{"id":6753,"date":"2012-03-13T09:50:45","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T09:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/blog\/?p=6753"},"modified":"2012-03-13T09:50:45","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T09:50:45","slug":"new-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=6753","title":{"rendered":"New video"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m currently making a new video in Xtranormal – this time in Spanish. Here’s the script, with English translation:<\/p>\n

\u00a1Hola!
\nHi<\/p>\n

Buena d\u00eda. \u00bfEn qu\u00e9 puedo ayudarle?
\nHello, How can I help you?<\/p>\n

Busco trabajo.
\nI’m looking for work.<\/p>\n

\u00bfQu\u00e9 tipo de trabajo?
\nWhat kind of work?<\/p>\n

Como payaso y cirujano de cerebro.
\nAs a clown and brain surgeon.<\/p>\n

\u00bfEn serio? \u00bfMe est\u00e1 vacilando?
\nReally!? Are you pulling my leg?<\/p>\n

\u00a1No, lo digo en serio!
\nNo, I’m serious!<\/p>\n

\u00bfTiene Usted algun t\u00edtulo y experiencia?
\nDo you have any qualifications and experience?<\/p>\n

\u00bfS\u00ed, por supuesto! Estudi\u00e9 medicina en Madrid, y tengo cerebro y zapatos muy grandes.
\nYes, of course! I studied medicine in Madrid, I have a brain, and very large shoes.<\/p>\n

Bueno. \u00bfC\u00f3mo piensa combinar la bufonada y la cirug\u00eda?
\nOk. How do you plan to combine clownery and surgery?<\/p>\n

Bueno, podr\u00eda ayudar a la gente a relajarse antes de la cirug\u00eda con mi bufonada.
\nWell, I could help people to relax before surgery with my clowning.<\/p>\n

\u00a1Buena idea! Lamentablemente no tenemos ofertas de empleo para la cirug\u00eda del cerebro en el momento.
\nGood idea! Unfortunately we don’t have any jobs for brain surgeons at the moment.<\/p>\n

\u00a1Qu\u00e9 l\u00e1stima! \u00bfTienen ofertas de empleo para los payasos?
\nWhat a pity! Do you have any jobs for clowns?<\/p>\n

Lo siento, no tenemos. Pero \u00bfha contempla la posibilidad de entrar en la pol\u00edtica?
\nSorry, we don’t, but have you considered going into politics?<\/p>\n

\u00bfLa pol\u00edtica? Pero no tengo ningun experiencia.
\nPolitics!? But I have no experience.<\/p>\n

\u00a1No importa! Es como hacer el payaso, pero con menos de tortas de crema.
\nIt doesn’t matter! It’s like clowning, but with fewer custard pies<\/p>\n

Bueno. \u00a1Eso parece ideal! No me gusta las tortas de crema. \u00bfQuando puedo comencar?
\nOk. That sounds ideal! I don’t like custard pies anyway. When can I start?<\/p>\n

Hay una elecci\u00f3n en unos pocos meses.
\nThere’s an election in a few months.<\/p>\n

Tal vez voy a intentarlo.
\nMaybe I’ll give it a try.<\/p>\n

\u00a1Buena suerte!
\nGood luck!<\/p>\n

Muchas gracias.
\nThanks a lot.<\/p>\n

\u00a1Ad\u00edos!
\nGoodbye.<\/p>\n

\u00a1Ad\u00edos!
\nGoodbye.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If you spot any errors or have suggestions for how to make this funnier or sillier, just let me know.<\/p>\n

I make these videos mainly for fun, but the process of writing in other languages also helps me to improve my knowledge of them. Making them funny and\/or silly makes the vocabulary and grammatical constructions more memorable for me. <\/p>\n

It is now possible to up load audio to Xtranormal<\/a> as well as using the text-to-speech facility, so I could use recordings in any language I know, and plan to do so.<\/p>\n

Videos I’ve already made<\/a>.<\/p>\n

[addendum] The video is now finished and available on YouTube<\/a>. I’ve even worked out how to add speech bubbles and subtitles.<\/p>\n