So I was wondering about you multilinguists.
Do any of you watch MLP in your language exclusively, or do you watch the superior english version only? or do you guys just not really care which version you watch?
Just a small topic for whatever
>>25630994
I don't speak Finnish but I still sometimes like to watch episodes in it
>>25630994
English, because that's how it's meant to be projected as.
>>25630994
An actual discussion?
Well, since I'm a total weeb, I enjoy the Jap dub
>>25630994
I dislike the mexican dub.
They sound all emotionless compared to american version.
>>25631008
yea i know thats what its meant to be cause usa and canada
im also wondering how you guys think of the other languages. do they do stuff better or worse than english? idk
>>25630994
There is no such thing as other languages, there is only the human language called English, then there is the oral defecation of all other tounges.
>>25630994
I watch the superior english version ofcourse.
The persian dub is horribly laughable.
All ponies are voiced by 6-12 year olds. Or at least sound like they are.
>>25630994
I only download the English version via torrents.
Sometimes I use my set top box to see what it's like on different channels.
There was a time that I was able to watch it on polish canal + sister channels.
>>25631127
>The persian dub is horribly laughable.
Nigga are you shitting me?
You really can speak farsi?
Tell me , did you watch the farsi version on gem junior?
>>25631007
What brings you to watch the finnish language? are you learning it or just find a something appealing about the version?
id imagine translations would be hard beacause of finnish cases and such
>>25631064
so im assuming no effort at all in the acting.
I thought i remembered people saying how the latino spanish was the best one outside english?
>>25631127
the persian dub im guessing might sound bad because of budget and all that jazz. mainly because not a whole lot of people watch mlp in iran. and persian is fairly rare to hear in the western world if anything
>>25631391
Well I am very exigent.
So for me it has to be 99.9% exact or go away.
Supposedly it got fixed in later seasons, but I still don't like it much.
It is ok if the target audience wants to watch it and they don't know english to watch the original I guess.
>>25631391
>the persian dub im guessing might sound bad because of budget and all that jazz.
Usually the government helps with dubbing the product but in this case , Iran never airs MLP.
On the other hand there are some channels that dub the show and air it but they completely lack dubbing skills and they have like 3 or 4 people so yeah it's shit.
If the governments' dub team do it , it would be amazingly good , they have been in this businessf for 30 years.
>>25630994
I watch in English and Arabic. I love both.
Used to watch it in spanish from latin america but they were releasing the episodes too slow so i eventually moved to english.
I tried to watch it in spanish once again but i got used to the english voices too much to go back.
>>25631505
Same here amirite
Russian but I watch in English exclusively.
I watch the show with french subtitles but before the season 5 I was watching it in French.
>>25631505
Same as this, except I also stopped watching the Latin American dub because I stopped watching TV overall.
>>25630994
I can't stand the Swedish version. The voice actors can't into acting, the characters sound the same, they can't sing, not to mention how incompetent the translators are.
English version all the way.
>>25630994
>no dub in native language
>Spanish dub is terrible
The Japanese one was interesting for a bit, but I don't understand Japanese. So English only.
>>25631441
so basically just a complete lack of effort in a nutshell. sounds independently done. if it they don't air it in iran, do they translate the episodes in iran or somewhere else?
sounds absurd to translate it if no one is gonna watch it too much
>>25631560
i don't speak russian, even i can hear that the actors doing horrible acting
>>25631590
i heard a few clips of swedish, i could really tell if they were good or not. sounds funny to hear people actually comment about their native language version being done bad
>>25631655
well whats your native language?
can't tell where youre coming from
>>25631700
>or somewhere else?
Yes somewhere else.
There are millions of Iranian migrants all over the world and some still watch the channel but I'm pretty sure non of them would watch the show.
They like to watch prime time american television and some other tv-shows from other countries.
>>25631741VietWhy do you ask, anon?
English because how am I supposed to know ebin memes.
20% cooler :DDDDDDD
>>25631773
so you're a viet who knows spanish? and you seem to know japanese. how did that happen?
>>25631932
I live in California. Everyone here knows Mexican, one asian language, and English.I know Spanish because of school, and practice from reading all the signs and shit.
I said I don't understand Japanese, just watched it because of some hype on the Japanese dub.
>>25631391
>id imagine translations would be hard
Are you implying the Finnish language can be translated?
Why? Because memes of course
>>25631973
>i said i don't understand japanese
yeah my fault, did't read twice
>>25631585
so youre saying you learned french from the show? or did you already speak french and just converted?
>>25630994
The English version is the best one and nothing can really top it, but I do enjoy the other dubs quite a bit. Though, that depends on which one. Some are decent, and others are pure shit.
>>25631069
With the German dub, some of the words are changed a bit to get a better meaning. Like for example, the EQG3 song where Twilight sings, "I know there is more that's out there."
In German, it can be translated as, "There is more still out there,"
They're fairly minor, but it's not quite a direct translation over from English, if that's what you're asking.
>>25632442
How is the german dub to you? like quality wise. voice acting sounds alright to me as far as i can tell.
>>25630994
The Japanese dub is cute as fuck.
