Interesting things about your local dub? I'll start off, these are the name of the ponies in chinese literally translated into english.
Twilight Sparkle - 紫悦 (Zi Yue) - PURPLE DELIGHT
Rarity - 珍奇 (Zhen Qi) - RARE
Rainbow Dash - 云宝 (Yun Bao) - CLOUD TREASURE
Fluttershy - 柔柔 (Rou Rou) - SOFTLY
Applejack - 苹果嘉儿 (Ping Guo Jiar Er) - APPLE FINE CHILD
Pinkie Pie - 碧琪 (Pi Qi) - PEACH
Princess Celestia - 宇宙公主 (Yu Zhou Gong Zhu) - SPACE PRINCESS
Princess Luna - 月亮公主 (Yue Liang Gong Zhu) - MOON PRINCESS
Princess Cadance - 音韵公主 (Yin Yun Gong Zhu) - PHONOLOGY PRINCESS
Queen Chrysalis - 幻形女王 (Huan Xing Nu Wang) - MAGIC SHAPE QUEEN
Starlight Glimmer - 星光烁烁 (Xing Guang Shuo Shuo) - TWINKLY
Sunset Shimmer - 落日霞光 (Luo Ri Xia Guang) - SUNSET GLOW
Brazilian dub is fucking garbage, specially the songs, i am glad they at least kept the original names rather than literal translations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KeaJcvv5mU
>>27460208
I was going to make a smart ass reply about having the English version be my local version, but then
>Phonology Princess
>Magic Shape Queen
holy fuck
>>27460222
Hue hues aren't even human anon
SUMERECHNAYA ISKORKA
>>27460228
judging by how "humans" are behaving these days i would rather be a happy monkey
>>27460236
forgot pic
>>27460208
What is Spike's name?
>>27460243
Spike
>>27460244
Just spike? Spike got off lucky, his name translates easily.
>>27460243
Nothing interesting, 穗龙(Sui Long), literally SPIKE DRAGON
Italian dub is dumbed down a lot, so they all speak like they were teen girls.
The only relevant things that comes to my mind, tho, is the intro: the first 2 seasons were handled by Mediaset network, which is quite famous for butchering foreign shows with ludicrous dubbings and completely nonsensical cuts. Thus, as usual, they decided to throw away the original intro and add a completely new one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ablzYL9En5s
>open google translator
>write down the pony names separately
>translate from english to your native language
Twilight Sparkle - Crepúsculo Faísca
Rarity - Raridade
Rainbow Dash - Arco-íris traço/traço de arco-íris
Fluttershy - Palpitação tímida
Applejack - Maçã Jack
Pinkie Pie - dedo mínimo torta
Spike - espigão
>>27460264
I kinda like this new intro. My only gripe is that it's too long. I assume they cut it down when it's on air.
>>27460297
Well, of course that's the full version.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txcSPS2To8Y
Anyway, any sane italian fan hates that intro. Dunno why it sounds so catch to non-italians, maybe we're just fed with these cheesy, always identical songs...
>>27460275
>Raridade
>>27460238
Monkeys aren't happy little things
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140917131816.htm
https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War
>>27460325
Link may be messed up just search for
Gombe chimpanzee war
>>27460325
...ok
>>27460208
I am Czech, but in the Slovak dub (Czech and Slovak share a lot in common, to the point where both countries understand each other almost perfectly, heck we used to be the same country in the past, beside the point)
Anyway, basically, Grumpy Pie called Flutterbitich in the "The Return Of Harmony" "a bitch" when she knocked her towards the floor.
In Slovak terms like "God" are used instead of "Celestia" and such too, sadly it made its way only to he S2, but it was an amazing dub.
>>27460208
Cloud treasure sound top cute.
>>27460208
>MAGIC SHAPE QUEEN
>>27460346
Intresting, I wonder why they de-censodred the word God
>>27460315
RARIDADE
LET'S GET FANCY WITH YOUR THIRST
>>27460208
Oh hello, chinese bro.
Is the fandom still going there? Are the show still aired?
Anyway, frenchfag, never watched the dub (because it's dubbed by belgians for less cost, thus they sound like bad teenagers) but they thankfully kept the mane 6 english names.
>>27460275
>Dedo mínimo torta
Toppest of keks
>>27460208
>space princess
>>27460264
>butchering foreign shows with ludicrous dubbings and completely nonsensical cuts.
