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[suhb-tahyt-l] / ˈsʌbˌtaɪt l /






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As “The New Dark Ages” makes clear, there is a lot more at stake than the joy of reading in what the subtitle calls the “Dawn of the Post-Literate Society.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

The subtitle “Hunt for Saddam” is a bit misleading: Saddam is found before the end of episode 3, and a viewer might think, “Time for a shawarma.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Are these three subtitle terms — codependent, perfectionist, people-pleasing — interchangeable or interlinked?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Do you hope that people will adopt it rather than using the other terms that make up the subtitle of your book?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2026

Later, however, the subtitle, "Anarchy," was gradually reduced to smaller lettering and finally dropped.

From Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911: Paul Kauvar; or, Anarchy by Montrose Jonas Moses

Most Asian films weren’t available in English, so Lee bought VHS tapes and added subtitles.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

The biggest gift of the streaming revolution is subtitles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

To watch this with subtitles go to BBC iPlayer and search for Morning Live from 17/06/2026.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

The film had subtitles and a complicated “eat the rich” subtext.

From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026

It was in a foreign language and had subtitles, which was fun because I had never read a movie before.

From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky

It’s not accidental that one sequel is subtitled “The Rage.”

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2026

It’s become a huge international hit, licensed in over 200 territories around the world, subtitled in 35 languages, dubbed in 12 languages.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2026

Any "video-on-demand" platform with more than 500,000 users will need to comply with rules overseen by UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom regarding "protections from harmful material" and increased availability of subtitled, signed and audio-described programming.

From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026

In the book, subtitled “Love, Loss, and a Really Long Walk,” the author intersperses dispatches from her trip with harrowing personal reflections on marriage, motherhood and the self.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

Some of the street signs are subtitled in Chinese, mul- ticulturalism on the march, others have Fashion District underneath the names.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

And in motivated readers, subtitling works in tandem with reading to enhance vocabulary and literacy.

From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2023

In the mid-1950s, Mr. Tanner and Mr. Goretta settled in London, where they found work curating archives and subtitling films for the British Film Institute.

From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2022

Ofcom found that Channel 4's ability to respond to the technology failure at Red Bee was not sufficiently resilient, with its back-up subtitling system failing.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2022

“We really wanted to create dynamic subtitling and, again, make it part of the design, as opposed to something that is separate and would take the audience’s eyes away from the actors.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2022

When it comes to translating films and series, subtitling and dubbing are the most common forms of translation.

From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2021




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