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| Registered: May 30, 2008 | | Posts: 445 |
| | Posted: | | | | I've got "The Holy Land" that has one main audio track with four different languages spoken within. English is the only subtitle language. How do I deal with multiple languages in this instance. |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | Most players (stand alone and computer-based) will let you step through the Audio tracks and will usually display what language was assigned. It may also be explicitly stated on the DVD menus.
I'd just go with what the makers called it.
Was there actually a question about the subtitles? You have one track and it's English, so select English | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| Registered: May 30, 2008 | | Posts: 445 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have one regular dialog track in which Hebrew, Arabic, English and Russian are spoken. For this track there are English subtitles when English is not spoken.
I have the commentary track which is only in English.
How do I indicate multiple languages in one track, or pick one above the rest? |
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| Registered: May 20, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,934 |
| | Posted: | | | | If I were to enter a guess, it would be English (Since English subtitles are displayed diuring non English parts)
For what its worth, DVDEmpire lists it as a English DD Stereo.
Charlie |
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| Registered: June 12, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,665 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting CharlieM: Quote:
If I were to enter a guess, it would be English (Since English subtitles are displayed diuring non English parts) This | | | | Bad movie? You're soaking in it! |
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| Registered: May 26, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 2,879 |
| | Posted: | | | | For cases where the dialog is in more than one language, I generally list "Other" I have seen other profiles listed this way as well for these sorts of audio tracks.
For examples, all of these films have accepted profiles listing the audio track as "Other":
Rachida - Arabic & French
Import/Export - German, Slovak, Russian & English
Farinelli - Italian & French
The Band's Visit - English, Hebrew & Arabic
El Norte - K'iche', Spanish, & English | | | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
-- Thorin Oakenshield |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,759 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting Danae Cassandra: Quote:
For cases where the dialog is in more than one language, I generally list "Other" I have seen other profiles listed this way as well for these sorts of audio tracks. That's what I do as well. Another example is "Night on Earth". |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 3,197 |
| | Posted: | | | | That's not what I use Other for. I use Other for languages that are not currently available in the selection. I would be very surprised to see Other and then hear that's it's mostly in English, for example. | | | | First registered: February 15, 2002 |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 17,334 |
| | Posted: | | | | I would have to agree with KinoNiki here. In my opinion that leaves a lot of doors open for abuse. I have seen many MANY movies where the movie has a small handful of scenes in another language with English subtitles built in to show what is being said. I can't see all these movies not saying English language... just saying Other. | | | | Pete |
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| Registered: March 13, 2007 | | Posts: 2,759 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting KinoNiki: Quote:
That's not what I use Other for. I use Other for languages that are not currently available in the selection. I would be very surprised to see Other and then hear that's it's mostly in English, for example. If it's mostly in English and only a small part is in an other language, I use English as well. But for movies, where there are several main languages used for a substantial part of the film (like "Night on Earth" in four Episodes where only two of them are in English), I use Other. |
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| Registered: May 26, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 2,879 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting RHo: Quote:
Quoting KinoNiki:
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That's not what I use Other for. I use Other for languages that are not currently available in the selection. I would be very surprised to see Other and then hear that's it's mostly in English, for example.
If it's mostly in English and only a small part is in an other language, I use English as well. But for movies, where there are several main languages used for a substantial part of the film (like "Night on Earth" in four Episodes where only two of them are in English), I use Other. This. ^ Generally, when I see a multiple language audio track listed, it isn't that one of them is a main language. It's that they come from a country where there is more than one prominent language. | | | If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.
-- Thorin Oakenshield | | | | Last edited: by Danae Cassandra |
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