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John Miller

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Meet the folks behind the subtitles on your favorite movies and streaming TV shows

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Remember the last time you saw a foreign language film? You sat down in the dark, popcorn in hand, and for the next two hours you read all those subtitles. But even if you’ve seen a lot of subtitled movies, you’ve probably never thought of who wrote those fleeting words on the screen?

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