Stargazer Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 I don't know if I missed any yesterday (was dealing with car troubles), but I see that two General Authorities are giving their talks in their native tongues! Portuguese and Spanish! As I type this, the Spanish-speaker has not yet spoken. The Portuguese speaker was Elder Carlos A. Godoy. Wasn't there some discussion about this here in this forum over the last few months? Does this mean that the General Authorities are monitoring what we discuss here, and using our good ideas? I would have preferred subtitles, as I would like to become more familiar with Spanish (or Portuguese). But that is sooooo cool! I wonder if President Uchtdorf would give one of his talks in German? Probably not
bluebell Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 If I remember right there were two such speakers yesterday. The first spoke Cantonese!
sheilauk Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 The First one was in Cantonese on Saturday morning, by Elder Chi Hong Wong. And Elder Eduardo Gavarret spoke in Spanish on Saturday afternoon. President Uchtdorf joked that he would sound like he was speaking in german when he spoke at the end of the Saturday am session. Personally, I prefer the interpreter voice over as I have trouble reading subtitles, especially when I'm trying to take notes.
Duncan Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 it's been kind of rocky to follow them but i'll wait until the printed version comes out
Stargazer Posted October 5, 2014 Author Posted October 5, 2014 Darn, missed most of the Saturday AM session, and all of PM and Priesthood. First time this has happened in years.
Garden Girl Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 The First one was in Cantonese on Saturday morning, by Elder Chi Hong Wong. And Elder Eduardo Gavarret spoke in Spanish on Saturday afternoon. President Uchtdorf joked that he would sound like he was speaking in german when he spoke at the end of the Saturday am session. Personally, I prefer the interpreter voice over as I have trouble reading subtitles, especially when I'm trying to take notes. Me too, Sheila... the first one was a little difficult because the voice over and spoken word were "fighting." But I noticed they figured that out and today's speaker/voice overs were better modulated and thus clearer. GG
cdowis Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 I really enjoyed this. The speakers were so much more relaxed in their native language, instead of struggling with English. I got alot more out of their talks. I guess I would turn off whenever I heard these talks in the past. Wonderful! Inspiring!
Avatar4321 Posted October 5, 2014 Posted October 5, 2014 I thought the translated talks were very good. And no I don't think they are monitoring us. I think we were discussing it per their announcement 1
mbh26 Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 What do the saints who normally listen to the talk in Spanish hear? Since I had to learn Spanish for my mission, I would have appreciated not having the interpreter voice drown out the speakers voice. I wonder if there is an application for that.
Calm Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 (edited) You can choose the language to listen to on the conference site but it takes longer for nonEnglish languages to show up. Here is español, some of the talks are already up: https://www.lds.org/general-conference/sessions/2014/10?lang=spa In the example I heard, they get the first few words spoken and then the translator kicks in with a complete silencing of the English. Edited October 6, 2014 by calmoriah
The Nehor Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 What do the saints who normally listen to the talk in Spanish hear? Since I had to learn Spanish for my mission, I would have appreciated not having the interpreter voice drown out the speakers voice. I wonder if there is an application for that. I think they should play the talk as spoken and use subtitles. 1
Calm Posted October 6, 2014 Posted October 6, 2014 Too funny. I just noticed for Spanish, instead of saying "read" it says "leer". I guess it has been too long since I took my Spanish classes (35 years)
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