From e517c45cbbb723a05fa5d752eb971aa84a29d418 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeremy Penner Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 22:08:03 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] More formatting tweaks --- README.md | 156 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 7f1ef89..1cbc6b0 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -31,348 +31,348 @@ Scrolling through `diff-subtitles-uk-us.txt`, some themes emerge: ### Less British -##### [2771] (diff score: 15) +_[2771] (diff score: 15)_ **UK:** Fruit Croppers **US:** Fruit Hedgers -##### [710] (diff score: 13) +_[710] (diff score: 13)_ **UK:** Tarpaulin **US:** Tent -##### [3357] (diff score: 14) +_[3357] (diff score: 14)_ **UK:** I don't fancy getting in there! **US:** I don't think I'll be getting in there! -##### [2905] (diff score: 15) +_[2905] (diff score: 15)_ **UK:** Look, Kenty babe! You either borrow summat or you don't. You can't 'sorta'. And yes, yes, you can 'sorta' borrow it. Just 'sorta' bring it back when you're done, all right? **US:** Look, Kenty babe! You either borrow something or you don't. You can't 'sorta'. And yes, yes, you can 'sorta' borrow it. Just 'sorta' bring it back when you're done, all right? -##### [2627] (diff score: 12) +_[2627] (diff score: 12)_ **UK:** Ha ha! You do stuff like that and it'll stunt yer growth! Uncle Jed was only 32cm tall at the age of thirty! **US:** Ha ha! You do stuff like that and it'll stunt yer growth! Uncle Jed was only 17 inches tall at the age of thirty! -##### [233] (diff score: 28) +_[233] (diff score: 28)_ **UK:** RAARG! YURG! ROAR!..... WOW! What was that stuff? That is potent blackcurrant juice! **US:** RAARG! YURG! ROAR!..... Whoa!!! What was that stuff? It was Potent! -##### [3297] (diff score: 12) +_[3297] (diff score: 12)_ **UK:** I have no use for rubbish. There's enough of it in my apartment! **US:** I have no use for trash. There's enough of it in my apartment! -##### [1404] (diff score: 7) +_[1404] (diff score: 7)_ **UK:** Perhaps I could put a stupid message on it, like "Kent wuz ere"? **US:** Perhaps I could put a stupid message on it like, "Kent wuz here." -##### [4968] (diff score: 7) +_[4968] (diff score: 7)_ **UK:** Bring three Mood Transmitters into this chamber. Get them now lad. **US:** Bring three Mood Transmitters into this chamber. Get them now dude. -##### [4969] (diff score: 7) +_[4969] (diff score: 7)_ **UK:** Two more now. Brave Lad! **US:** Two more now. Brave dude! Brave dude! -##### [2813] (diff score: 108) +_[2813] (diff score: 108)_ **UK:** Sheesh!! A triple CD compilation of train noises! English import, from the land of shopkeepers and eccentric Lords. **US:** This Blows!! A triple CD compilation of train noises! Who in their right mind would buy this?? ...only an engineer. ### More Attitude -##### [1762] (diff score: 31) +_[1762] (diff score: 31)_ **UK:** I'd rather have a kick in the teeth! **US:** Yeah?! I'd rather have my butt kicked! -##### [3361] (diff score: 14) +_[3361] (diff score: 14)_ **UK:** Can't we go and do something more exciting? **US:** Can't we like go and do something more exciting dude, or what? -##### [1790] (diff score: 15) +_[1790] (diff score: 15)_ **UK:** The shop's open now. **US:** The shop's open now. Yeah, right on! Cool! -##### [5533] (diff score: 15) +_[5533] (diff score: 15)_ **UK:** This stuff is totally smashed. **US:** This stuff is smashed to the Max. -##### [3996] (diff score: 13) +_[3996] (diff score: 13)_ **UK:** Are you determined to give me a hernia? **US:** Yo dude, what's up? Are you determined to give me a hernia? -##### [1333] (diff score: 12) +_[1333] (diff score: 12)_ **UK:** I can just manage to lift it. Aha, there's a blue box under here! **US:** I can just manage to lift it. Aha, there's a blue box under here! Yeah! Scoreage! -##### [2502] (diff score: 12) +_[2502] (diff score: 12)_ **UK:** Ah, the after-effects of a cooking accident. It ruined my white shirt too. **US:** Ah, the after-effects of a cooking accident. It ruined my white shirt too. Totally bogus. -##### [1341] (diff score: 100) +_[1341] (diff score: 100)_ **UK:** I wonder where these doors lead? To a secret smuggler's