Janet jazz jazz jam, cat pornography and the Chinese Year of Whores: The hilarious and bizarre subtitle blunders that have left the BBC lost for words


Blunders have aired on broadcaster's News, Sport and Weather channels

One gaffe sees BBC welcome Chinese viewers into 'year of the whores'

Another features news report on pigs that 'nibble anything, even willies'


And footballer Adnan Junazaj's name translated as 'Janet jazz jazz jam'


Seventy television channels in the UK now provide a subtitling service

Last year, Ofcom demanded that broadcasters monitor quality of subtitles

BBC said it strives to keep mistakes 'to minimum' and 'improve accuracy'


By Sophie Jane Evans
Published: 12:47 BST, 15 February 2014 | Updated: 16:29 BST, 15 February 2014















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These are the hilarious subtitle blunders that have aired on the BBC - leaving both staff and viewers lost for words.


They are among many mistakes to have prompted a crackdown on the quality of subtitles - with a report set to be published by Ofcom this spring.




One gaffe sees the broadcaster mark the Chinese New Year by welcoming viewers into the 'year of the whores'.






Error: A reporter's comment that 'pigs nibble anything, even wellies' takes on a different meaning when the last word is substituted for 'willies'.

The mistake in 2011 later fuelled a Mock the Week subtitles gaffes segment

















The subtitling error, which happened during a bulletin at around 7pm on January 31, saw BBC News declare: ‘Welcome to the year of the whores.

People around the globe celebrate.'

However, the channel later insisted that the error was acknowledged and quickly corrected - to the 'year of the horse'.




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Another blunder sees a reporter's comment that 'pigs nibble anything, even wellies' take on a completely different meaning when the last word is substituted for 'willies'.


The mistake, which happened during a news report in 2011, soon went viral on Twitter - and even fuelled a Mock the Week subtitles gaffes segment.







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And last Sunday, the BBC struggled to get to grips with the name of 18-year-old winger, Adnan Junazaj, who broke into the Manchester United team this season.


The broadcaster correctly spelled the names of other United players Javier Hernandez, Robin van Persie, Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata - before stumbling over the youngster's name.





HOW DOES SUBTITLING WORK?



Seventy channels in the UK currently provide subtitling services, according to watchdog Ofcom.



Most of these air pre-recorded programmes - for which, subtitling can be prepared in advance.

This means that subtitles can be synchronised to images, edited to a reasonable reading speed and checked for errors.

However, live programming and some pre-recorded programmes have to be subtitled live - leaving them prone to mistakes.




These subtitles are delayed by several seconds and typically scroll across the screen.