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Language to be used in the cast
In the case of films that are not in the English language, how should everything in the cast that is not a person's name be defined? For example, in the film tt0147566 (made in Italy), currently in the cast there are characters indicated in Italian ('Francesco, padre di Rachele') and others in English (Gregorio's daughter).
I think it is right to standardise this, but is it better to have everything in English or everything in the original language of the film?
Thank you.
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gromit82
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18 days ago
imdb2026: The policy about this is stated at https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/filmography-credits/characters/GKLQVXKH7U8DATWX# which says:
In this particular situation (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147566/) it appears likely that the film's on-screen credits do not list character names for all of the main cast members. In that case, IMDb contributors can supply the character names. It would be preferable to provide the character names in Italian, but a contributor who doesn't speak Italian can provide the character descriptions in English instead. So it is allowed to have a mix of original language and English among the character listings for the same film.
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