Has Spanish that much in the last 40 years?

[Chip]

I had the pleasure the other night watching a James Bond movie from the 60's in Spanish and no doubt it was translated in that era. Needless to say it was a very "clean" and "standard" Spanish free of colloquialisms and regional words and idiomatic expressions. However, watching movies anymore it seems to me that new movies from Hollywood but translated into Spanish aren't always that clear to me. Maybe it is because of the fact that the majority of movies are translated in Mexico or maybe Spanish is increasingly changing. Has anybody else noticed the difference?

[jrhartley]

it probably reflects the fact that we dont speak the same as we did in the sixties in our own language - on a side note ive just watched a terrible film the miracle at st annas and Im sure the soldiers in wwII wouldnt have spoken like they did in this film - it was more like vietnam except they were fighting the germans - have I strayed off topic

[bachata]

Originally Posted by Chip

I had the pleasure the other night watching a James Bond movie from the 60's in Spanish and no doubt it was translated in that era. Needless to say it was a very "clean" and "standard" Spanish free of colloquialisms and regional words and idiomatic expressions. However, watching movies anymore it seems to me that new movies from Hollywood but translated into Spanish aren't always that clear to me. Maybe it is because of the fact that the majority of movies are translated in Mexico or maybe Spanish is increasingly changing. Has anybody else noticed the difference?

Lenguaje llano, hablado de una forma clara y comprensible ósea sin regionalismos. Esta es la manera como aprenden a hablar la mayoría de los locutores profesionales no importa de que país sean el interlocutor siempre los entenderá. Los que doblan las películas al Espanol hoy en día lo hacen con acentos propios de sus países de origen.

JJ

[Limburger]

All american channels broadcasted in latin america eg.TNT la etc seem to be translated by the same translators. The voices sound the same as does the (lack of) accent. I can really enjoy a castellano spanish dubbed movie (mostly heard on illegal copies,sorry!) because it gives so much more caracter to the movie. Or an original Latin American movie with real regional accents. Btw I prefer to see or read any story in its original language as long I can understand it. It gives an extra dimension to the storysetting. A good subtitle is often better than a weak translation imo.