Wanted: Opera Mini Voice-Overs
By EspenAO. Tuesday, 5. February 2008, 10:56:18

So, we're looking for people around the world to be the voices of Mini in our most recent video.
It was well-received and is still being seen every week. We want to republish the same video, but with your own voice-overs in your native language, whether that's Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Polish, etc.
I Want To Translate!
Cool, send us your translated voice-overs (correctly timed to the video) and we'll choose the best ones to publish. The video in different languages will be featured here and on video sharing sites around the Web. If there are multiple voice-overs submitted for any given language, we'll choose our favorite to be featured (one voice-over per language).
Rules and T-Shirts
Everyone who sends in a featured voice-over will receive an Opera t-shirt.
The deadline for this project (to be eligible for a t-shirt) is February 18th.
Submissions have to be sent by email.
In addition to the audio file, please send us your translated script as well. To make things easier, here's the original script in English.
Note: For quality control purposes, we reserve the right not to feature a submitted voice-over, even if it's the only voice-over submitted in a particular language.
Technical Things
16 to 24-bit, 44.1 to 48khz AIF is the best full audio format for universal import into editing programs. These files should be around 25mb for a 3-minute track.
However, an MP3 is a scaled-down version of an audio file and is only about 3-5mb for a 3-minute track. To avoid huge e-mails, please send us MP3s, but keep a copy of your higher quality audio files in case we decide we want to use your voice-over.


By Tamil, # 5. February 2008, 11:04:00
By Senthilraj, # 5. February 2008, 11:04:43
By Senthilraj, # 5. February 2008, 11:05:19
Tamil will you be doing one in Tamil ?
By varish, # 5. February 2008, 11:10:02
Originally posted by Senthilraj:
Originally posted by varish:
By Tamil, # 5. February 2008, 11:20:02
By DeathKnight1092, # 5. February 2008, 11:58:08
By dantesoft, # 5. February 2008, 12:09:25
By reza.com, # 5. February 2008, 12:22:31
By Sreeramu, # 5. February 2008, 13:12:50
By CHAOSDRAGON88, # 5. February 2008, 13:24:32
By yeeliberto, # 5. February 2008, 14:13:35
By feveran, # 5. February 2008, 15:47:39
By dantesoft, # 5. February 2008, 16:09:07
By YtseJam, # 5. February 2008, 16:52:07
By soumitram4u, # 5. February 2008, 17:05:40
My colleague Stephanie writes:
"This shouldn't be a problem. The dialog doesn't have to match the scenes exactly and timing can easily be adjusted and synched to the different sequences through audio editing. If it's a bit tight, we'll tighten the pauses. But please try to be as accurate as possible with the timing."
Do your best to convey the original intent of the video, even if that means your voice-over is not a word-for-word literal translation. At least you don't have to worry about synching with lip movements
By Lawmune, # 5. February 2008, 20:03:19
By su-do-ku, # 5. February 2008, 21:22:00
By Furie, # 5. February 2008, 22:53:51
By skid94, # 6. February 2008, 00:39:28
Originally posted by Lawmune:
Of course, who ever heard of Rolling Stones in Romania?!Moreover, the script mentions "The Binges" which got cut from the voice-over.
Originally posted by Furie:
Like, just the West Coast American dialect has been done. Besides, a male voice will sound betterBy dantesoft, # 6. February 2008, 11:32:45
By remcolanting, # 6. February 2008, 19:13:57
dantesoft: If you want to change the "Craigslist" mention to something more generic/appropriate, please do so.
Good point about the Binges mention which was cut. That can be left out if you want.
By Lawmune, # 6. February 2008, 19:29:59
By Furie, # 6. February 2008, 22:17:31
That said, all this enthusiasm makes me think we should create a "write-your-own Opera commercial" contest, where community members submit their scripts and/or storyboards, and we film the best one to distribute online.
By Lawmune, # 6. February 2008, 23:07:43
By Mihajlospb, # 6. February 2008, 23:58:01
By Lawmune, # 7. February 2008, 03:59:26
I'll tell eztigma. We should send our versions, so we can finally use the Microphone!!
By violetisha, # 7. February 2008, 05:13:02
By SuXess, # 7. February 2008, 07:28:48
By SuXess, # 7. February 2008, 07:29:33
By haavard, # 7. February 2008, 09:24:50
By Furie, # 7. February 2008, 10:08:44
Originally posted by espenao:
You mean, more language.opera.com subsites will be launched during this year?
I wonder when will I see a hu.opera.com
By zoligrg89, # 11. February 2008, 13:16:06
By shobra, # 12. February 2008, 19:38:51
love opera
By SuXess, # 14. February 2008, 11:44:20
By haavard, # 14. February 2008, 14:19:29
By jake80, # 15. February 2008, 22:53:39
By dantesoft, # 16. February 2008, 10:21:53
By Quinnuendo, # 17. February 2008, 20:03:12
I just went through and made sure all submissions received through the weekend were responded to.
Let me know and I'll double check to be sure we got it!
Thanks,
Steph
By audiohead, # 19. February 2008, 14:50:40
By yuku, # 19. February 2008, 18:19:03
Thanks
By skid94, # 19. February 2008, 22:19:58
now to see if it was the best
By Quinnuendo, # 20. February 2008, 10:04:09
By SuXess, # 23. February 2008, 22:38:11
By skid94, # 27. February 2008, 00:12:51
By Lawmune, # 27. February 2008, 00:53:04
By skid94, # 27. February 2008, 01:06:48