Wagnerian, with an orchestral sound that stressed power rather than delicacy and often covered the voices, making it difficult to distinguish the text an English translation by Norman Tucker without relying on the supertitles.

The Beauty of the Beasts Heidi Waleson 2011

This is what I thought as I watched the action and the supertitles in Chinglish.

Bess Rowen: Lost and Gained In Translation Bess Rowen 2011