Since LOST is now airing on FoxTV in Germany you might be interested that the german dubbing team added a joke to the dialogue of Sayid and Elsa when they meet in the restaurant.

The original lines read like these:
WOMAN: (in German) Where would you like to go?
SAYID: ‘Ist hier frei?’ was the full extent of my German.
WOMAN: (laughs) What are you looking for?
SAYID: I love Europe. Everyone speaks English. [laughs] I’m looking for Potsdamer Platz."



now imagine how those lines would read in German? Pure translation? Nope.
The german dialogue reads like this:
WOMAN: "Where would you like to go?"

SAYID:"I am hunting for the Berlin bear."
WOMAN: (laughs): Seriously. Please tell me.
SAYID: "I am a bear hunter. I have to setup my traps. (laughs) I'm looking for Potsdamer Platz.

and where is that supposed to be funny?

i dont get it...
what?

It must lose something in translation. :rotflmao2:

Since LOST is now airing on FoxTV in Germany you might be interested that the german dubbing team added a joke to the dialogue of Sayid and Elsa when they meet in the restaurant.

now imagine how those lines would read in German? Pure translation? Nope.
The german dialogue reads like this:
WOMAN: "Where would you like to go?"

SAYID:"I am hunting for the Berlin bear."
WOMAN: (laughs): Seriously. Please tell me.
SAYID: "I am a bear hunter. I have to setup my traps. (laughs) I'm looking for Potsdamer Platz.

"Berlin Bear... I am a bear hunter. I have to setup my traps." That's pretty funny.

so waS sayid actually talkin in german but was cut in the american version??

I think the "joke" was poking fun at miraculously having everyone speaking English in non-English speaking countries. Sort of like how everyone in the entire universe speaks English in most sci-fi shows.

aah!@now i get it!!!so a german speakin person would actually understand the bear thingy,but we got transcripted the cafe lines~
right?
now,thatd be a joke for a german,i can give it that!