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13 3.7
To add written text at the bottom of a film or video to show the dialogue in another language
  • verb
  • /ˈsʌbˌtaɪtəl/
translation icon : subtitular
  • Tough Guise, subtitled Violence, Media, and the Crisis in Masculinity, is a good jumping-off point.
  • subtitled foreign films
  • subtitled a book

And they did not subtitle the languages in English.

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Examples

  • His latest book, Dialogue for Interreligious Understanding, is subtitled Strategies for the Transformation of Culture-Shaping Institutions.

    Academic text (2015)
  • She goes for the subtitled stuff, like Japanese films.

  • The words are subtitled on the screen and I still can't keep up.

  • The three volumes of his major work are subtitled "A Study in Communal Psychology."

    Academic text (1990)
  • Black Elk Speaks is subtitled "Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux."

    Academic text (1997)
  • Former Poet Laureate Billy Collins subtitled his Poetry 180 anthology "A Return to Poetry."

    Academic text (2006)
  • The filmmakers decided to subtitle the movie in multiple languages to reach a wider audience.

  • They always subtitle foreign films to help viewers understand the dialogue.

  • In order to make the documentary accessible to everyone, they will subtitle it in English.

Synonyms

to hardsub
vsto subtitle
  • Specialized
8.4

To add subtitles permanently to a video's image so viewers cannot turn them off

provides written translations that viewers can usually switch on or off

Compounds

hard subtitle
  • Specialized
4.1

Text always shown on the screen that cannot be turned off

How Complete

to transcribe
27 4.2
to subtitle
13 3.7
to caption
20 3.4

Surface Forms

subtitle infinitive
subtitled past
subtitled past participle
subtitling present participle
subtitles third person singular

Etymology

Subtitle as a verb comes from sub- 'under' and title, so to subtitle a film is to put those 'titles under' the picture. That is why to subtitle a movie means to add the written dialogue at the bottom of the screen so people can read it.