Is it legal to translate movie subtitles
<p>Is it legal to translate and distribute movie subtitle files? 
Consider the following cases:</p>

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<li><p>Ripped movie subtitle is downloaded from an online sub sharing community.</p></li>
<li><p>Writing subtitles from audio and translating/distributing them.</p></li>
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<p>In the US this would be copyright infringement (unless you obtain permission) Translations are derivative works of the original.</p>

<p>This would also be true in all countries that adhere to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Berne copyright convention</a>, which is the vast majority of all countries on earth. I believe that Iran and Iraq are the largest non-adherent countries. </p>

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