hideout, I bet! **US:** I wonder where these doors lead? To a secret smuggler's hideout, I bet! Or I know, a gang of terrorists! A bunch of people with guns and machines and they want to kill everyone they see and slit their throats and blood and guts!!! -##### [202] (diff score: 130) +_[202] (diff score: 130)_ **UK:** Hey, it's Barbara Barbie! I remember watching her on 'Minor-Celebrity Triangles'! **US:** Hey, it's Barbara Barbie! What a hot chick. She was always a guest on that stupid show "Love Cruise." That was one of those Miss Spelling productions. -##### [5366] (diff score: 70) +_[5366] (diff score: 70)_ **UK:** It's an intangible lattice of light, man! How can I pick it up? **US:** Catch a clue, dude! It's a ray of light! How could I pick a ray of light up? It's just not possible.... Get a brain! -##### [3638] (diff score: 10) +_[3638] (diff score: 10)_ **UK:** It seems to be a picture of a human skull. **US:** Whoa, gnarly. It seems to be a picture of a human skull. ### Confused About Which Direction To Turn The British/American Dial -##### [2392] (diff score: 29) +_[2392] (diff score: 29)_ **UK:** Gnarly drums! I wonder where the rest of them are? **US:** Cool kit! I wonder where the rest of it is? -##### [206] (diff score: 15) +_[206] (diff score: 15)_ **UK:** He looks like one of those presenters that look great on TV but are deeply boring and self-centred off-camera. **US:** He looks like one of those presenters that look great on TV but are deeply boring and self-centered off-camera. -##### [1524] (diff score: 68) +_[1524] (diff score: 68)_ **UK:** Why does someone want to watch some dumpsters. What a bunch of garbage! Ha ha, get it?! **US:** Why would somebody wanna watch some dumpsters? Utter rubbish...get it? -##### [5391] (diff score: 13) +_[5391] (diff score: 13)_ **UK:** Totally Trashed Guitar **US:** Pretty Trashed Guitar -##### [5598] (diff score: 7) +_[5598] (diff score: 7)_ **UK:** Yeah, I rescued the real you, but you're as mad as a marble. **US:** Yes, I rescued the real you, but you're as mad as a marble. ### Not Incorrect Enough -##### [2653] (diff score: 12) +_[2653] (diff score: 12)_ **UK:** Is it a mean streak a mile wide? **US:** Is it a mean strike a mile wide? -##### [6460] (diff score: 6) +_[6460] (diff score: 6)_ **UK:** This is where that bed is getting its juice from. **US:** This is where that bed is getting it's juice from. -##### [1379] (diff score: 7) +_[1379] (diff score: 7)_ **UK:** Mother told me not to play with electricity! **US:** A mother always told me not to play with electricity! -##### [4039] (diff score: 1) +_[4039] (diff score: 1)_ **UK:** There's still one cog missing. **US:** There' still one cog missing. -##### [1558] +_[1558]_ **UK:** They're too tough to break into. **US:** There too tough to break into. ### Brevity Is The Soul Of Wit -##### [1319] (diff score: 31) +_[1319] (diff score: 31)_ **UK:** Uh-huh. Leave The King alone. **US:** Uh-Uh. Leave The King be. Long Live the King! Hail, Rock-n-Roll! -##### [5374] (diff score: 32) +_[5374] (diff score: 32)_ **UK:** All of these hallucinations seem to be heading toward the same thing, behind that wall. **US:** All of these hallucinations seem to be heading toward the same thing, behind that wall. I wonder if there's a Pink Floyd concert there?! -##### [6175] (diff score: 32) +_[6175] (diff score: 32)_ **UK:** I could get up to some serious mischief with this hammer. **US:** Yeah! I could get up to into some serious trouble with this hammer. Can't Touch This! -##### [1268] (diff score: 31) +_[1268] (diff score: 31)_ **UK:** It extracts smells from my bathroom. **US:** It extracts smells from my bathroom, and believe me...it ain't nearly big enough! -##### [5923] (diff score: 15) +_[5923] (diff score: 15)_ **UK:** Anything else? You want me to take a few pictures? Show a few kids around? **US:** Anything else? You want me to take a few pictures? Show a few kids around? Maybe take a Norm to dinner? -##### [6329] (diff score: 15) +_[6329] (diff score: 15)_ **UK:** How do I get onto the stage? **US:** How do I get onto the stage? Whoa, big question. -##### [2407] (diff score: 14) +_[2407] (diff score: 14)_ **UK:** This is more my scene. I