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#SubtleMemes #Halloween #subtitling #AI #MTPE
Cartoon image of a scared anime-style girl crouched under a desk, crying, while a menacing Terminator-style robot looms close by holding a gun. The caption reads: “WHEN THE AI GETS A CHANCE TO POST-EDIT YOUR .ASS INSTEAD.”
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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Spooky season never ends over here!

#SubtleMemes #AVT #translation #QC
A still from a horror movie shows Michael Myers standing ominously on a suburban sidewalk, half-hidden behind a tall hedge. The caption reads: “JUST YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOURHOOD QC’ER / PATIENTLY WAITING FOR YOU TO DELIVER THE MOVIE.” The Subtle logo, a speech bubble, is placed by the character as if he is saying it.
October 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Thank you to Christos Kanellopoulos for this one!

#SubtleMemes #AVT
A two-panel meme of Joey from Friends. In the top panel, Joey sits at a table looking smug. Text says "My dashboard is finally empty." In the bottom panel, his expression turns to alarm. Text says "My dashboard is empty"
October 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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#SubtleMemes #AVT #AI #rates #subtitling #film
"A three-panel meme: In the first image, a boss has his hands slammed on the table. Three colleagues sit at a table looking alarmed. He says ""Our blockbuster has a budget of 200 million. How much to localise it for a global audience?"" In the second panel, one employee says ""50k, tops!"" The next says ""AI!"" A third one, slouching at the desk says ""Could we try..."" The third panel shows the boss looking angry. The employee continues: ""Decent rates that do justice to our big blockbuster?"" To the right is an image of the employee falling out of the window of a tall office building, glass shattering around him."
October 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Along with many other terms, “twat waffle”, “sædtrompet”, “orange åndsbolle” & “clackwanker” feature in my little book of inspiration, updated & replenished at the strangest times. The life of a #subtitler, #linguist, #translator is never ever dull. (Not so) #SubtleMemes #translation #Subtitling
September 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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It's %&*!$% Friday!

#SubtleMemes #translation #subtitling #AVT
An image zooming in on a painting of two devilish creatures. One clasps his hands cunningly and looks at the other, while the other holds his hand up to his chin pensively. Text superimposed on the painting says "-honestly sometimes he gets a little too vulgar for me, but I'm a fan". Text above says "When the profanity muse hits you just right".
September 12, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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#SubtleMemes #AVT #subtitling #translation
In the top image, Homer from The Simpsons sleeps soundly. Text says "How I sleep when the QC is in a safe pair of hands". In the bottom image, Marge lies awake, her eyes bulging with red veins splintering into the middle. Text says "How the QCer sleeps".
September 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Wishing you all an AI-free weekend!

#SubtleMemes #AI #AVT #subtitling #translation
A girl in school uniform holds up a tuba. Another schoolgirl has her head in the bell of the tuba, pressed against the wall, so you can only see her body. The tuba is labelled "AI/MTPE debates". The girl holding the tuba over the girl's head is labelled "LinkedIn". The girl with the tuba over her head is labelled "Translators".
August 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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#SubtleMemes #AVT #translation #film
August 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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#blessed #summervibes #vaycay #beachlife #SunSeaAndSyncErrors #SubtleMemes
August 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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#SubtleMemes #translation #AVT
July 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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#SubtleMemes #AVT #translation #comedy
An image of Marge from The Simpsons looking into a fridge. Eight identical cartons have different labels. Text on the right says "When you get to joke #27981 of translating a stand-up special". The labels in order: "Literal and meh", "A bit random, still funny", "Play it safe, fool!", "Likely to get you cancelled", "Pass!" "Will 100% get you cancelled", "Chuckle worthy", "Better than the original".
July 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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#SubtleMemes #AVT #AI #Translation #HumanInTheLoop
A meme showing a cross-section of The Mechanical Turk. A man in traditional 18th-century clothing stands behind a cross-section of a chess-playing machine, a cabinet with gears and mechanisms. A small man sits inside, as if operating the machine. Above, text says "What they mean when they say: Human in the loop".
July 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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#SubtleMemes #l10n #AV
A meme of a period painting. The painting centres on a couple in an audience at the theatre. The woman on the left has her hair pinned up, rouged cheeks and an elegant silk pink dress with long white gloves. She looks down politely, perhaps unimpressed. A man in a tuxedo and short white gloves holds a piece of white paper in his right hand and is leaning in confidently, as if muttering something to her. The meme text says "When he's mansplaining the plot but you have translated the movie".
June 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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No PMs were harmed in the making of these memes

#SubtleMemes #AVT
A meme showing an image from the 2009 horror film Orphan. A child stands ominously over a sleeping child. Text at the top says "Me waiting for the PM in a random timezone to wake up and sort out my deadline A meme of a medieval-style painting. A man sits at a desk writing in a large book. Goblins and angels swarm around him. Text at the top says "The PM trying to get some actual work done while dealing with our deadline tickets in 87 random timezones".
June 13, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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#SUBTLEmemes #AI #AVT #translation
A meme of a cat wearing a suit, sitting at a table reading a newspaper. A teacup and saucer are on the table. The text says "These AI headlines are driving me mad... I should join Subtle already". In the top left corner is the Subtle logo. In the top right corner is a QR code in a graphic of a mug.
May 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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#SubtleMemes #Burnout #SlowTranslation #l10n #AVT
A sweaty and moody-looking Ivan Drago from "Rocky IV" at a boxing match. Meme text says "Folks be assigning entire seasons with 48hr deadlines like... if they die, they die"
May 16, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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#SUBTLEmemes
A cartoon of a white cat looking shocked. Spacey, multicoloured light shoots out from behind it. Green text above says "WEIRD KNOWLEDGE INCREASED". At the bottom, black text says "When you google something for work and discover it's an obscure sex thing."
May 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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#SUBTLEmemes
April 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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#SUBTLEmemes
A meme showing a photo of vinyl on sale in a record store. On the left is a vinyl with an image of Michael Jackson, his name down the side, and "BAD" scrawled in red letters. Above, meme text reads "POVERTY RATES". On the right is a parody of the same vinyl, with a picture of Weird Al Yankovic dressed as Michael Jackson with "Weird Al" Yankovic down the side and "EVEN WORSE" scrawled in red letters. Below, the meme text reads "POVERTY RATES PLUS "...BUT IT'S MTPE"
April 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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#SUBTLEmemes
A screenshot of a Spotify playlist named "POV: You're an audiovisual translator". The playlist creator is "SUBTLE". The names of the songs are as follows: 1) Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? 2) Oh Yeah 3) It's Because 4) I Gotta Feeling 5) No One Cares 6) About 7) Quality 8) Subtitles 9) P.S. 10) Go Away 11) AI
April 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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#SUBTLEmemes
A meme showing a classical painting of a woman in a headress and a red robe. The dark scene is lit by a candle on the table. She holds a mirror in her left hand that rests on the table. Her right index finger gently points to a skull sat on the table in front of the mirror. The text says "When they say be hands-off during QC but you come up with something hilarious".
March 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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#SUBTLEmemes
March 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Being a subtitler's not all that bad...

#SubtleMemes
March 14, 2025 at 8:50 AM
subtleuk.bsky.social
Before our Chief Meme Officer unleashes his own memes into the wild, we wanted to share our honourable mentions from the meme contest! Can you relate to any?

1: Marianne van Amersfoort-Gerritsen
2: Laisa Couto
3: Laisa Couto
4: Chris Kanellopoulos
5: Meredith Cannella

#SUBTLEMemes
February 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM