Did a bunch of Spanish voiceovers today.
The Spanish language is such a beautiful language...and fun to speak. Where else do you get to roll your r's and say some of your d's like a th sound? It's just fun!
Where it gets un-fun is when the client doesn't allow for the 25 to 30% additional time it takes to say something translated from English to Spanish!
Let me explain it this way: Most people who speak well in English speak at about 130 to 150 words per minute. Well, when that gets translated to Spanish, because of the syllables in Spanish, that works out to what would be about 190 words per minute. So obviously to keep the copy within a :60 commercial framework YOU HAVE TO TALK FASTER!!!
So today one of my clients asked, "Could you make it sound slower?"
HUH????
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