Wanted: Opera Mini Voice-Overs

Wanted: Opera Mini Voice-Overs

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News » 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.

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).

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.

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

Cool.. I guess Tamil will come up with one in "Our" mother tongue "TAMIL"

By Senthilraj, # 5. February 2008, 11:04:43

Ah.. I missed the first comment in just 43 seconds... :-(

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:

I guess Tamil will come up with one in "Our" mother tongue "TAMIL"

Originally posted by varish:

Tamil will you be doing one in Tamil ?

By Tamil, # 5. February 2008, 11:20:02

By DeathKnight1092, # 5. February 2008, 11:58:08

Nice. Can't wait to hear if in Norwegian it's ŏp'ər-ə or ŏp'rə or op'er-a

By dantesoft, # 5. February 2008, 12:09:25

Great Idea !

By reza.com, # 5. February 2008, 12:22:31

I will send my voice of multiple languages...which is in india...

By Sreeramu, # 5. February 2008, 13:12:50

Interesting idea!

By CHAOSDRAGON88, # 5. February 2008, 13:24:32

I thing I can do it if I have time.

By yeeliberto, # 5. February 2008, 14:13:35

everyone will receive t-shirt who send him voice record?

By feveran, # 5. February 2008, 15:47:39

No, your voice-over has to be "the best" for your language.

By dantesoft, # 5. February 2008, 16:09:07

This is somewhat problematic, because the video is matched in speed to English, and other languages might need to add more words to complete a sentence whereas English needs much less, and so - matching it in some parts is just not realistic...

By YtseJam, # 5. February 2008, 16:52:07

Excellent idea!

By soumitram4u, # 5. February 2008, 17:05:40

YtseJam:

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

I like it in Russian! :-)

By su-do-ku, # 5. February 2008, 21:22:00

I take it English has already been done?

By Furie, # 5. February 2008, 22:53:51

Great Idea....wish I had thought of it....LOL I will re-record mine version and resend it.

By skid94, # 6. February 2008, 00:39:28

Originally posted by Lawmune:

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.

Of course, who ever heard of Rolling Stones in Romania?!

Unfortunately, the Craigslist reference looks completely irrelevant to me, and can't be avoided (it apears in the video, not just the audio).

Moreover, the script mentions "The Binges" which got cut from the voice-over.

Originally posted by Furie:

I take it English has already been done?

Like, just the West Coast American dialect has been done. Besides, a male voice will sound better

By dantesoft, # 6. February 2008, 11:32:45

So who will do the lolcat translation?

By remcolanting, # 6. February 2008, 19:13:57

For the record, Scott Paxton (skid94) gets credit for inspiring us to ask our community members for help with this (I'll make sure you get a t-shirt, Scott). And yes, alternative English voiceovers will be considered.

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

Ooo, a chance to rewrite the script.

Keep your grandmas away from the room when you play my entry.

By Furie, # 6. February 2008, 22:17:31

Keep in mind that voice-overs that are close to the original in terms of content are more likely to be featured.

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

how can i download it?

By Mihajlospb, # 6. February 2008, 23:58:01

A downloadable version of the video can be found here: http://www.operamini.com/video/operamini4.mov

By Lawmune, # 7. February 2008, 03:59:26

This is so great!!

I'll tell eztigma. We should send our versions, so we can finally use the Microphone!!

By violetisha, # 7. February 2008, 05:13:02

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By SuXess, # 7. February 2008, 07:28:48

desktop browser if that happends...

By SuXess, # 7. February 2008, 07:29:33

SuXess: If what happens?

By haavard, # 7. February 2008, 09:24:50

If Opera Mini is advertised by me?

By Furie, # 7. February 2008, 10:08:44

Originally posted by espenao:

One of our biggest resolutions for 2008 is to spread the word of Opera in as many languages as possible.

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

Probably sooner then sr.opera.com

By shobra, # 12. February 2008, 19:38:51

to haavard...if that happends ill stay all day on the mobile mini...

love opera

By SuXess, # 14. February 2008, 11:44:20

SuXess, I don't understand what you are referring to when you say "that".

By haavard, # 14. February 2008, 14:19:29

Hey there. Do you Need an english speaking, englishman to dub a voice over at all?

By jake80, # 15. February 2008, 22:53:39

Quite probably so.

By dantesoft, # 16. February 2008, 10:21:53

we sent a submision to the email that was specified a few days ago, but didn't get any reply to confirm that it arrived. should we resend it?

By Quinnuendo, # 17. February 2008, 20:03:12

Which language was it?

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

It may be too late, but is it possible to extend the deadline? Maybe I will submit Indonesian version. If there is already Indonesian version submitted, please tell me too.

By yuku, # 19. February 2008, 18:19:03

I hope you got mine as well. I accidentally sent it to Espen, but said he forwarded it.

Thanks

By skid94, # 19. February 2008, 22:19:58

I've got the confirmation mail...

now to see if it was the best

By Quinnuendo, # 20. February 2008, 10:04:09

Opera Mini Voice

By SuXess, # 23. February 2008, 22:38:11

Any word on the voice overs? Just curious.

By skid94, # 27. February 2008, 00:12:51

We're working on it

By Lawmune, # 27. February 2008, 00:53:04

Thanks Lawrence. Hope all is well.

By skid94, # 27. February 2008, 01:06:48

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