The subtitles of the series Glow Upwhose fourth season is available on Netflix, are controversial with some Internet users who are attacking the streaming platform.
Do Netflix subtitles have transphobic overtones? This is what some Internet users on Twitter seem to denounce, accusing the streaming platform of not respecting the French version of “They” by translating it as “Elle” or “Il” rather than “Iel” in the series. Glow up, available since August 19 on Netflix. As a reminder, the pronoun “iel”, a contraction of “he” and “she” was added in October 2021 to the Le Robert dictionary. The word is used in particular by non-binary people who do not recognize themselves in any gender, neither masculine nor feminine. However, if the pronoun “iel” is well used in the VF, it is the VO subtitled in French which poses a problem as explained by a twittos: “Why when Glow Up takes the step of giving the pronouns of the candidates does Netflix allow itself to misgender them in the subtitles?”adding: “It makes no sense: the VO says “they”, the VO subtitles say “they”, the VF says “iel” but the VF subtitles say “elle”.
Glow Up : translation problems denounced by Netflix subscribers
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“Netflix subtitles that don’t fit an MUA’s pronouns in Glow Up….”, seems to denounce another Internet user. An error that does not pass with some who do not hesitate to go further: “In the vo literally EVERYONE uses they to refer to Sophie but in the fr subtitles it prefers to put her but what is your problem?”. “The VF of Glow Up has been transphobic since the beginning, they misgender the candidates on each season”, can we still read. In addition to the pronoun problem, some words are downright badly chosen as another person points out: “In the series Glow Up, a genderfluid transgender candidate explains that he uses make-up to fight once morest his dysphoria which gnaws at him, because his “disease” – French translation – often causes seizures”. The term disease poses a problem here. It remains to be seen whether the problem comes from Netflix or from the translators…
Glow Up : What is it regarding ?
Glow Up is a reality TV show that tries to find out who will be the next makeup star? Ten aspiring makeup artists, competing in technique and creativity, live together as they compete in a series of jaw-dropping and colorful challenges to showcase their skills to the judges and win a career opportunity in the makeup industry. British aesthetic.
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why when glow up takes the step of giving the pronouns of the candidates Netflix allows itself to misgender them in the subtitles?
— léo (@leopom_) August 21, 2022
The netflix subtitles that do not adapt to the pronouns of an MUA in glow up….
— margot (@trumhann) August 21, 2022
in the vo literally EVERYONE uses they to refer to Sophie but in the fr subtitles it prefers to put her but what is your problem?
— tony tony chopper (@tearsof_thelynx) August 20, 2022
The VF of Glow Up has been transphobic from the start, they misrepresent the https://t.co/OuLnZewLy4 on every season
— Little Momhoe (@lapetite_momo) August 22, 2022
In the Glow Up series on @netflixa genderfluid transgender candidate explains that he uses make-up to fight once morest his dysphoria which gnaws at him, because his “disease” – translation VF – often causes seizures.
I blew hard because transidentity is not
⬇️ 1/4— Anna Marchal ????????️???????? (@AnnaBrd5) August 22, 2022
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