

If anyone has Netflix in here, I have a question about the difference in
Funimation subtitles vs closed captioning, which I'm guessing is provided by
Netflix.

Not that I really even use Netflix for anime, but I have tried a few series
and noticed Funimation titles have both, a **Subtitles** as well as a **Closed
Caption** option, with different translations on both... not just the audible
sounds and what not. Subtitles always being coded in yellow and CC being
encoded in white.

Can anyone shed some light on this? Im guessing the yellow encoded subs are
from the DVD localization, and then the white CC are a resub, relicensed
through Netflix??


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Subtitles vs closed captioning translation difference on Netflix?(specific to Funimation titles)


Closed captioning (CC) and subtitling are both processes of displaying text on
a television, video screen, or other visual display to provide additional or
interpretive information. Basically, both are the same. But looking into it
technically, CC offers more.

From [Wikipedia article on Closed
Captioning](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed_captioning):

> HTML5 defines **subtitles** as a "transcription or translation of the
> dialogue ... when sound is available but not understood" by the viewer (for
> example, dialogue in a foreign language)

and

> **captions** as a "transcription or translation of the dialogue, sound
> effects, relevant musical cues, and other relevant audio information ...
> when sound is unavailable or not clearly audible" (for example, when audio
> is muted or the viewer is hearing impaired).

To put it in simple words, subtitles display the dialogue whereas CC is meant
to replace sound, not just dialogue.

About your question, in most cases, the CC differs very much from the
subtitles. This is because, in this case, Netflix, not only focuses on what's
being said, but also on pretty much everything thats going on around.
Subtitles, like you mentioned in your question, are often DVD localisations.
But the CC available on Netflix could be

  1. made by the employees.
  2. made by Audio Recognition softwares.
  3. submitted by users or volunteers.

Therefore it leaves a significant margin for error. Hence resulting in the
obvious difference between the subtitles and CC. I dont use Netflix, but it
seems the matter is not exclusive to Funimation series.

And the color of the texts, I guess is just to imply that subtitles will be
yellow colored while CC white.

Source(s): <http://theweek.com/articles/452181/how-netflix-alienated-insulted-
deaf-subscribers>


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