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Lobo1976 t1_iub6r22 wrote

Sometimes it is the subtitle contract. If I remember right it is charged by word. There is also region changes, the best for this is so much stuff from Britain the subtitles are changed in North America because they feel we won't understand it.

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TheLastKirin t1_iud6op3 wrote

Harry Potter and the SORCERER's Stone because no one in America could be expected to learn something new.

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OneGoodRib t1_iuey3id wrote

Yes that's exactly it, it's not that the books were aimed at 10 year olds and "philosopher's stone" conjures up images of Plato sitting on a rock for a book that's supposed to be about wizard school.

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TheLastKirin t1_iufhdhw wrote

You realize that's exactly what it was called in the UK? Imagine, kids learning something from a book.

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