>>25630994
I'm Dutch, I watch MLP in English because the Dutch dub is beyond terrible, and because I prefer watching shows in their original language (except for shows I watched in my childhood and remember in Dutch).
>>25632495
The quality of the voices are okay for the most part.
Julia Meyner does a good job with Twilight, and Pinkie's voice is okay but can get a little grating, especially when she starts screaming or shouting. However, Fluttershy's speaking voice is extremely irritating for me to hear, because whoever does her voice does so in this falsetto-whisper type of voice. Having said that, when that VA actually uses her voice for singing, then it sounds good.
Here is a good example. Listen to the difference between her speaking and singing. I'm not certain if it's the same VA, but if it is she does a better job singing than speaking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4LV6HySK0Q
>>25630994
I watch either the Polish or scattered Russian dubs if I can. The voices of Rarity and Fluttershy remind me of my mom.
>>25630994
I only watch it in english. Whenever i hear the Swedish verisions, i can't help but cringe.
>>25631007
topkek
>>25630994
The Italian dub is not THAT bad (got me into the show in the first place), but it falls really short when compared to the original version, so I exclusively watch the show in English.
>>25630994
The English version is easily the best. The German one makes me cringe.
>>25632694
Like every other german dub then.
>>25632719
The old Disney movies had amazing German dubs actually.
But nowadays they suck, yeah.
>>25632513
I'd rather listen to cats being boiled alive than to the Dutch dub.
>>25632694
kek what the hells wrong with it
While both german and english are my native languages, I watch the english original only since the german "translation" is pure shit and every pony speaks without any accent or dialect. Just imagine both Rarity and Applejack speaking the same bland way, not to mention Luna.
One of the worst examples is the part where "Cadance" sings "No, I do not love the groom in my hearth there is no room". In german, it was raped to "This guy leaves me cold as ice, I don't like him at all", with the last part being a german phrase that is only used by small, angry kids ("Ich habe ihn garnicht lieb").
Having a BA in Japanology, I can verify that the japanese translation is actially very good - especially the smile song is very well translated.
>>25630994
I'm Polish
I like the Polish VAs, but the translation is too shallow.
I watch all the episodes in English and sometimes listen to the songs in Japanese
Japanese and Italian openings are superior to the original.
>>25630994
well i watched it in German, English, Polish and in spain
and i have to say
German sucks dick so hard it hurts
Polish is great for the songs and the characters keep theire accents
Spanish well never liked that language anyways
English well shit they made it in Englisch so it's kinda obvious it would be the best
>>25633091
quite a few people are bashing on the german version. im actually really wondering why whats so bad about that version.
>>25632996
i also hear quite a few people say that polish breddy gud. cant really say anything about that.
the italian opening makes it look like a show from the 90s its great
>>25632727
this
https://youtube.com/watch?v=gUcumvjK6YI
>>25630994
Only English version with English subtitles.
Spain here, but I watch it exclusively in english. It hurts to live when I hear the spanish dub.
>>25633091
>Polish is great for the songs and the characters keep theire accents
>>25630994
I've tried the Korean one out of curiosity, couldn't last 10 seconds with how uncomfortable the Rarity groans are. literally a porno
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pNtfdk2osk
>>25632423
this
>>25633396
Hot
>>25633238
you have just too many specific words in german, you don't have the advantage of English
>>25632972
Though German isn't my mother language, I did notice the complete lack of accents for every single one of them. If I recall from seeing some of the Galacon panel videos, the German VA's are forced to remove their accents when they do their work, that is not done by choice. When Julia speaks sometimes outside of recording, it's in a Berlinerisch accent.
While in my case, I purposefully sought out the German dub, in order to help me learn the language, and I gained quite a lot from it. But, as the others have said, the quality of the voices and the translations can use a bit of work. However, that might be due to the fact that German is a very direct language, and you can't easily flower your words like you can in English. Sure, there may be slang now and again, but it just doesn't quite add up.
Having said all this, and though there's more to follow: in comparison with some other dubs I've come across, German isn't all that bad. You have not experienced ear-rape until you hear the Ukrainian and Romanian versions. The former of which does not even sing the songs, rather plays the English version in the background on a low volume, while some lady speaks - not sings, but speaks in that language over the partially muted English song. And this is not a new thing, they have been practicing this since season 1, up until I believe season 4. They, like the Germans, lag behind a year on their dub whilst others such as Castillan, French, and Italian get theirs out fairly quickly. Those three are midway through season 5, as a comparison.
>>25630994
Same as >>25631560
>>25631700
>the actors doing horrible acting
This. But some songs are translated and singed really well, at least.
Also, I enjoy japanese dub (even if I don't speak japanese), it's nice to listen to.
Russian dub sucks.
>>25634951
They don't sound that bad to me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyQ8b90Soy8
Then again, I don't understand the language so for all I know, they could have butchered the translation.
>>25630994
Back in early 2011 when my English wasn't good enough I used to watch pone with russian subtitles to make sure I won't miss anything important.
Eventually, as I got better, I switched to pure english version.
