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:

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!

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.

I find it strangely amusing that a country with 8 computers and 2 internet access points (only accessible to party officials, of course) can launch a cyber attack on two of the most wired nations in the world.

Link.

Having fun for Independence Day 2009 with Sarah, Beth, Eli, and Lesedi.

Relaxing, grilling, and watching the fireworks at Beth’s stepmom’s in
Wauseon.

]]> http://www.alexwrege.com/index.php/1/at-sakura/feed/ 2 http://www.alexwrege.com/index.php/1/totos-africa-awesome-rendition/ http://www.alexwrege.com/index.php/1/totos-africa-awesome-rendition/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:48:48 +0000 Alexander Wrege http://www.alexwrege.com/?p=5421 Slovenian jazz ensemble “Perpetuum Jazzile” is performing Africa – including an awesome thunderstorm. If you don’t like vocalese/vocal music, don’t watch this.

Two popular anti-smoking drugs will now carry warnings about the risk of severe mental health problems, the Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday.

“Smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease, disability and death,” an FDA official said.

The FDA said Chantix and Zyban will carry the warnings to alert consumers to the risks of depression and suicidal thoughts when using the drugs.

via: CNN.com

Watch out girl!