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Subtitles or voice-over dubbings for broadcasting services
Thread poster: claramendez
claramendez
claramendez
Mar 10, 2012

Hello,

I am doing some research for the company I work for. One of our clients intends to broadcast their English-speaking services in the countries below and is looking to use either subtitles or voice-over dubbings, but would like to know which is the best option. In your opinion, which one of the two options is currently more successful or more common in the countries below?

Amman, Jordan
Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa<... See more
Hello,

I am doing some research for the company I work for. One of our clients intends to broadcast their English-speaking services in the countries below and is looking to use either subtitles or voice-over dubbings, but would like to know which is the best option. In your opinion, which one of the two options is currently more successful or more common in the countries below?

Amman, Jordan
Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa
Manila, The Philippines
Moscow, Russia

Thank you very much for your help, ▲ Collapse
 
Just Opera
Just Opera
Belgium
Local time: 08:24
French to English
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IMO this link is useful for your research Mar 10, 2012

Dubbing (filmmaking)
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)



[Edited at 2012-03-10 15:29 GMT]
 
José Henrique Lamensdorf
José Henrique Lamensdorf  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 03:24
English to Portuguese
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In memoriam
My opinion was ready... Mar 10, 2012

Please read http://www.lamensdorf.com.br/dub-or-sub-.html

You may find other articles on video there. Be welcome to browse my site.
 
Robert Tucker (X)
Robert Tucker (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:24
German to English
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Country dependent Mar 11, 2012

I've read that it tends to be somewhat country dependent. I just found this web-page which seems to confirm that:

http://browland.hubpages.com/hub/To-Sub-or-to-Dub-The-Challenge-of-Translating-Films-for-Foreign-Audiences
 


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