Movies in Germany are always dubbed into German from the original language. Bad decision, Germany. I mean, what is Robert Pattinson without that wonderfully evocative voice? Hollywood heartthrobs, French television comedians, and Italian commercials all fall prey to voiceovers, with varying degrees of weirdness. For one thing, there doesn't seem to be much tonal subtlety to the dubbing. The delivery usually hits somewhere between manic and bouncing off the walls, which is great for How I Met Your Mother, but not so great for Carlos the Jackal.
Speed reading aside, most of these shows lose something in the translation to German. Like catchphrases. One of my coworkers was imitating ET yesterday with vacant eyes, a slowly rising pointer finger, and the line: "ET zu Hause telefoniern." Wrong, right? ET phones home, he doesn't spout German grammar exercises. Another coworker wanted to bond with me over memories of would-be burglars tripping over the booby-traps in children's classic Kevin Allein Zu Haus. The problem here is not only the fact that I thought he was referring to some kind of old-world German morality tale before I remembered that Macaulay Culkin's character is called Kevin in Home Alone. The rhythm is off. The words are clunky. I can't bear to look up Good Times' "Dyno-mite!" "Sprengstoff!" just doesn't have the same ring.
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