{"id":3775,"date":"2016-05-11T00:29:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T00:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/?p=3775"},"modified":"2017-08-23T16:21:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T16:21:29","slug":"wait-what-badly-dubbed-adverts-driving-the-world-crazy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wait-what-badly-dubbed-adverts-driving-the-world-crazy\/","title":{"rendered":"Wait, What? Badly Dubbed Adverts Driving the World Crazy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you're a Reddit regular or a sofa soapboxer, the plight of the viewer watching badly dubbed TV adverts is well-versed, widely known, and well... so very British, perhaps?<\/p>\n<p>This may or may not come as news to you, but the odd creature that is the <i>Brit<\/i>, both abroad, and in its native habitat, <i>likes to complain<\/i>. Not, we hasten to add, to complain <i>officially<\/i>, so that any problem can actually be resolved. No, the Brit likes to lament the corruption of society, muse on the denigration of The English Language(tm), and wonder what is happening with the world with its nearest and dearest, those at the bus stop (but never on the Tube... do <i>not<\/i> make eye contact...) and potentially over the shared fence between their gardens whilst wondering how to politely get away.<\/p>\n<p>How very quaint.<\/p>\n<p>Now, a true Brit will also take any problem from around the world, and craft and mould it, until it is a <i>very British problem<\/i>. Exhibit A: The Badly Dubbed TV Advert (because naturally, such atrocities never occur elsewhere in the world, and no other language than The Queen's English is thus polluted...).<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of those adverts that have got British Tweeters twittering and Redditors raging, all in the name of an ad.<\/p>\n<p><b>Get your motor running...<\/b><\/p>\n<p>...in other words, let's start with two examples of bad dubbing with some cars (thank you,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xm5DPlNCmtk\" target=\"_blank\">Steppenwolf<\/a>, you can stop now)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch?list=PLkH5A_hq2Rey4cy4vU8wvhK0xfUDPLTlr&amp;v=UfohsUcPVOQ\" target=\"_blank\">Vauxhall OnStar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For starters. Vauxhall, by any other name - as in, in many another country - is actually known as <i>Opel<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Gist of ad: Annoying kid neighbour points out to shiny new car owner all the features he could have had with his new toy if he'd only not been so cheap (now <i>that<\/i> in itself could actually be a very British problem indeed).<\/p>\n<p>Company origin: Germany<\/p>\n<p>Pet peeves: Where do we start. Unrelated to the dubbing, offence is caused by the fact that the adverts use cars with left-hand drive when everyone <i>knows<\/i> that isn't the way we do things in Britain! Do keep up! Aside from that. The child is pretty obnoxious, the man is quite insipid, and all of this before we even mention the dubbing. Which is spectacularly bad. We are all about an unexpected voice coming out when someone is singing (using British examples, pick your poison: Susan Boyle or Sam Smith), however, when the lip sync is out of sync, and the voices very clearly do not match, you have to wonder who allowed this mess out in public in the first place. (also... frosted tips? Which decade are we in?)<\/p>\n<p><b>Still on the subject of cars...<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4T-3zcDjtY4\" target=\"_blank\">Renault<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gist of ad: A couple are buying a car, the sales assistant asks about method of payment, the customer says cheque, and the sales assistant writes <i>them<\/i> a cheque. Hilarity ensues.<\/p>\n<p>Company origin: France<\/p>\n<p>Pet peeves: There is literally no attempt made by this advert producer to even act like they have bothered to match the voices with the mouths. Not one. We know that <i>cheque<\/i> is an outdated work these days anyway (and that yes, in America, it would be a <i>check<\/i> anyway...) but come on, Renault, a little effort, please!<\/p>\n<p><b>Time for a sweet treat...<\/b><\/p>\n<p>...because we're talking chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>Kinder<\/p>\n<p>Gist of ad: There are so many offensive examples of Kinder dubbing their adverts that there is an entire<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FreshThe90sNight\/posts\/236353136380915\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> page dedicated to it.<\/p>\n<p>Company origin: Every day is a school day. We assumed with a name like <i>Kinder<\/i> \u2013 German for <i>children<\/i> \u2013 that it would be a German company. <i>Nein! <\/i>Whilst Kinder was developed and produced in the German branch of Ferrero in 1967, Ferrero SpA is actually Italian.<\/p>\n<p>Pet peeves: Complaints range from bad acting to badly matched voices; there is a wealth to choose from, so take your pick!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3779\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Photo_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3779\" class=\"wp-image-3779 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Photo_2-1024x644.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Photo_2-1024x644.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Photo_2-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kinder_Surprise\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>And now for a spot of cleaning...<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a9lyruspoZw\" target=\"_blank\">Vanish<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vanish is known as <i>Resolve<\/i> in North America.<\/p>\n<p>Gist of ad: Primary school teacher is teaching her young charges colours, her white shirt is so very off-white that it is mistaken for grey.<\/p>\n<p>Company origin: Reckit Benckiser is, uh, a UK company...