Day 15: Carro or Coche for Dubbing
In a translation seminar at the UNAM in Mexico City, Ezequiel (A) and Abigail (B), two students, compare the Mexican dub and the dub from Spain of the same cartoon about a raccoon detective, while their professor, Graciela (C), listens.
How to study this lesson 3 steps
- Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
- Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense. Point at (or tap) a Spanish word to see what it means.
- Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Spanish, for example from the Resources page. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.
Dialogue
Audio recordings are on the way. For now, each lesson is the dialogue with its English translation.
Keys: E hide English · ← → previous / next day · point at a word to see its meaning
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A
Vengo notando que en el doblaje de España el mapache dice “ordenador”, “coche” y “vale” cada dos frases.
I've been noticing that in the dub from Spain the raccoon says “ordenador” for computer, “coche” for car and “vale” for OK every other sentence.
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B
Tú no eres imparcial: vienes diciendo “carro” desde la primaria. Aunque lo de “¿qué pasa, tíos?” sí me sacó de onda.
You're not impartial: you've been saying “carro” since elementary school. Although that “¿qué pasa, tíos?” did throw me.
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A
En el mexicano dice “¿qué onda, chavos?”, y eso lo entiende cualquier niño de Tijuana a Mérida.
In the Mexican one he says “¿qué onda, chavos?,” and any kid from Tijuana to Mérida understands that.
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B
¿Cualquier niño mexicano, querrás decir? Si yo fuese rioplatense, “chavos” me sonaría tan raro como “tíos”.
Any Mexican kid, you mean? If I were from the Río de la Plata, “chavos” would sound as odd to me as “tíos.”
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C
Buen punto. Si una plataforma les pagase por un solo doblaje de esta caricatura para toda Latinoamérica, ¿cuál venderían?
Good point. If a streaming platform paid you for just one dub of this cartoon for the whole of Latin America, which would you sell?
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A
El mexicano, maestra: en Argentina crecieron con el Chavo del Ocho, y “chavo” lo entienden hasta en la Patagonia.
The Mexican one, Professor: in Argentina they grew up with El Chavo del Ocho, and they understand “chavo” all the way down in Patagonia.
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B
Si dependiera de mí, uno neutro, sin localismos: “auto” y no “carro”, “chicos” y no “chavos”.
If it were up to me, a neutral one, with no local words: “auto,” not “carro”; “chicos,” not “chavos.”
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C
Le tengo noticias, Abigail: ese neutro que anda defendiendo se graba sobre todo en la Ciudad de México. Es chilango de corbata.
I've got news for you, Abigail: that neutral Spanish you keep defending is mostly recorded in Mexico City. It's Mexico City Spanish in a tie.
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A
¿Ves, Abigail? Tu neutro dice “auto” en público y “carro” en su casa.
See, Abigail? Your neutral Spanish says “auto” in public and “carro” at home.
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