Some Korean-speaking fans are saying that the "botched" subtitles of "Squid Game" have changed the show's meaning for English-speaking viewers.

A clip from "Squid Game". Photo: Collected

The Korean-language drama, "Squid Game", mainly depicts an alternative or parallel world where people in debt compete in deadly games. However, Youngmi Mayer, a fluent native speaker states that "the closed-caption subtitles are so bad that the original meaning of the show is frequently lost".

A clip from "Squid Game". Photo: Collected

In a Twitter post Youngmi shared that "The dialogue was so well written and zero of it was preserved (in the subtitles)".

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

— youngmi mayer (@ymmayer) September 30, 2021

Streaming giant Netflix is yet to respond to this comment.

A clip from "Squid Game". Photo: Collected

This series is about to become Netflix's biggest original series, beating "Bridgeton" (2020). The plot of "Squid Game" revolves around a group of people who are involved in a survival game, and have the chance to get 45.6 billion Korean won, provided that they win the game.