As a part of a project for my Desktop Publishing class, I set my sights on dubbing a portion of a 1987 crosstalk performance by Ma Sanli and Wang Fengshan. Crosstalk (相聲/相声/xiàngsheng) is a Chinese comedic tradition in which two people perform a dialogue, in a way that is something in between standup and Abbot and Costello. Of course, it’s not the sort of thing that you’d generally expect to be dubbed; it’s barely suited to translation, and if you must translate it, subtitles are objectively a better option. But still, there’s nothing like a good challenge! Read more
