Everyone is in Fort Myers!

It’s the happening place. Mishal arrived on Friday, so now we’re complete.
Wow!

Oh, and Younis went tubing. He asked me about 10 times to make a video so he can woo the ladies. Here you go:

A.L.I. Commercial in Spanish, Korean, Arabic, Mandarin Chinese, and Setswana.

As part of the class project, the students and I also recorded alternative language tracks for the A.L.I. commercial. Each of the versions below is slightly different. Extra points for those who find the differences.

To view these commercials in full screen mode (do it, it’s worth it), click on this symbol in the video window:

Just as a recap: This is a re-edited version of the English version of the commercial. DennisH (thanks again, dude!) pointed out that the beginning was a bit slow. Agreed! I hope this version is better:

The next version of the commercial is in formal Arabic. Thanks to Ali, Abdalraoof, and Walid for their help.

On to the next version: Mandarin Chinese. Thanks to Ye Chi for his translation and narration.

Jay helped with the Korean version of the commercial.

Roberto from Puerto Rico narrated the Spanish version of the commercial.

Finally, Lesedi from Botswana translated and narrated the Setswana version of the commercial. The amazing thing here is that Lesedi, who is visually impaired, memorized the entire English text, translated it in his head, and then recorded the Setswana version in one session. Awesome, Lesedi!

Other versions in the works are German (guess who’s doing that one), Japanese, and Russian. I am also looking for speakers of Hindi, Gujarati, Thai, Cambodian, and Portuguese. If you are a native (or near-native) speaker of any of these languages, please contact me through Facebook or leave a comment on the blog here.

The students and I are looking forward to your feedback, please go to alexwrege.com to leave a comment about what you saw. Thanks for all of your help. It is greatly appreciated!

A.L.I. Commercial 2009

My students and I created this commercial for the A.L.I. (my workplace). Hope you like it. It’s just a draft for now, I’ll post the final version later.