expect this is a satellite transmitter, or maybe a secret death ray! **US:** This is more my scene. I expect this is a satellite transmitter, or maybe a secret death ray! Beam me up, Scotty! -##### [6178] (diff score: 13) +_[6178] (diff score: 13)_ **UK:** An empty test tube! **US:** An empty test tube! A Womb with a View! -##### [3014] (diff score: 29) +_[3014] (diff score: 29)_ **UK:** He can be a diversion. I just need to get him to bark. **US:** He can be a diversion. I just need to get him to bark. Bark! Ruff...Ruff...that's what you're supposed to say...Ruff! ### Other People's Jokes Are Also The Soul Of Wit -##### [4271] (diff score: 15) +_[4271] (diff score: 15)_ **UK:** Excuse me? **US:** Ex-squeeze me? ### Removing Jokes Is Also The Soul Of Wit -##### [6172] (diff score: 47) +_[6172] (diff score: 47)_ **UK:** Someone let a dog do doo-doo, dude. **US:** Oh, Grodey! Somebody let their dog take a big a'poo-poo. -##### [2400] +_[2400]_ **UK:** I'm too shy to date skeletons! **US:** Yeah, right?! Like I could use a bunch of bones?! ### Just Needs More Words -##### [4485] (diff score: 15) +_[4485] (diff score: 15)_ **UK:** Hey, hey! That's done it! The sucker's busted! **US:** Hey! HEY! That's done it! The sucker's busted! Whooo hoo, Heee, hee!! -##### [3777] (diff score: 15) +_[3777] (diff score: 15)_ **UK:** That capsule thing has disappeared. **US:** Whoa, check it. That capsule thing has like, disappeared. -##### [2992] (diff score: 31) +_[2992] (diff score: 31)_ **UK:** A huge bin of toy gliders. **US:** Oh, cool! My favorite thing in the world! A huge bin of toy gliders. -##### [4387] +_[4387]_ **UK:** Not right now, but leave it with me and I'll try to work out what it does. I have my suspicions already. **US:** Not right now, but leave it with me and I'll try to work out what it does. I already have my suspicions already. -##### [1514] (diff score: 15) +_[1514] (diff score: 15)_ **UK:** Oh yes, I eat lard every day! **US:** Oh yeah, I love to eat my lard every day. -##### [4165] (diff score: 15) +_[4165] (diff score: 15)_ **UK:** Glass is dangerous, kids! **US:** Hey, just remember, glass is dangerous, kids! -##### [2552] (diff score: 45) +_[2552] (diff score: 45)_ **UK:** That's the door of my neanderthal neighbour. I'd better not disturb him! **US:** That's the door of my Neanderthal neighbor. I'd better not disturb him because he's quite neanderthalish! -##### [1109] (diff score: 7) +_[1109] (diff score: 7)_ **UK:** A key. Hmmm.... this could be the key to the whole problem! **US:** A key. Hmmm.... this could be the key to the whole problem! Get it? Ha, ha, ha. -##### [2615] (diff score: 7) +_[2615] (diff score: 7)_ **UK:** Indeed! **US:** Indeed they are, indeed. ### What If The Line Was Totally Different Instead -##### [1329] (diff score: 102) +_[1329] (diff score: 102)_ **UK:** Why does every fridge have to have the obligatory shrivelled lettuce? Why are there so many cliches in this game? Why am I even asking? **US:** I think it's lettuce and the key word there is THINK! -##### [107] (diff score: 200) +_[107] (diff score: 200)_ **UK:** I suppose this must be the creature's eye. I think the sculpture must be a metaphor for jealousy or something. A green eye? Hmmmm... Well if this thing is interactive, you just press the eye to watch the display. Here goes... **US:** Hmmm, what an interesting sculpture. Let's see, if I remember my art classes and I -don't... my guess is the creature's green eye represents jealousy towards a materialistic world. Let's see if it's interactive. I'll just poke it in the eye and check it out. -##### [1366] (diff score: 99) +_[1366] (diff score: 99)_ **UK:** This is either a magical potion that will give me endless wishes, or it's humble fruit juice! **US:** What am I... a rocket scientist? I have no idea what this is! -##### [4422] (diff score: 95) +_[4422] (diff score: 95)_ **UK:** Could I just... **US:** What is this? What do you mean just me?? Aren't you guys gonna help? I'm no one-man army. Plus, I'm a wanted man already. I'm too young to be tortured! -##### [4393] (diff score: 69) +_[4393] (diff score: 69)_ **UK:** It's too heavy to move! **US:** Hey, I'm Kent. Not Clark Kent though... I