And the other one [is/was] for my two brothers.

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kadioguy

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Pauline: I shared a room with my sister all the way until I graduated and went to college. There are four kids in my family. Three bedrooms, mom and dad were in one bedroom. Me and my sister in another. And the other one [...] for my two brothers.

Peter: Wow. Well we all enjoy living together as a family.
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The Subtitles given here are "the other one is for my two brothers", but what I heard is "the other one was for my two brothers". What do you think?

 

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Definitely- subtitles are often generated by computers and are not 100% accurate.
 

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Definitely- subtitles are often generated by computers and are not 100% accurate.

Therefore they are immune to irony. I once saw a Spanish subtitle in which an emphatic "Yeah, right" was rendered as "Claro que si".
 
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