Anis Ebeid (1909–1988) is an Egyptian translator, to born to a Christian family, known for

Arabic language Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...

subtitling of American movies. He was a pioneer in Arabic subtitling in the

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. He graduated from Engineering college, and then travelled to

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to study for the master's degree in Engineering. He was the first in the world to insert subtitles on 16-mm film. He kept the record for 40 years as the sole vendor of this service till 1944. The movie '' Romeo and Juliet'' was his first Arabic subtitled movie.

Anis Ebeid Films

In 1940, he established "Anis Ebeid Films", a subtitling company based in

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, now a major subtitling service provider and film distribution agency in the Middle East.

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Subtitlers 1909 births 1988 deaths Film people from Cairo Egyptian translators 20th-century translators {{Egypt-bio-stub