English dub
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- noun
- /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ dʌb/
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doblaje en inglés
- The problem is, English dubs are expensive, far more so than subtitles.
Examples
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The English dub of Spirited Away allows non-Japanese speakers to enjoy the film's beautiful story.
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In fact, the adherence to the original soundtrack is so strongly ingrained in Siren Visual's strategy that their discs default to Japanese even if there is an English dub.
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Anime is already a niche market, and the general consensus is that without an English dub, that market becomes too damn small to earn your costs back.
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Also, as stated before, this second half doesn't feature an English dub, and while that doesn't concern me personally, I know many people watch their anime in English.
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In Japan, the second season got a lush box set (gruesomely expensive as usual), alas without an English dub, nor were there English subtitles included in that edition.
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A few months later, Siren Visual managed to be the first company outside of Japan to secure the rights to the second season—without an English dub, though, and this is reflected in the title of their DVD release.
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Many viewers prefer watching an English dub of foreign films to understand the dialogue better.
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The English dub of the animated series featured well-known voice actors, making it popular among fans.
Synonyms
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New sounds added to a soundtrack for film or music
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The process of adding new voices to a film or video, often in another language
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'English' names the language and 'dub' refers to substituting a spoken audio track, so 'English dub' straightforwardly denotes a dubbed audio track in English. This pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g. doblaje al inglés, doublage anglais), so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
English dub The term English dub comes from the idea of making a 'double' voice, and the word dub grew from 'double' because studio workers would copy a new voice over the original. So, an English dub is a version where the original voices are 'replaced' with English voices.