This. And the funny thing is, this show is actually dubbed better than a fuckton of films and tv series, where they often distort entire sentences so much so that in the end even the general gist is different. I personally found the translations here to be at least bearable. What makes everything cringy as fuck are the voices. They ALL sound like fucking 8 years old kids, except maybe Celestia and Luna if I recall correctly. The only voice I found really fitting was Discord's, but they fucked up some of his lines too. I clearly remember a line from the S4 premiere: near the end of the second episode Flutters asks him to help "cleaning up the mess" (the black vines). In the English version he says "Ok, but I don't do windows" while in the Italian one he says "I don't do toilets". As much as that could be funny, it's a completely unnecessary and unjustified change.
>>27460311
>Dunno why it sounds so catch to non-italians
I think it's because people got incredibly sick of the original intro and therefore everything that is different becomes automatically enjoyable. I bet they would change their minds if they knew what the intro says, though.
>>27460275
! ! ! ! ! ! P O R T U G U E S E ! ! ! ! ! !
>>27460208
>"Oh herro, preez."
Latín Spanish has nothing really bad. I cringe sometimes but beside that is really good sticking to the original names and a good translation.
Let make a literal translation just for fun.
Twilight Sparkle - Destello de Crepúsculo
Applejack - Jack manzana
Pinkie Pie - Rosadita Pie
Fluttershy - Vuelo Tímido
Rarity - Rareza
Rainbow Dash - Arco iris fugaz
Spike - Puas
>>27460208
>search 星光烁烁
>literally 10% of the images are Starlight, rest are Chinese people at parties
>search Cтapлaйт Глиммep
>literally all Starlight
>>27460552
Spike needs the "s" taken away and a "t" added to his Spanish name
>>27460552
>Jack manzana
Sounds baddass as fuck
>>27460573
>>27460573
Sorry Anon, that can't be Spike's name because that's how we call your mother.
Oh là là!
Twilight Sparkle - Crépuscule Éclat
Applejack - Cidre Fort
Pinkie Pie - Auriculaire Tarte
Fluttershy - Battement Timide
Rarity - Rareté
Rainbow Dash - Arc-en-ciel Tiret
Spike - Pointe
>>27460596
>>27460590
>>27460573
>mfw the only reason I get this joke is because I have a beaner friend
>>27460596
I have two dads
So jokes on you
>>27460264
Hey the italian dub is really good
>>27460627
It sounds terrible to me (and italians in general).
>>27460611
>Cidre fort
kek
>>27460611
Im trying to learn French.
That made me laugh
>>27460336
Oook?
>TWINKLY
>>27460208
Can we start calling Starlight "Twinkly" now?
>>27460275
>pinkie
>Google thinks is the finger
Wow, the Google translate sucks even harder on portuguese that spanish
>>27460989
yup
>>27460275
t. Alberto Balsalm
The Russian dub is absolute garbage
Half the names are translated while the others are not; SUMERECHNAYA ISKORKA and RADUGA DASH were translated while the rest of the main cast wasn't
Also Nightmare Moon was literally, I shit you not, translated as just "Moon Pony"
>>27460989
...no shit, that's actually the "pinkie finger"
>>27461170
The scene where Twilight calls NMM out in the first episode:
>The original: "You're the mare in the Moon! Nightmare Moon!"
>Russian: "You're the Moon Pony! THE MOON PONY!"
>>27461170
How are they dealing with Rainbow Dash in the Russian version? The country is pretty harsh against the gay-propaganda, no?
>>27461210
>"You're the Moon Pony! This means you have cheese guts!"
>>27461240
I haven't watched much of the russian dub to be quite honest. I don't think anything about her is censored though, it's probably too subtle
>>27461240
Not everything you think is gay is considered gay in other countries
Take India for example men hold hands when they walk
It's a sign of friendship not gay
>>27461240
>she's got rainbow hair so it's obviously gay pride XD
>>27460208
>Rarity=RARE
Quick post your rare Raritys
>>27461279
So, the whole 'squatting while wearing a tracksuit' thing is a social feature...?
>>27461279
Yeah but they don't poo in the loo so they don't count
>>27460222
Lmao,it sounds like someone trying to mix chinese and spanish.
I want to cum inside Cloud Treasure
>>27461240
Not everything is as gay as you fagget.
Stop associating everything with lgbt.
>>27460208
>SPACE PRINCESS
>MAGIC SHAPE QUEEN
lel
>>27461170
SUMERECHNAYA ISKORKA is a fun thing to shout
>>27460425
not OP, but from my experience, fans still exist in mainland China. The pony fandom is called the "pony cult" or “horselovers” online.
>>27460208
The episode "Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000" was banned in the UK, as the word Cider over here explicitly means the alcoholic variant, not the flat pressed apple drink it means in US and Canada.
