Movies in another language
October 26th 2007 16:20
We have a tv at the Valencia apartment we’re staying in, but of course the programmes are all in Spanish. Briefly, at one point last night, we found what appeared to be an American movie which had Spanish closed captioning (or subtitles for those who know them under that name). However, after a short patch in English the film reverted to Spanish, so we gave up trying to figure it out. It’s all right if you’ve seen the film before - you have an idea of what’s going on. Seeing an unfamiliar film in another language is a bit confusing, to say the least.
Fortunately our host has provided us with several DVDs in English, from Finding Neverland to Monsters Inc, from This is Spinal Tap to Taxi Driver. They’re a bit of a mixed-bag, but at least there’s something to watch in English. While it’s fun trying to figure out things in another language - and in general we
get on okay in this respect - there are times when you just long to be able to say the words without a puzzled look on the face of the shopkeeper. As when, last night, we had to buy toilet paper, and couldn’t see it anywhere. While you can mime some things, that was one we didn’t want to try! Sometimes you have you're work cut out communicating in a different language.
Fortunately our host has provided us with several DVDs in English, from Finding Neverland to Monsters Inc, from This is Spinal Tap to Taxi Driver. They’re a bit of a mixed-bag, but at least there’s something to watch in English. While it’s fun trying to figure out things in another language - and in general we
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