<\/p>\n<p>Pet peeves: As with the Renault ad we have previously mentioned, zero effort has been made, whatsoever, to even attempt to get the voices to match the mouths. There even sounds like the wrong amount of children shouting out the different colours: are we to assume that this classroom is, in fact, a T.A.R.D.I.S. And that there is ample space for more progeny off-camera?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Learning a new language? Check out our\u00a0<\/b><b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/level-tests.php\">free placement test<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><b>to see how your level measures up!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>And smell masking...<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DwEPKTn4ies\">Febreze<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gist of ad:Karl has friends coming over. Mother smells his room. It is bad. Febreze is used.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3778\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Photo_3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3778\" class=\"wp-image-3778 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Photo_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Photo_3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Photo_3-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/warriorwoman531\/14646328457\" target=\"_blank\">Flickr<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Company origin: Proctor &amp; Gamble is American.<\/p>\n<p>Pet peeves: Now, you would think that perhaps an English speaking country could produce an English language advert (...<i>commercial...<\/i>) that would be palatable to the British ear. But no! It seems even the American accent is beyond our understanding, for this very easy to lip-read advert is so obviously, painfully, badly dubbed that it makes us want to throw things at the TV. More than <i>that<\/i> scene from The Walking Dead (\u2026 but that could actually be so many scenes... take your pick).<\/p>\n<p><b>Which raises the question...<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Why would an American English advert need dubbing into British English anyway? We expect such looping for films where there are particularly strong accents (think Trainspotting and Scottish for an American ear), but is it <i>really<\/i> necessary to advertise a brand of hair dye (Just For Men, we're looking at <i>you<\/i>)? Especially when it is only because the accent is different?<\/p>\n<p>Here is a technical answer from a contributor to the forum\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/forums.overclockers.co.uk\/showthread.php?p=14894479\" target=\"_blank\">Overclockers<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/I11.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3776\" src=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/I11.png\" alt=\"I1\" width=\"772\" height=\"42\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/I11.png 1306w, https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/I11-300x16.png 300w, https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/I11-1024x55.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is some reasoning based on what is and isn't allowed in UK\/US advertising from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tvforum.uk\/tvhome\/badly-dubbed-adverts-28659\/\" target=\"_blank\">TV Forum<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/I21.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3777\" src=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/I21.png\" alt=\"I2\" width=\"647\" height=\"121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/I21.png 825w, https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/I21-300x56.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the main reasons for adverts being dubbed when multiple languages are involved is surely cost: shooting one advert and having it dubbed in multiple languages for a multinational company is surely a saving both economically and with time.<\/p>\n<p>However. Looking at some of the worst offenders above and pondering how much money, as a multinational, they must make, it is highly inexcusable.<\/p>\n<p>Or perhaps that is the British in us just complaining for the sake of complaining again...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you&#8217;re a Reddit regular or a sofa soapboxer, the plight of the viewer watching badly dubbed TV adverts is well-versed, widely known, and well&#8230; so very British, perhaps? 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As a writer, I get to cover a range of topics by working for a variety of clients in a number of industries. My focus when writing for Listen and Learn is on language and travel, but away from that, I like to write a lot about animals and the environment. Travelling while writing gives me a fresh perspective for all the things I write and allows me to consider everything from opposing points of view thanks to the people I meet along the way. Europe is an amazing place to travel. The countries vary so much, as do the languages, cuisines and ways of life. Though underneath all of that, travelling has really taught me that people are just people, and that we have more similarities than we do differences. We talk a lot at Listen and Learn about languages teaching us so much more than purely vocabulary and grammar, and it is true; there is nothing as exciting as getting to talk to someone you might not normally get to, just because you have made the effort to learn some of their language. Teaching English has given me further insight into the importance of understanding other languages and cultures. I've taught lessons on beaches about the climate crisis and the impact of oil spills on marine animals, and helped students in train stations to practise booking train tickets and make travel plans. I've worked with laboratory technicians in large conglomerates and newly qualified architects starting their own companies; people with completely different lives to mine. And it has been a privilege getting to know them all! Though the most rewarding thing about teaching is seeing students achieve their goals. 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