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I hate dubbing. Lektor is better. You can hear the original sound and translation. You don't even pay attention to the lector. I watch films in original sound if actors speak English but I don't speak other languages.

lector is cheaper than dubbing and it is genius, good lector makes you feel like you understand dialogs of actors speaking language you don't know, dubbing kills immersion. watching American movies with Polish lector from childhood, I remember that westerns with Czech or German dubbing made me litteraly rofl.

On the subject of voiceover - I usually explain it this way: imagine that you are in a foreign country in a theater and at the entrance you are given a single earphone to your ear where during the performance you listen to the translation into your own language, but not dubbed but a single voice. After a short adaptation, you don't pay attention to the earpiece and the translator's voice and you get involved in the performance, continuing to hear the original dialogues, feeling their emotions, etc. and the voice in the earpiece only provides the translation. Now transfer this to television and the whole country, which needs only one translator. Watching, for example, "Terminator" you continue to hear the original Arnold saying "I will back !" while hearing the translation in Polish "Jeszcze tu wrócę !". Although we have dubbing but in fairy tales and family films and the rest mostly to choose (streaming/DVD) either voiceover or the original with subtitles. Well, and the original is usually surround and the voiceover only stereo.

Lektor is awesome idea. I can hear the emotions from the original dialogue with lektor translating to Polish.

The story with voice-overs is this: in the 1950s, Polish television did not have money for dubbing. Cinemas added subtitles at the bottom of the screen, but on a TV screen the letters were too small for many people. So it was decided to use a lektor who simply translated the dialogues. At the beginning the lektors tried to convey emotions with their voices. But it didn't work at all. So they started reading dispassionately - it was much better because the original voices could be heard in the background, so the emotions were conveyed by the actors and the lektor stopped being noticed after some time. Poles have become so accustomed to lektors that even modern films on streaming platforms have their versions with lektor

3:32 Yes, there are advertisements for medicines, but only those for which a doctor's prescription is not required, e.g. for headaches, colds, etc. Medicines that can only be purchased if prescribed by a doctor cannot be advertised. 14:57 it's true with names 😁 there are names that are passed down from generation to generation. Hence the tradition of celebrating name days. I have two names: Wioletta Anna (Violet Ann in English). Wioletta is quite a rare name. We never use middle names in everyday life. Polish law prohibits giving children names that may be harmful to the child. This rarely happens, but the office may refuse to give the child a name chosen by the parents if it is, for example, ridiculing the child.

The coldest winter was -41*C in 1940, the hottest summer was +40,2*C in 1921.

There are 2 differences between "Lektor" and "dubbing".. 1. Lektor is not acting. He is reading the text. 2. You can hear original actors in the background.

Lector (pol. lektor). Yes it is the thing in Poland and we even know lectors by name (like Krystyna Czubówna, Tomasz Knapik, Maciej Gudowski et cetera). But we have the dubbing but usually in animated movies for kids and family movies.

5:36 problem with weather in spring and fall is that it is changing all the time durring the day. so we take more clothes then needed and add or remove layers when needed

"Zimmo,k*wa brrr"😂😂😂 it is so Polish! We are overdressed beacuse we are always ready for snow or rain or strong wind. This is Poland baby,even in Summer you never know! :p For example: October 2023- one day 30*C next day... snow 😂

I'm happy about three things, that there said in this video: 1. That dubbing in Poland is not accepted, I prefer a lector. 2. Thst the milk bars have been preserved. 3. That Polish law prohibits naming children, for example, "Batman".😁

"Dzień Świra" is a GREAT polish film. It's a very dark comedy about living in the late 90s Poland

In Bar Mleczny food is always very tasty. Always. I don't know why... very cheap and very tasty, magic. It is not common place to eat but still you can go to Bar Mleczny.

About polish stand-up you should watch Piotrek Szumowski. He has few short shows in english but with polish spirit.

I hate dubbing in movies. When I am in Italy and I hear italian dubbing for example LOTR it sounds so funny and I can't focus on the movie. Orlando Bloom speaking italian or polish? Bizzare. 😂 Lector sounds much better beacuse you still can hear orginal voice. For example Legolas have Orlando Bloom voice. Lector and orginal voice in almost the same time it is magic of Polish TV. Lectors doing amazing job.