>>25634976
>they could have butchered the translation
Russians consider official russian dub to be literally google translate-tier. Yes, it is that bad.
>In S1E2 even idioms such as "Woah, Nelly" and "Simmer down, Sally" are translated literally.
>>25635130
Is bad bad, or bad funny? Like cc on Youtube
>>25635130
>Is it
a better example of what I mean from the same clip
>>25630994
I'm Norwegian, and therefore speak Norwegian, and I'd also be able to comprehend it in Swedish and Danish.
I'm also kind of okay in French, or at least I used to be.
I've watched half an episode in Norwegian on television, found that to be pretty shitty, and never tried any other dubs. I don't see any reason why I shouldn't watch it in English, seeing as there's no language barrier for me.
>>25635167
>Pakk bort vintern.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHx2LdqUBu8
>>25635148
bad bad. Bad translations, bad VA, bad everything.
If only we could get a CDRR-tier localization...
>>25633396
>Korean Rarity groans are like porn.
>>25635186
Этo нaпoминaeт мнe тo вpeмя, кoгдa я плыл в Шaнхaй нa лoдкe, пoлнoй лoдыpeй.
>>25635171
Yeah, it's so bad I'm unable to take it seriously. It becomes kind of laughable though.
The translations are kind of stupid. Some words and names are obviously not translated, and become really jarring in the middle of the otherwise Norwegian dialogue. And the words that are translated (fucking jordponni) sound so bad.
But it's always like this. The Norwegian dub is pretty much always shit.
>>25630994
I watch the german dub to see how much I understand (A2-ish level), am at S4E7 right now. Pretty fun, though Germans say it's terrible, and S3 was rushed with a VA for TS changed.
I also noticed that for whatever reason they no longer translate "Everfree Forest" into German in S4, any Germ here has an idea why?
>>25635160
It's not as bad as youtube captions, but it is still laughably bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ-ZsY1kQt0
In original, Twi says:
>"You're the Mare in the Moon - Nightmare Moon!"
which in russian for some reason became
>"Ty Lunnaya Poni - Lunnaya Poni!"
>literally "You are Moon Pony - Moon Pony!"
>>25635205
YOU FUCKING RANGERPHILES MAKE ME SICK.
>>25633396
>korean rarity telling you to hold still while she's measuring
>>25635275
Twivanov is of repeating thing for emphasis. EMPHASIS!!!
>>25635275
I get that. Translations into my language usually make me wince rather than laugh.
>>25635205
>>25635186
>I will never again watch streams of dubbed S1 together with angry as fuck russian anons
Fuck...
>>25635298
Пизды пoлyчишь
>>25635275
Saved money on translators, saved money on VA.
Provided great value!
>>25630994
French, but the dub is shit (except for Dash and Scoot, who sound adorable) so I'm sticking to english.
int - bump
>>25635248
>>25635248
No Germ, but superior Austriafag here: It's because the german "Translators" can't keep any of the golden rules of translating or interpretating, e.g.: NEVER translate Names.
>>25636510
Yeah, I noticed that. Most dubs would call it the Everfree Forest, but the German one up until about season 4 or so kept calling it, "Der Wald der ewigen Magie."
>>25635248
IMO it sounds better, even if it's less faithful. It doesn't sound right not to at least partially translate geographical names.
>>25637160
Meant >>25636652
>>25637160
>>25636510
How popular is mlp there anyway?
Do alot of kids like it or is it really next to non existant?
Does everyone who does watch mlp there, watch it in english or german do you notice?
>>25635503
Fluttershy doesnt have her soft voice in the french version. She sounds so plain
>>25635186
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIi-p13seNg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF1FYNCA_rA
In Soviet Russia, fandubs are better than the official ones.
>>25638487
>tfw Polish fandub of MMC was the worst shit ever created
>tfw you can't watch it anymore
They stopped dubbing it here in Japan at episode 52 (wedding story). Recently there's been revival with Equestria Girls movies, but so far not the show.
All episodes are fansubbed on Nico Douga by Michiitosan, usually within week of broadcast, so we keep up.
Fandom commentary during episodes is 90% KAWAIIIII (かわいい), 9% wwwwwww and 1% interesting discourse.
Japanese bronies as autistic as American bronies.
>>25638681
Fans also like Apocalypse Dash, Pinkie and Mod.
Fluttershy is still favored character in Japan, however.
I only watch the English version.
After Season 2, Season 1 started airing here in Portugal, but I only watched the first season of that out of curiosity. It was alright for the most part, characters sometimes sounded weird and the songs were hit or miss
Dutch here, I only watch the English version.
The Dutch dub just feels wrong.
>>25638765
What's the text saying?
>>25638847
>What's the text saying?
"Cool!" (many times with different ways of saying but all mean "cool")
"Tough" (this was said a lot during the Sombra battle)
"Really like this Dashie"
"What is this?" (many people were saying "Is this still girl's show?" in comments during this scene)
>>25631441
>If the governments' dub team do it , it would be amazingly good , they have been in this businessf for 30 years.
>The Islamic Republic of Iran's national television dubbing society presents: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
I want this now, it would be hilarious. Especially if it actually would be well done.
