FrightNight wrote:Though German voice dub that was used for TP airing back in the 90's (I was stuck with a couple of VHS-recorded German episodes I've caught on cable as the only source to feed my TP obsession for a good number of years since we didn't have the VCR when TP originally aired in my country and didn't record it plus our TV stations reaired the show only in '98-'99 when I was finally able to tape it in its original form) was super professional - I'm not kiddin', especially the voices of the guys who did Cooper and Truman were so similar to MacLachlan's and Ontkean's that I wondered for a few times if they were actually not the original actors doing the dubbing themselves!
Yeah, I guess the translation and the voices were alright. For a long time, until the DVD boxes were released, I only ever knew the German version. Haven't watched it for a long time though. And back on topic, I actually find it interesting that there will be a German audio book released shortly after the English version. Does anyone know of other language versions?
I wonder how far in advance a project like a translated audio book has to be planned and who gets to decide on the aesthetics of a translated version. My guess is that whoever holds the rights to the original book gets to sell/license these rights to local markets, such as Germany. Then the licensee, a German publisher, can decide if they want to do an audio book as well and how they want to do it (for example, if they have one actor read the entire book or if they'd rather have several actors reading specific characters). But I don't know for sure. Anyone with any insight into how this is actually being done, feel free to share your insights with us
ok, I googled and got a rugby player so I was really confused!