We have dubbing only for animated movies. Mostly. Sometimes movies with actors have dubbing but it is very rare.

Summer in Poland is often 30-35 Celcius. 20-22 degrees is the most common temperature inside buildings. During winter we wear very warm clothes, often many layers. I live in thr UK now and it's cold for me most of the time. Houses here, in the UK, are badly insulated so heating is very expensive. I was very surprised that for many people here, 17 degrees inside their homes is not too cold.

2:16 yeah but I always enjoyed the concept cuz u can still hear the og actors' voices n it's kinda nice - so there's no way a bad dubbing will ruin your experience

Kabaret Neonówka "Niebo" (Heaven), top of the toppest , the winner of 30-years ranking, you will laugh and cry.

I've heard so much about these milk bars, but I've never seen even one in my life. I am 38 years old, Polish.

I live in a relatively upscale neighborhood in Warsaw and our local bar mleczny is always packed! It's not only cheap and quick but it's essentially comfort food.. Everyone likes it, from the old to the youngest.

I like to watch your reactions. I am Polish and I moved to London eight years ago, I enjoy people and the country, unfortunately I got no skills to make similar content about UK.

In Poland they can only advertise medicine that doesn't require a prescription (unlike in the US) because if the doctor doesn't have to prescribe it then people can make their choice like with any other product they buy.

I think Polish humor is a special one, just like British. I´m living in Germany for 10 years now, I´m working for a public administration (almost only Germans here) and my husband is German... I can now write a whole book about, how Germans don´t understand Polish sense of humor :-)

I like voiceover more than dubbing. Owing to that we know all the iconic quotes and actors' voices, such as Schwarzenegger's "I'll be back" or "Get to the choppa".

Most popular stand up is made by abelard Giza "numer trzy" or "trzymajcie kapelusze"

Good lectors are the best :) There are some polish legends but u also got normal dubbing with polish actors or celebrities. About weather i love all seasons in Poland, spring is best for me, summers a little bit too hot sometimes and winters are beautiful when there is snow.

Lektor is like subtitles - once you get used to it, you stop noticing it exists.

I think you may be interested in "Trzonolinowiec we Wrocławiu", it is quite a unique building, it began to rise from the top floor and grew downwards.

Trzeba spróbować koniecznie tych dań: 1)schabowy, ziemniaki i młoda kapusta2) mielony, ziemniaki i buraczki czerwone. Polecam.

Przychodzi mechanik do baru i słyszy od barmana: Siadaj Pan mów co chcesz i ile mililitrów Mechanik usiadł zastanowił się chwilę porządnie i mówi: WD-40 A mechanic comes to a bar and hears from the bartender: Sit down, tell me what you want and how many milliliters The mechanic sat down, thought carefully for a moment and said: WD-40 Explanation: WD-40 is a kind of lubricant, when pronounced it sounds like "wude". Wude is the inflection of vodka in the genitive case. There is also a stereotype that Polish builders and mechanics like to drink a little alcohol while working, as the saying goes: To the glass and to the scaffolding In Polish jokes we often use so-called "word games". This means that a certain word (pronounced or written) has a completely different meaning in a given situation, or one word contains another.

Rodzinka pl. Polecam serdecznie

My friend, the best Polish comedy series is called "Alternatywy 4" from the late 80's. The intro is so funny that you won't make it through the rest of the episode lol

In Poland we got usiali between 38°C to -15 and somtimes one on two tree Years we got on few days -20 to -25°C

Dobry lektor jest lepszy niż głupi dabing 😂

I think the lector thing is very good because it gives you a free lesson of English language. You can hear and learn the diferent English accents from all over the world. So for myself it is very educating as well.

in spring its about 17-25 celcious in summer up to idk like 35 at max in autumn it stays about 19 in winter it can be even below -6 thats it

Zalecam Ci ewentualne odwiedziny w drugiej części miesiąca maj. Jest, jak w raju, jeśli nie trafisz akurat pechowo pochmurnego czasu. Zazwyczaj jest ładnie.

