Expansion Anyone watching the games with foreign commentary?

[manboob]

¡estoy viendo el partido con comentario en español!

------------------------------------ ¡que divertido!

Not really sure who the target audience is per se but still a bit of fun.

 

[JUBJUB]

Does the Gibberish language BT & Darcy use count ?

 

[Roo Beauty]

Does the Gibberish language BT & Darcy use count ?

Or Basil's delayed commentary, like he's in another time zone?

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

I'd say the audience is probably people who speak that language

how hard is that

 

[Roo Beauty]

I listened to the Dogs vs Port Mandarin commentary yesterday, only coz I speak Chinese. There's not really any point if you don't know what they're saying.

 

[Andrew Mc]

I listened to the Dogs vs Port Mandarin commentary yesterday, only coz I speak Chinese. There's not really any point if you don't know what they're saying.

So, not different to 7's standard commentary on Saturday nights then...

 

[TBellicious]

Was thinking about this last night, I don't think there would be many people watching at all, but it wouldn't matter. I hope the AFL continue it, it's good

 

[MWPP]

No point if you don't understand the games
There aren't any games in French
Collingwood/Carlton was on at a bad time for me and wasn't live on FTA in Perth anyway, but might catch a bit of St Kilda /Freo in Hindi (mute the live TV telecast and stream the AFL.com
Hindi commentary ...)

 

[askdotcom]

how do you get it?

 

[MWPP]

how do you get it?

Afl.com.au app and website is one source
Roos v Dees is in Mandarin
http://m.afl.com.au/news/2015-08-04/all-r19-games-to-be-broadcast-in-a-foreign-language

 

[Cleavy]

it was fun the previous time it was done on Fox Footy

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

I'm not sure why the various footy shows seem to think that we'd be fascinated by the ability of people to commentate a game in a language other than English.

 

[Giant Pete]

I'm not sure why the various footy shows seem to think that we'd be fascinated by the ability of people to commentate a game in a language other than English.

I am

 

[MWPP]

I'm not sure why the various footy shows seem to think that we'd be fascinated by the ability of people to commentate a game in a language other than English.

Probably because the people who work on footy shows seem to be uni-lingual
Even if they aren't- it's hard to translate jargon like 'mark" and "clanger"- to the point where they might just translate them as catch and mistake

 

[Randomizor]

Didn't realise this was a multicultural round thing. Thought OP just liked to live differently.

 

[Rusty Brookes]

All games being replayed on the afl website

http://www.afl.com.au/multiculturalmatchreplays

I reckon it's a great idea.

 

[manboob]

I'd say the audience is probably people who speak that language

how hard is that

More the target audience. New arrivals? Old dudes who love footy and speak Spanish/Italian? Overseas markets?

 

[Boppo]

I just watched "Last cab to Darwin" and there is a cameo by an AFL commentator who plays a footy coach. And I gotta say he's a natural.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

More the target audience. New arrivals? Old dudes who love footy and speak Spanish/Italian? Overseas markets?

Yeah, people who only speak that language

Jeeze

 

[Ochre]

I'm not sure why the various footy shows seem to think that we'd be fascinated by the ability of people to commentate a game in a language other than English.

I'd be fascinated if half of 7s commentators could commentate in English.

 

[MWPP]

Yeah, people who only speak that language

Jeeze

Nicnat said it himself - when he was growing up, there weren't any players that looked like him in the AFL
This goes for languages too - embracing multicuturalism is good for the game
We have a number of players of Italian and Greek heritage, but given that some of the largest migrant groups are from Asian countries, how many players do we have of Asian heritage?

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Nicnat said it himself - when he was growing up, there weren't any players that looked like him in the AFL
This goes for languages too - embracing multicuturalism is good for the game
We have a number of players of Italian and Greek heritage, but given that some of the largest migrant groups are from Asian countries, how many players do we have of Asian heritage?

I don't exactly know what you're getting at...

 

[Vigawla]

I watched as much as I could of the Vietnamese (quote: 'Gold Coast Lions') match. Love the fact it was commentated in Vietnamese, as I've been pondering to do it myself as an amateur for a while.

However, the commentating was an absolute joke (taking into account lack of experience, knowledge of the game and players) with constant use of bilingualism. The female commentator kept using English words that a Vietnamese audience wouldn't understand, and render the sentence incomprehensible; 'Cai nay la cai lingo cua nguoi Uc'.

Commentary was essentially 'player 22 kicks it to... what's his number, I can't see...player 22 gets it back, he kicks it again'.

 

[MWPP]

I don't exactly know what you're getting at...

The main target is people from a CALD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) background
Not just people who don't speak English- but people who might speak /listen to relatives speak another language at home.
There's a perception that it's mostly Australian people of Caucasian/Aboriginal/Southern European people descent who play footy
Small measures like Nic Nat running coaching classes and being the ambassador could encourage broader participation
Multilingual commentary is partly an extension of this, but is also just a great initiative in itself (multilingualism should be embraced)

 

[manboob]

I watched as much as I could of the Vietnamese (quote: 'Gold Coast Lions') match. Love the fact it was commentated in Vietnamese, as I've been pondering to do it myself as an amateur for a while.

However, the commentating was an absolute joke (taking into account lack of experience, knowledge of the game and players) with constant use of bilingualism. The female commentator kept using English words that a Vietnamese audience wouldn't understand, and render the sentence incomprehensible; 'Cai nay la cai lingo cua nguoi Uc'.

Commentary was essentially 'player 22 kicks it to... what's his number, I can't see...player 22 gets it back, he kicks it again'.

Ah that's a shame the Spanish one was pretty on point.