LANGUAGE VERSION FIELD NOTES
How we check short-drama language versions
A language button identifies a checked viewing destination. It does not by itself prove dubbed dialogue. We compare the original work, story and production family, then keep the provider’s subtitle or dubbing label separate from an independent audio check.
Three different language questions
| Question | What it tells you | What it cannot establish alone |
|---|---|---|
| Which language is the website interface? | The language used for menus and page text. | The spoken language of the drama. |
| Which destination language is recorded? | The checked language version reached from the title guide. | Whether every episode has dubbed audio. |
| What does the provider call the format? | A recorded subtitle or dubbing label. | Independent confirmation of the actual audio track or its quality. |
Our October 19 observation sample
This frozen sample covers 30 selected GoodShort ↗ titles and 141 language-specific destinations in our verification queue. It includes 28 English and 113 non-English records. Of the non-English records, 111 were added during the current rollout and two Spanish destinations were retained from earlier work.
The titles were selected from our own catalogue and available tasks. This is a convenience sample, with one platform represented. It is not a survey of all short dramas or a measure of market share, audience size, popularity or overall language availability.
| Captured provider metadata | Records |
|---|---|
| Subtitles | 92 |
| Dubbing | 18 |
| Conflicting labels | 1 |
| Format label not captured | 30 |
These counts describe saved metadata. None of the 141 records is presented as independently listened audio. A missing format label means the field was not recorded; it does not mean a dub or subtitle track does not exist.
How we match a version to its story
- Match the platform and original work, then compare the complete premise and production family.
- Check the title-specific destination and retain its language evidence. An app-level entry is not an English title-specific link.
- Keep subtitle, dubbing and independent audio-check fields distinct.
- Record conflicting evidence and unresolved matches rather than forcing them into a language button.
- Mark a destination live after the production release and desktop/mobile checks have passed.
Translated character names alone do not prove two versions are different. Similar plots alone do not prove they are the same production. We retain unresolved cases until there is enough evidence to connect them.
What happens when labels disagree?
One Thai record in this sample has a dubbing marker in its task title and a subtitle label in the detail field. We preserve the contradiction. We do not select one label and present it as a confirmed audio observation.
Read or download the frozen records
Download the observation table as CSV. Each row identifies the title, platform, language, captured format classification, audio-check status, check date and title guide. Counts refer to destinations, not additional dramas, episodes or viewers.
The snapshot corresponds to the accepted October 19 batch28 release. Later additions are not silently added to this frozen file. Visit the linked title guide for the currently available language buttons; availability can change after the recorded check.
Limits and corrections
Versions without a checked destination are omitted from the accepted table. An omission does not prove permanent absence. Rejected story identities and unresolved production branches are tracked separately. Resource-pack clip counts are not full-series episode counts, and provider task dates are not official premiere dates.