Rafal Paczes is one off the best stend up comedian

We have 4 seasons in Poland. Unfortunately, most of the year is cold or very cold - 20 degrees Celsius. In summer it is warm, sometimes +32 degrees Celsius. True, Poles don't like the cold xD Milk bars still exist, they used to be very cheap because they received subsidies from the state. Thanks to the milk bars, I didn't die of hunger during my studies xD Indeed, the Polish sense of humor is similar to the English one, we really enjoy Monty Python. Firstly, because we lived in the absurdity called communism, and secondly, we had censorship, so the jokes were based on associations, cultural references, wordplay, etc. And it's hard not to have a dark sense of humor when someone is constantly attacking your country ;)

About comunizm you only will hear old people who still remember those times sometimes say that "Za komuny było lepiej" > "During comunizm it was better". And architecture, it would be not worth it to just rebuild these buildings.

I love our lectors, we even know their names and even they are speaking on our buses, metro etc. Instead of that, when I listen to them and listen original language..I think I can learn more :)

Weather in Poland? Of course depending on the region, and climate changed a little bit, but at winters it was even -40, mostly -30 at harsh winters. Currently we have winters around -20, today at center Poland we have -8. Summers are getting hotter each year, heights around +40. Mostly around +30. I've lived in northern Scotland for few years, and I loved your weather, because I'm better at tolerating colder that hotter aura.

You can try to watch Piotrek Szumowski he is a Polish comedian grow up in UK he speaks English but jokes are a polish mentality

Dubbing,.... it's a nightmare lol I went to Poland back in 2018 first time after twenty five years and when I heard dubbing on tv again I freaked 😮😮 I wished it was subtitles and I could off turn it off and half of the content is missed in translation. When it comes to drugs commercials it's the same here in the United States.... There's literally a pill for everything 😂 Cheers good videos 👍

We have Polish dubbing but in most of older movies have lektor. We have a lot of medicine ads. In my region of Poland temperatures are between 35+ and -10 Celcius. Tendencies toward communism are more likely in older generations but in Poland 90+% of people despise PRL (Polish Peoples Republic).

Abaout Polish stand-up, I recommend Abelard Giza. You can find videos with English subtitles on his RU-vid channel.

Im Love British sarcastic its like in Poland

Last winter in Poland was 15 years ago.

Już tyle się dowiedziałeś na temat Polski. Musisz koniecznie przyjechać przed świętami do Krakowa albo Wrocławia albo do Zakopanego ale tam to pewnie będzie tłum ludzi ale widoki niezapomniane, pyszne jedzenie i picie... Szczególnie śliwowica

I am Polish and i live in Scotland. I hate weather in Scotland specially when is raining and windy and all go to your face :D Stand ups - Wiolka Walaszczyk, Rafał Pacześć, Łukasz Lotek Lodkowski.

Wiedźmin plus głos Żebrowskiego = Jedyny dubbing, który zniosę i bez którego nie obejrzę Wieśka

Mert when you are going to visit Poland? Did you planned ahead already?

About the stand-ups: check Piotrek Szumowski- he is Polish but he makes a lot of shows in English :).

You always hug a birch tree :-) not others in my area. But if any other kind relaxes you, go for it! My name is Agnieszka and it was very popular when I was born. There were 4 of us in one class. Today I hardly ever hear this name in a kindergarten.

Weather in Poland is like from +38*C to -15*C. 20 years ago was like -25*C

Wheater in poland is easy to describe: summer is hot af, winter is cold af spring and atumn are muddy af

thank You again. My best stand up performer is Lukasz Lotek Lodkowski

Jedzenie w barach mlecznych jest po prostu smaczne i proste. Do tego tanie

2:25: Kids' shows and movies tend to be dubbed from what I remember. Cinemas use subtitles, Lektor is a TV thing. It's a neutral voice, with the original voices played at a lower volume. 5:30: Summers are usually in the 25-30 degree range and can hit 35 degrees on some days. 8:50: They were subsidized during the communist era and most went bankrupt during the transformation to free market. Some remained and are still subsidized, and there's been something of a resurgence in the 2010s.

