So how are the Spanish lessons (IE Telefutura's English CC Service)coming along?

I watch TFT with off-air antenna and dont get the CC. when I first started watching the spanish broadcasted games, I found a website (i forget where) that was spanish futbol terms, so I learned the basics like "esquina" and "pelota" and that gets me by.

 

I have closed captioning on my television set. I put it on during a game earlier in the week to see how it looked and the damned thing was nothing but gibberish. It looked more like Polish than English. There was hardly a single sentence which made any sense--and forget about the player's names!

Good idea, but it would have been useless for anyone that needed it.

 

I don't know why they don't just have a guy with a keyboard do play-by-play, as opposed to captioning what the announcers are actually saying. I agree to a certain extent -- although I didn't think it was gibberish it didn't make a lot of sense, and often I'd understand something in Spanish that would finally come on the CC about 15 seconds later.

But again, it just seems like it would be easier to have a guy do his own play-by-play with the keyboard, or better yet, put an English crew on the SAP audio channel.

~Justin

 

The lag time between events on the field and what the captioning says is too long, so I turned it off. I don't know what the announcers are saying but now I'm not distracted by trying to read what happened a half minute ago.

I appreciate the effort though.

 

The more I watch it without audio the better I see the game.

 

I agree, it's a good idea, but I tend to read too much and miss the good stuff. Better to learn the language. BTW: 'Fuera de lugar' = Offside

 

there is some word that sounds like "corner" in spanish that they say all the time ... had no idea what it is ...

phonetically corner is esquina right? it is something like esquierda ... probably botching it royally ... but i am picking up a bit.

 

Esquina=corner

Izquierda=left

To comment on someone above who said they don't get the captioning on their DirecTV. The captioning signal is probably there. You have to turn on the captioning on your TV to see it.

Gonzo

 

We are pleased with the CC on Univision/Telefutura; without it we'd be a bit lost. The commentators seem much more analytical and funny than our American guys. Can't speak to the accuracy, tho

 

I agree that the delay and the reading are distracting, but we watch with TiVo and replay the good stuff.

 

The announcers made light of the CC several times. They admitted they somewhat felt bad for the people doing the CC because they had to translate extremely idiomatic phrases. I remember one guy purposely said something that was extremely untranslatable just for kicks. It was pretty funny.

 

I was suprised how well they speak of our players. They even said Ralston is a good winger. I always figured they just ragged on our players the whole time.

 

You know, they just have a change of hart latly, and they call the MNT the Team of every body, making refernce that the country is a melting pot.

 

I got stuck watching a game with closed captions once at my father-in-law's because no one know how to turn the captions off. Now this was a game in English with English titles. I found my self having to listen to and read Bob Edward's and Ty Keough's words. That was truly horrific, but I couldn't keep myself from reading those damned captions. It was brutally masochistic. Anyway, I don't know if I get captions and I don't intend to find out. I figure it's a good way to get my daughter to keep up with her Spanish over the summer.

 

I enjoy listening to the game is Spanish. Although I only know a few words, it is a great way to pick up a few pharses.

 

My personal favorite is "penal! penal! penal! penal! penal! penal! PENALTY!!

 

If a player would hit the post or come really close they used to say (phonetically) "Toke,Toke,Toke!!!" but they don't seem to say that anymore

 

Personal favorite: Gol. GOOOOOOAAAAALLLL! GOLASSO! GOLASSO!
ASSO! ASSO! ASSO!
(not sure of translation)

 

Here are some that tend to be used:

"largo" = long, out
"derecha" = right
"izquierdo" = left
"tiro de esquina" = corner kick
"mui mal" = very bad
"pelota" and "balon" = ball
"mano" = hand
"cabeza" = head
"falta" = foul
"Cher UUUUUNNN dolo" = Cherundolo

 

and why is it that every incidental had contact in the box is shown? if an offensive player kicks the ball and it skims the arm of a player, but the player didn't move his arm, that doesn't count as a hand ball

 

It was certaily a treat to see the commentary (although I didn't actually turn it on until I rewatched the game on tape) and their respect for our players. Now if the Mexican team players showed some class and actually behaved respectfully towards our players I (at least trade jerseys after a world cup game) then I might actually start rooting for Mexico.

 

I called a Salvadorean friend to tell me what that meant, and she hates it because it's apparently really slangy to say. Just kind of a word for "super goal." I think it's "golazo" though, but I am not sure.

~Justin