(ASL SUBTITLES) Mr Numbers and Mr Wrench Opening Scene - Fargo (FX) Season 1

I translated the opening scene for Numbers and Wrench which contained mostly ASL. Sorry about my font/color. I didn't know how to change it on the program I was using.

[@chrisbelrand2480]

I asked my dad (he knows ASL) to watch this scene with no subtitles. He started laughing pretty quick.

[@ajv1982]

Great work! I wonder if this was not translated in the original in order to show Gold's perspective and to make Mr.wrench appear more menacing. Having the translation shows the brotherly relationship between the two hitmen, and it gives you a better sense of Mr. wrench's personality. I second the request for a translation for the other clips.

[@fiofiofioletta1898]

I think part of it is to make the (non-signing) audience feel as off-balance as deaf people do in the many many many situations in which everybody is talking without bothering to tell the deaf person what is going on.
And it’s also akin to a hilarious Easter egg for those of us who are fluent lol.

[@daniv894]

I know enough ASL to understand most of what he said, so while i was watching this show with my sister i laughed at the questions he asked and I got the weirdest look from her haha

[@malletUsergaming]

Age, sex and location?

[@bcorbley]

Mr Wrench is massive

[@dkr9511]

Please, please do the scene in Lester's office. Mr. Wrench looks so mocking; I'm dying to know what he says!

[@DJNITON]

The drums are so badass

[@123haninhk]

Okay, that swordfish thing is cracking’ me up. I didn’t know he said all those things. Although I could figure he said something about sex position based on his gesture.

[@JustChadC]

Lol he really asked about the tie? HAhahah that's great.

[@duxromanorum9861]

this scared the shit out of me when i first watched it because i didn't know what they intended to do.
now i'm just like LOL

[@Unqualifiedmedicalperson]

Could you also translate the scene when they first confront Lester?

[@sidneyfalcon7937]

Agreed!

[@lizardking2716]

okay, so in the 1st episode. Lester was talking to a couple who were having a baby and was trying to get insurance. The man says he works in a library. but there is no library.. whaaa 🤯

[@thisismebecca]

good point

[@daneba9488]

its the same dude that works on car sales on the last ep

[@chrisbelrand2480]

Probably why Wrench was so annoyed.

[@anonymousmatthew1]

@@daneba9488ahh that's where I recognized him from. I just finished bingeing the first season.

[@euchre90]

Anything to get an insurance salesman to shut up

[@pirrracy]

No Library? That's strange, because the young man that inquires about an insurance policy from Lester says he works at the library.

[@prizma0583]

But in fact he works on car sales. He just lied to Lester to get rid of him.

[@Mayakran]

The swordfish bit 😂

[@JoshuaTozer]

Thank you for uploading this!

[@Monkeywe]

I don't think we needed a translation for the last bit xD

[@eddierips]

Omg this is so awesome!!!!

[@Rob_-dv6ei]

Wow this conversation is fucking hilarious!

[@ZephyrCreed]

Thank you so much 💜
Have a wonderful day

[@TannerisSmol97]

Oooo the hitmens sound is the best

[@mollydtt]

Very nice. thanks.

[@Rpgesusgoingin]

mr numbers mr wrench

[@sloomslukethejew]

Came here for the drumline

[@CloudMountainJuror]

Thank you so much for this!

[@cookiekart8151]

Thanks so much for translating

[@reamondnuudles9905]

I love these two, man! 😭🤣🤣

[@maxuabo]

Tell him that wannabe cowboy jacket makes him look like he’s on the spectrum

[@aimnothingg]

hm. Perhaps Mr. Wrench saying they were gonna slit his throat was foreshadowing, much like the beginning of Season 2 with *THE MASSACRE AT SIOUX FALLS*

[@anecann]

Gracias!

[@YS_Production]

while speaking no sign language at all, I though for some reason that they were just signing gibberish (imitating a sign language) in this TV show

[@johanstone]

all this time i thought their sign language was invented and didnt really mean anything and still thought it was hilarious that they took so much time to anwser the simplest questions

[@antiqtech]

Thank you!

[@carlod5818]

Thing is dosent asl in general have a ton of local dialect or is even completly different in other parts of the world ?

[@michaelbacon8698]

This was sooo fucking good!!

[@ChewyThomson]

Mike got a lot more badass since the 70s

[@Highran56]

No idea who that is.

[@vistea1]

​​@@Highran56Chewy is referencing Adam Goldberg's character in Dazed and Confused, who was a very awkward and geeky high schooler.

[@LesleyGoward]

if I understood correctly, for each gesture there's one word yeah? for prepositions too?

[@LesleyGoward]

just a question

[@jada6848]

nope. ASL is it's own language, therefore having it's own syntax and grammar. ASL's sentence structure is usually very quick and to the point, no embellishments. The type of signing you're talking about would be Signed Exact English, which has a sign or spelling for every single word in an English sentence. It's very exhausting to do, not to mention more time consuming. There's plenty of websites that explain the difference if you want to learn more about it!

[@lazyidiotofthemonth]

This scene infuriates me, Minnesota is one of the state with the highest libraries per capita. There are two public libraries and a University Library, the writer badly failed reality in this case, and Bemidji is a city of 15,000 not a town of about 2,000 like the series portrays

[@anjahordejuk4478]

you're taking "this is a true story" quite literally man.....

[@randomcookieboy]

The guy with his wife getting insurance at the start of episode 1 said he worked at a library. It’s not that there isn’t a library, it’s that someone here is either wrong, or lying.

[@wufongtanwufong5579]

Which is probably why he was puzzled the town had no library?

[@sachinguleria5476]

Is he the same guy eddie in friends show?

[@cringenberg4233]

Yes

[@paulinalopezsf]

Duh what for

[@ayaa.1351]

The music is obnoxious.