Everyone's talking about Netflix's record-breaking series Squid Game, but fans fear a lot of the script is being lost in translation.
The Korean distopyian drama details the perilous journey of adults playing deadly kids' games.
Viewers have been left speechless by the harrowing scenes and incredible acting, but now fans have said the English subtitles are selling the show short.
Comedian Youngmi Mayer took to Twitter last week slamming the English subtitles on the show.
Her posts lead to a flurry of support from outraged viewers, who agreed the translations were "insulting" and "needlessly condense".
Youngmi fumed: "Translation was so bad. The dialogue was written so well and zero of it was preserved. Such a shame. Translation is extremely important."
Her main issue came from a scene featuring the character Han Mi-nyeo, played by Kim Joo-Ryoung, whose words are said to change between the script and captioning, inevitably losing some of the depth to the character.
In Netflix's subtitles she says: "I'm not a genius, but I can work it out", but the direct translation is: "I am very smart – I just never got a chance to study."
Youngmi points out this nuance is integral to Han Mi-nyeo's story as it indicates why she would have landed in the sinister Squid Game due to her financial constraints.
Youngmi continued: "Not to sound snobby but I'm fluent in korean and i watched squid game with english subtitles and if you don't understand korean you didn't really watch the same show.
"Translation was so bad. the dialogue was written so well and zero of it was preserved... I want to do a scene breakdown on tiktok to show you what they could've translated to I might work on it today just so you can see what i mean and see what you missed..."
The Mirror has contacted Netflix for comment.
Despite its alleged dodgy subtitles the epic show is on course to become Netflix's most popular series of all time - overtaking period drama Bridgerton.
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has said that it will "definitely be our biggest non-English-language show in the world".
Just over a week after its release, he added that there was "a very good chance it’s going to be our biggest show ever".
Speaking of the huge success Ted said: "We did not see that coming, in terms of its global popularity."
However while fans are enrapt by the series, they may have to wait a long time for another helping.
Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk told Variety: "Writing (Squid Game) was harder than normal for me as it was a series, not a film. It took me six months to write and rewrite the first two episodes.
"Then I consulted verbally with friends, and picked up clues for improvements through my own pitching and from their responses."
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