Dubbing Services

What Are Dubbing Services?

When a video is dubbed, a cast of professional voice actors replace its original dialogue with a new audio track in a different language. Dubbing is particularly difficult to pull off for actors and translators alike because every line of speech must closely mimic the mouth movements of the actors on the screen.

Some languages expand in translation. Greek or German speakers, for example, tend to use more words than their counterparts who speak other languages. This means translators must choose words precisely in order to carry over the same meaning as the original without altering the length of each character’s screen-time.

Global Voices draws on a team of expert linguists in order to create the perfect script, carrying over any cultural nuances, as well as the tone and humour of the original video. Using this script, we find the perfect voice actors to recreate any dialogue and present a fully-dubbed finished video to you.

Dubbing is a large, engrossing project. It’s one we carry out well, but it’s not one that every business needs. If you’re a production company working on a film, television series or web series, dubbing is the best way to bring your content to a wider audience whilst maintaining all of its emotional impact. Many production companies opt for subtitling as their method of translation, but dubbing, when done to a high standard, can connect with viewers in a deeper and more impactful way.

If your project is not a narrative video, or if it features very few speakers, voice-over translation may be more appropriate. Rather than using a whole cast of actors, this method employs a single speaker to replace all of a video’s dialogue. Though this might be simpler and less expensive, a full dubbing service is what any narrative video needs if you want it to fully absorb your audience.