Hi Margaret, If you have the budget, I would suggest hiring a different voice actor for each voice that appears the original English production.
That being said, I think it's okay to have the same voice actor play different "roles", as long as those roles appear in separate audio pieces/stops. For example, maybe you're creating a fifteen-stop audio and have interviewed three men and three women. Chances are, all six voices will not be making an appearance in each one of those fifteen stops. Maybe at most, one of the stops features two female interviewees and two male interviewees. In that case, it would makes sense to hire just four actors -- two women and two men -- because their voices are varied enough to cover all possible voice combos in your audio tour. The trick is to just not have the same actor play two different voices within the same stop, which can sound obvious/cheesy to a native speaker. Hope that makes sense! Good luck! Stephanie > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > Margaret Sternbergh > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2017 11:38 AM > To: mcn-l@mcn.edu > Subject: [MCN-L] Multiple Language Audio Tours- Distinguishing Voices > > I have a question about best practices for audio tours when translating > from English to another language. I'm currently creating an audio guide > which will feature a narrator and several interviewees of various genders. > For the second language, should each interviewee have different "voice" or > actor to indicate that they are a different person? Or, can the same > "voice" be used for multiple people. I've done it several ways but > wondering if there is an industry standard to consider. > > Many thanks! > > Margaret > > -- > > > > _______________________________________ > Margaret Collerd Sternbergh > margaret.sternbe...@gmail.com | 904.613.2844 <(904)%20613-2844> >
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