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Deaf television viewers subjected to constant subtitle howlers | Mail Online
Blundering subtitles in TV news bulletins are leaving viewers speechless with references to coughing planes and calling the Labour leader 'Ed Miller Band'.
The hard of hearing may have also have been baffled by a story on The Office of Nursed All Statistics or the National Union of Stew Departments if they relied on live subtitles.
Similarly, the sale of millions of puppies in Britain was not about the trade in live dogs but actually a story about people wearing poppies for Remembrance Day.
Eagle eyed viewers are now collecting their own examples to show how tough a job it is to subtitle live news broadcasts on 24-hour channels such as Sky and the BBC.
In a BBC breakfast news bulletin earlier this year, a reporter visiting a farm spoke of how the pigs 'love to nibble anything that comes into the shed, like our wellies.'
Unfortunately the subtitles alongside the report changed the last word to 'willies' and after one viewer captured it on screen, it then became a Twitter sensation.
Among those sent to the normally serious journal New Scientist are gems such as 'government making holes for surgeons' instead of 'making helpful decisions.'
Another noticed that civil service chief Sir Gus O'Donnell was referred to as 'Circus O'Donnell' while Ed Miliband was repeatedly Ed Miller Band during one live House of Commons debate.
Former chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson became 'Silly and Admundsen' while the National Union of Students was renamed the National Union of Stew Departments.
The Office of Nursed All Statistics was the subtitled name of the Office of National Statistics and in another report 'planes to cough' was used instead of 'planes took off.'
The phrase 'principally chemical and biological weapons' was corrupted to the darker 'Prince of Chemical and Bionicle Weapons' said New Scientist.
In another howler, a BBC announcer reporting 'a moment of silence for the Queen Mother' had his words transcribed as 'a moment of violence.'
Unlike pre-recorded shows where scripts are given out to be subtitled well ahead of broadcast, live news broadcasts need to transmit the printed words simultaneously.
This is done by a combination of speed typists and voice recognition software but both human and machine error can creep in, often with hilarious results.
But it is not just news. Live football commentary is also subtitled which has resulted in Poland being called Holland and former Liverpool keeper Jerzey Dudek becoming 'Dudeback.'
Blundering subtitles in TV news bulletins are leaving viewers speechless with references to coughing planes and calling the Labour leader 'Ed Miller Band'.
The hard of hearing may have also have been baffled by a story on The Office of Nursed All Statistics or the National Union of Stew Departments if they relied on live subtitles.
Similarly, the sale of millions of puppies in Britain was not about the trade in live dogs but actually a story about people wearing poppies for Remembrance Day.
Eagle eyed viewers are now collecting their own examples to show how tough a job it is to subtitle live news broadcasts on 24-hour channels such as Sky and the BBC.
In a BBC breakfast news bulletin earlier this year, a reporter visiting a farm spoke of how the pigs 'love to nibble anything that comes into the shed, like our wellies.'
Unfortunately the subtitles alongside the report changed the last word to 'willies' and after one viewer captured it on screen, it then became a Twitter sensation.
Among those sent to the normally serious journal New Scientist are gems such as 'government making holes for surgeons' instead of 'making helpful decisions.'
Another noticed that civil service chief Sir Gus O'Donnell was referred to as 'Circus O'Donnell' while Ed Miliband was repeatedly Ed Miller Band during one live House of Commons debate.
Former chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson became 'Silly and Admundsen' while the National Union of Students was renamed the National Union of Stew Departments.
The Office of Nursed All Statistics was the subtitled name of the Office of National Statistics and in another report 'planes to cough' was used instead of 'planes took off.'
The phrase 'principally chemical and biological weapons' was corrupted to the darker 'Prince of Chemical and Bionicle Weapons' said New Scientist.
In another howler, a BBC announcer reporting 'a moment of silence for the Queen Mother' had his words transcribed as 'a moment of violence.'
Unlike pre-recorded shows where scripts are given out to be subtitled well ahead of broadcast, live news broadcasts need to transmit the printed words simultaneously.
This is done by a combination of speed typists and voice recognition software but both human and machine error can creep in, often with hilarious results.
But it is not just news. Live football commentary is also subtitled which has resulted in Poland being called Holland and former Liverpool keeper Jerzey Dudek becoming 'Dudeback.'
