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skypilot
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:25 PM
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Do you use your DVD player to brush up on... |
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...your foreign language skills? I finally bought a DVD player a little over a week ago and it's really cool that I can watch the movie in English and get French subtitles (on some DVDs). Of course, I don't expect to learn French solely by this method but it is a really good tool to have.
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:28 PM
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1. Sometimes, I have tried |
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Spanish.
But the little I do understand and can get out of the 'conversation', I find it's not much of a direct translation at all.
Something like 'C'mon guys, get your asses in gear. We need to get out of hear!' comes across as 'Vamanos!'.. end of story.
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:30 PM
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It's the very definition of "lost in the translation".
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:33 PM
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3. I do this with German. |
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I don't understand even half of what I'm hearing, but it doesn't hurt.
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:37 PM
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6. I'm working it the other way around. |
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Edited on Mon Jun-07-04 03:39 PM by skypilot
I rent an English language movie and then bring up the French subtitles. It works best if it's a movie I've seen before and whose dialogue I am familiar enough with to know how close the French subtitles are. I started watching "Carrie" for the one millionth time and so far the French subtitles seem to be a very close translation of what is actually being said.
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Mon Jun-07-04 04:06 PM
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Unfortunately for me, French subtitles are more common over here than German ones are, but I'm sure I'll be able to find a few useful discs.
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:35 PM
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4. yes, DVDs ended my misery caused by dubbed movies |
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I can't stand dubbed movies, but English VHS tapes used to be way too expensive.
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Mon Jun-07-04 03:36 PM
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5. I could try with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" |
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So far, I've watched it only with the English dubbing. The subtitles read so terribly, that I just couldn't switch it to the original Mandarin audio track.
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