know it's easy to confuse me with my dynamic body. -##### [5750] (diff score: 59) +_[5750] (diff score: 59)_ **UK:** I'm on it, Saul. **US:** Whoa, check it! That's a gnarly radical heart pounding noise. I'm all over it. -##### [1318] (diff score: 62) +_[1318] (diff score: 62)_ **UK:** Hey, respect the dead! **US:** Hey, it's the King man! I dig that! I believe in him. I believe he's alive. I believe in those sightings! ### Kent-o-rama -##### [3606] (diff score: 24) +_[3606] (diff score: 24)_ **UK:** Don't look down! **US:** Vertigo-o-rama! -##### [5953] (diff score: 13) +_[5953] (diff score: 13)_ **UK:** Yawn - reminds me of school. **US:** Bore-o-rama! Reminds me of school. -##### [2987] (diff score: 95) +_[2987] (diff score: 95)_ **UK:** A cool glider. I lost my pet terrapin on one of these things when I was a kid. Stupid animal didn't steer, even after I told him three times! **US:** A cool glider. I lost my pet hamster on one of these things when I was a kid. Stupid animal flew straight into a tree-mulching machine! Gross-a-rama! ### Bitchen' -##### [4118] (diff score: 11) +_[4118] (diff score: 11)_ **UK:** It's a sliding door. Neat. **US:** It's a sliding door. Bitchen. -##### [3211] (diff score: 7) +_[3211] (diff score: 7)_ **UK:** Part of the P.A. system. **US:** Part of the P.A. system. Bitchen' -##### [5458] (diff score: 12) +_[5458] (diff score: 12)_ **UK:** It's a nice fire axe. **US:** It's a nice fire ax. Bitchen'! -##### [2523] (diff score: 11) +_[2523] (diff score: 11)_ **UK:** These toys are cool. **US:** These toys are bitchen'. -##### [4601] (diff score: 73) +_[4601] (diff score: 73)_ **UK:** These suckers work underwater too. Looks like folks lose more than they think in the smallest room around here. **US:** Whoa, bitchen! These suckers work underwater too. -##### [6477] (diff score: 66) +_[6477] (diff score: 66)_ **UK:** It's a door! **US:** This leads back out into the corridor. I might be able to escape. Bitchen! -##### [3285] (diff score: 30) +_[3285] (diff score: 30)_ **UK:** These are cool. I could have my own disco. **US:** Whoa! Check it out, Retro! These are bitchen. I could have my own disco. -##### [3534] (diff score: 26) +_[3534] (diff score: 26)_ **UK:** Hey, Deluge! Did you see yourself on TV? You looked gnarly, man. **US:** Hey, Deluge! Did you see yourself on TV? You were bitchen. -##### [4010] (diff score: 20) +_[4010] (diff score: 20)_ **UK:** I can hear the music from here. It's really loud! **US:** Whoa, I can hear the music from here. It's way loud! Bitchen! -##### [4845] (diff score: 19) +_[4845] (diff score: 19)_ **UK:** A ball of paper, ideal for playing office basketball. **US:** A ball of paper. Bitchen! Perfect for playing office basketball. -##### [5477] (diff score: 15) +_[5477] (diff score: 15)_ **UK:** Hey, by putting this across the tunnel I can exert an even amount of pressure on the sign. **US:** Hey, by putting this across the tunnel I can exert an even pressure on the sign. Bitchen'. -##### [5878] (diff score: 59) +_[5878] (diff score: 59)_ **UK:** Hey, we are going to see the Sun, right? Just in time for Paul's mighty meeting up at the stadium. **US:** Oh yeah, we're going to see the Sun, that would be bitchen. I've always wanted to get a tan. Just in time for Paul's mighty meeting up at the stadium. -##### [2404] (diff score: 51) +_[2404] (diff score: 51)_ **UK:** You can create weird lightning effects with these. Cheesy but fun. **US:** You can create weird lightning effects with these. They're bitchen; been around for about 300 years! -##### [5701] (diff score: 46) +_[5701] (diff score: 46)_ **UK:** You keep saying 'WE'. The only one of you who helps in any way is old, mad and incontinent. I don't know why I'm risking my skin to satisfy your crazy plans! **US:** Yeah, it's bitchen! Except, who's 'WE', you gotta mouse in your pocket?. The only one of you who helps in any way is old, mad and incontinent. I don't know why I'm risking my skin to satisfy your crazy plans! ### Is This Even Dialogue? -##### [1692] (diff score: 6) +_[1692] (diff score: 6)_ **UK:** Use the slider to alter the volume of in-game speech. **US:** Yo babe. Use the slider to alter the volume of in-game speech.