Spain is one of the great dubbing countries: in cinemas and on television, foreign films are almost always heard in Castilian. Latin America has its own tradition, just as strong, with its own dubbed versions. Spanish is also one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, so a film dubbed into Spanish reaches a huge audience. MovieCineLab does it automatically, with a different voice for each character.
Listen: Charade in Spanish
Three minutes of Charade (1963), dubbed into Spanish with no touch-ups: Regina, her friend Sylvie, Peter Joshua and an extra, each with their own voice.
Real lines, from English to Spanish
| Character | Original (English) | Dubbed · Spanish |
|---|---|---|
| Regina Lampert Charade (1963) | He's hiding something from me, Sylvie, something terrible, and it frightens me. | Me está ocultando algo, Sylvie, algo terrible, y me da miedo. |
| Peter Joshua Charade (1963) | Do we know each other? | ¿Nos conocemos? |
| Regina Lampert Charade (1963) | Why, do you think we're going to? | ¿Por qué, crees que vamos a conocernos? |
| Regina Lampert Charade (1963) | Until one of them dies, I couldn't possibly meet anyone else. | Hasta que uno muera, no puedo conocer a nadie más. |
| Peter Joshua Charade (1963) | Shakespeare never said that. | Shakespeare nunca dijo eso. |
| Peter Joshua Charade (1963) | You just made it up. | Te lo acabas de inventar. |
| Johnny Night of the Living Dead (1968) | They're coming to get you, Barbara. | Vienen a buscarte, Barbara. |
| Popeye Popeye: Assault and Flattery (1956) | Your Honor, I'm innocent. | Su Señoría, soy inocente. |
Lines exactly as they came out of the automatic dubbing of the example films, untouched.
A few details worth noticing. Questions and exclamations open with the inverted marks, «¿Nos conocemos?», as written Spanish requires, in the subtitles too. Popeye's judge becomes «Su Señoría», the way a judge is actually addressed in Spanish, not a word-for-word «Your Honor». And the translation chooses between «tú» and «usted» by looking at who is speaking to whom, which English doesn't tell you.
Spanish from Spain or Latin America?
There is no choice between the two: there is one Spanish for the dubbing. If your audience is used to dubbing from a particular region, listen to the clip above first and decide whether it suits you: it came out exactly the way your film would.
What you get
- The film dubbed into Spanish, in full, as MP4.
- Subtitles as SRT, in the film's language and in Spanish, included.
- The screenplay as PDF and Fountain, in Spanish too, included with the dubbing.
Who it's for
For anyone who wants to bring a European or American classic to a Spanish-speaking audience. For learners of Spanish who want to watch a film they already know in the language they're learning, with Spanish subtitles to follow the words. For film clubs and schools in Spain and Latin America.
What it costs
One minute from your pack for every minute of film: a 90-minute film dubbed into Spanish uses 90 minutes. If the job fails, the minutes go back into your pack.
They don't expireYour minutes stay in your account until you use them.
10 free minutesWhen you sign up we dub 10 minutes of one of your films for free, in one language.
If a job failsThe minutes go back into your pack.
The same film can also be dubbed into Portuguese or Italian without choosing the voices again. The method is explained on the multi-voice dubbing page.