As a bongistani I got a laugh out of it first time round, especially with RD's obsession over getting her fix
>>27460275
Twilight Sparkle - Dämmerung Funkeln
Rarity - Seltenheit
Rainbow Dash - Regenbogen Strich
Fluttershy - Flattern Schüchtern
Applejack - Apfel Bube
Pinkie Pie - Kleiner Finger Kuchen
eh
>>27460236
Are you Russian?
>Spanish
>All mares sound the fucking same
>It sounds like shit
And that's pretty much it.
>>27460222
this makes me wonder if the show does poorly in other countries only because of the shitty dubbing. the good VA and songs are part of what makes this show enjoyable, so if you take those away theres not much left.
>>27460311
i personally dislike when they use cuts from the show for their opening. its like a bunch of spoilers.
>>27462299
Ah, the wonderful sounds of the German lexicon.
I'm watching the German dub, don't even care if I need subtitles.
>Trixie
>great Britain
Man if there was an English Trixie somewhere in my country I would find her and waifu the fuck out of her
>>27460264
The intro is bretty gud
>>27460611
>Cidre Fort
That gives me a vibe that Applejack is a muscle girl in the French version
>>27460264
I like the chorus
>>27460222
I had never heard mlp in pt-br even though its my main language but by god i m glad i first watched in english
>>27464101
agreed, its only good for the youtube poop material
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UxVgrFTCmw
>>27460208
>Princess Celestia - 宇宙公主 (Yu Zhou Gong Zhu) - SPACE PRINCESS
>>27460208
>Pinkie Pie - 碧琪 (Pi Qi) - PEACH
>>27460275
>Māori
Twilight Sparkle - Ahiahi Rarama
Rarity - Doesn't seem to be one
Rainbow Dash - Pīhono Aniwaniwa
Fluttershy - Kaka Whakamā (not the whole name, but close enough)
Applejack - aporo Jack
Pinkie Pie - pie pinkie (what the fuck?)
Spike - Koi/Titi
Google Translate, man. It never ceases to amaze me.
>>27460208
Seriously 碧琪 does not really mean PEACH, but I totally see what you did there.
>>27460405
Isn't all that controversial in here.
Also "I'll destroy her" has been translated to "I'll RIP HER to pieces"
>>27460250
You forgot to mention that Spike's Chinese name 穗龍 literally means RICE SPIKE DRAGON instead of pointy, scalely, actual spike.
That's comedy gold level of mistranslation you can't miss.
>>27460208
More reasons why English is the god-tier, superior language.
>>27467058
No, those are reasons why China mainlander should stop using their shit-tier Simplfied Chinese immediately and start using the god-tier, superior Traditional Chinese.
>>27462947
I wish this was confirmed canon so I could fap virgorously once again.
>>27460552
>Twilight Sparkle - Destello de Crepúsculo
>>274670584kids
>>27460275
>>27460989
>>27461181
>Hi, I'm Little Finger, and I threw this party just for you!
Is there any dub of this show that is actually considered good? I remember checking out some of the songs in japanese once and they were all ok.
In S2 of the Dutch MLP dub, Discord was called Twist (being the literal translation of the word). This was later changed back to Discord because you know, Twist is already a character.
>>27460208
>SOFTLY
>MAGIC SHAPE QUEEN
>TWINKLY
wtf china
>>27462311
he is
>>27461170
>>27461210
I'm so glad I stopped watching anything with Rusland dub.
Seriously, how can they be so incompetent? And translation, by the way, is just a little part of that giant pile of shit.
General lack of expression or terrible overplaying... It's like they just reading text from the list.
And they dare to call themselves "actors"! Bah!
I'm glad subbers like sunnysubs aka anon2anon exist.
>>27460208
>PURPLE DELIGHT
sounds like a fleshlight or dragondildo
>>27468786
Actually I think it is a fleshlight. Anybody have that picture with all the pony colored fleshlights? I think they had names too.
>>27462184
Not surprised, considering you are all a bunch of
faggot cucks.
WAHH MY SAFE SPACE DURR!
>>27468847
Fucking brits. They used to be cool. Now you need a license to go buy a butter knife and a rape whistle to defend yourself if you get mugged on the way there.
Twilight sparkle - Cunt
Rarity - Cunt
Pinkie Pie - Pink Cunt
Rainbow Dash - Cunt
Fluttershy - Cunt
Applejack - Bogan
The CMC - Little Cunts
>>27468912
Australian dub?
>>27468930
>>27466999
GT says it means Peach and just googling 碧琪 returns a bunch of images of Princess Peach and a few of ponko
