I've been wondering about Covert Affairs. I really like how they'll have actual dialogue in various languages, but wondered how they were doing with it, to someone who speaks any of the languages.
Love makes you do the wacky.
Willow ,'Beneath You'
Cable Drama: Still Waiting for the Cable Guy to Show Up with the Thread Name...
To be determined... (but it's definitely [NAFDA])
Jesse - Jul 18, 2011 10:48:59 am PDT #8309 of 11999
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2011 10:53:13 am PDT #8310 of 11999
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My most atrocious is Kendra. Oh, mothereffing god.
Barb - Jul 18, 2011 11:06:57 am PDT #8311 of 11999
“Not dead yet!”
I love on Burn Notice when Jeffrey Donovan speaks Russian, since he actually learned the language.
Vonnie K - Jul 18, 2011 11:20:14 am PDT #8312 of 11999
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Apparently Perabo is a quick study with accents: [link]
Your character is supposed to be a master at languages. How challenging has it been to learn these different languages
I’m pretty good with picking up languages because I’m good at accents. But some languages I have no experience with, like in the pilot we’re in Sri Lanka and so we’re speaking Sinhalese. That has a sound that I’m not used to at all. We have a dialect coach who works with us, and because we’re in Toronto – it’s one of my favorite little facts about Toronto – it’s the most diverse city in North America. So far, we’ve been able to find a native speaker of every language we’ve done. We do recordings of native speakers that we can then break down and use … so it doesn’t sound like a language teaching tape, you know, it can get too perfect and then it sounds fake.
I've lived in Toronto for 3 years and still visit often, but she's right -- you can easily find anyone who speaks a given language in that city. I used to work near the Kensington Market, and it was like the world bazaar every day. Man, I miss living there.
The most diverse city in North America though? That's probably New York though, I'd think.
Vortex - Jul 18, 2011 12:00:42 pm PDT #8313 of 11999
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Toronto might win because there are fewer native Torontans, i.e. since non natives make up 75% of the population, it's more diverse than New York, since non natives make up only 60% of the population, even if the number NY's 60% is greater than the number Toronto's 75%.
Or I could be (am most likely) completely full of shit. and of course, the numbers are completely made up.
megan walker - Jul 18, 2011 12:20:10 pm PDT #8314 of 11999
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
OH! Aldis Hodge speaking French! megan walker would have to approve the accent officially, but it sounded damn good to me. As in, so hot. Mrph.
Accent was good, although the cadence and intonation were a bit off. And, basically, as he spoke faster, it sounded more off. But that first sentence was very nice. Definite potential.
erikaj - Jul 18, 2011 12:25:44 pm PDT #8315 of 11999
Always Anti-fascist!
That was so sweet. Aw!
megan walker - Jul 18, 2011 12:29:24 pm PDT #8316 of 11999
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Although I feel I must point out that "when you speak English and French, German's not that hard" is utter bullshit.
erikaj - Jul 18, 2011 12:34:26 pm PDT #8317 of 11999
Always Anti-fascist!
It seems like it would be, Megan. Although I speak Spanish so it seems like I wouldn't have trouble with French or Italian. Comparatively. German has totally different rules.
§ ita § - Jul 18, 2011 12:34:39 pm PDT #8318 of 11999
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
"when you speak English and French, German's not that hard"
I know, WTF? It's hardly Spanish and Italian.