Lost, in Translation

摘要

"I want Ali G Indahouse ... in Icelandic!" "URGENT: I need episode 7 of Prison Break in Norwegian." "Hunting for 30 Rock in Brazilian Portuguese. And not fake!" Thanks to online file shar- ing, such pleas are more and more common on the Net. American movies and TV shows are available all over the world-often within hours of their US broadcast. (Just fire up BitTorrent in Bangladesh, Belgium, or Bolivia.) But there's one big problem: The shows are in English. That's where people like Pablo Diaz come in. For the entire first season of Gossip Girl, the CW's must-see teen drama, Diaz had a Wednesday-morning routine. An IT worker in Madrid, Diaz performed the thankless and tedious task of creating Spanish subtitles for the show. For free. "I wanted to watch Gossip Girl in my own language," Diaz says. He's young-just 25-and his self-designed lime green T-shirt stands out against the all-white tables and chairs of the cafe where we meet.