How Do You Say "The End"?

As in the final credits for a movie or a story? Would you just use 結束?

劇終 ju4zhong1 is the end of the movie. That doesn’t mean ‘the credits’, though.

Yeah, 劇終 is the equivalent of our “The End” or the French “Fin” shown at the end of a movie.

Yeah, that wasn’t clear. Didn’t mean credits. Thanks guys. That’s what I wanted. This thread is now 劇終.

Usually one sees 謝謝收看, no?

well , 謝謝收看 means thanks for watching. :slight_smile:

Literally translated, yes. But in the context in which it occurs, a native English speaker would generally say “The End”, because our moviemakers are not as polite as those in Taiwan. :smiley:

謝謝收看 is used for TV shows. The 收 is important as it means you’re watching a received signal. Movies at the cinema don’t use this phrase.

Will you people please stop messing with the end of my thread.

Haven’t been to a movie in a theater in…um…a long time. So I must be remembering this from TV.
(with apologies to Mucha Man) :smiley:

I often see 謝謝觀賞 , which I like better.

I think they should write 劇終,謝謝觀賞 or 劇終,謝謝收看 for completeness of message, but they usually just write the latter, which implies the former.

For fullest of fullness, it can be written as 本片劇終 謝謝觀賞 or 本片劇終 謝謝收看.

I would consider the subject matter as well as the tone that the director is trying to strike. If you want a sense of formality or solemnity (whether straight or tongue-in-cheek) at the end of a drama, then “劇終” works. If you want a casual tone (for example at the end of a comic sketch or public service announcement), or if the film is a documentary, then 謝謝收看 or 謝謝觀賞 works.

I just watch a lot of movies here. It’s most often just 謝謝觀賞, but Gile, it won’t be a very literal translation.