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by pantalaimon 1106 days ago
Another classic is a Simpsons episode where Homer shouts „Isotopes rules!“ which in the German dub turned into „Isotopenspielregeln!“ (rules of the game Isotopes)
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Very avant-garde. I like it. It must be possible to subtly translate an entire episode like that to make it be about something else entirely.
Translations of foreign media that make the story about something else entirely, are a well-established genre. For example, one of Woody Allen’s earliest films.[0] Granted, this wasn’t done “subtly” at all.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%27s_Up,_Tiger_Lily%3F