Yes, there are indeed two kind of movies. Ones with lektor and one with a dubbing. A dubbing does not have to be explained. Just a bunch of voice actors replacing the original voice of the actors rom the movie. The lektor works differently. Lektor speks in the background, so you can hear both the original actors e.g. in English, and the lektor in Polish, in parallel. Lektor's way of speaking is very calm, no emotions, and constant speed.

1.Very few people goes to bar mleczny. Usually universiry students or pensioneers. I've been to one once or twice, food is usually very good and cheap, it's sort of a tourist attraction, financed partially by ministry of culture tk remind people of how bad it was under moscow imposed communist regime. Its sort of like a "tradition" that's almost dead already. 2.When it comes to communism, overwhelming majority of people across generations hates it, everyone from Mt generation ( I'm 28( heard stories from parents and grandparents of how cruel,oppressive and retarded socialism and communism is. Not to mention it was brought to us by force feom the east. Some old people would have a bit of nostalgia towards it, not to the political system but to how their lives were simpler back then.

4:36 I feel like it's true and not true at the same time xd I love cold weather, i hate summer and when i was in high school my roommates hated me for leaving window open during in the winter, and im not even comparable to some of my friends, who i've seen walking in shorts in the late November. On the other hand now im living in the city on the western side of Poland (which is the warmest part) and people dress like they were on the freaking north pole, when light coat is the warmest thing i even have in my wardrobe at this poin xD

The winters are supposed to be snowy here, I wouldn't say VERY cold because I associate that with below -10C all winter... but because climate change and stuff the last winters were pretty crazy. Last year we had two weeks where I am where it was 10 C. Plants started waking up and growing in the middle of winter... The only snow we had in my area was right at the beginning, about a week or two, and it snowed up to my knees and stayed at around -10 C for that period of time... then all the rest of winter, rain, rain, rain and gloom. I would have had more walks if I knew. For summer the first number that pops into my mind is 30 celcius. Little lower, lower when rainy, a liiittle higher.. if you go up to 23, 33, 35... that's considered extreme and you will be advised to be cautious while outside or even stay inside if you're one of the groups that are more sensitive to heat (elderly, people with certain conditions, small kids)

Like I was said before watch męskie granie you will be love it !

3. Lektor exists bcs traditional tv is watched mainly by Old people, they usually don't speak any English. Young people watch streaming services in original language, usually English.

In Poland, temperatures in summer sometimes approach the magical limit of 40 degrees, and in winter they reach -20.

(ENG) Great episode. But I wonder: why am I so drawn to watch these types of films? Is the name Poland itself like flypaper? Or maybe I'm just interested in the episode mhh. Who knows... (PL) Odcinek super. Lecz się zastanawiam: dlaczego mnie do tego typu filmów tak ciągnie do obejrzenia? Czy sama nazwa Polska jest jak lep na muchy? A może po prostu mnie odcinek interesuje mhh. Kto wie...

the weather... +35 -35. depends

The story is simple You can hear voice of oryginal actor and u hear the traslation Best thing is a picture made by @robert I love when Arnold say:"I'll be back" With dubbing all movie will be without soul.

7:20 When it comes to the younger generations they do have it, but it's more like the western view of how 'good' we had it.

He is spot on on the cold tolerance thing

When you read names like Michalina, Stanisława, Józefina you are almost sure that the girl is either below 7 years old ir above 80 years old. In my class there were 5 Annas out of 18 hirls, and in my sons' classess there isn't even one. Fashions change.

Lektor 👍

Now u need to learn more about the Battle of Vienna, I recommend these two films: first is "The Battle of Vienna, 12 Sep, 1683 * Poland saves Europe from Islam * Polska ratuje Europę od Islamu" you can make one film with a reaction to both at the same time because it is actually one whole - the speech of the Polish priest gives additional meaning to this battle, so it cannot be missing and its in second one named "The Polish charge that saved Europe from Muslim c" hope u will do this :)

So about the weather It is pretty haywire most of the time to the point it can snow on Monday rain on Tuesday and be extra sunny and hot on Wednesday, but most of the time it goes smth like that: January - March - mostly cold April - May - it gets generally warmer but you still might be surprised with unexpected snowfall June - September - it’s either pretty warm or extremely hot (especially in July and August) October- December - it gets progressively colder again So yeah that’s how it loosely goes, and as to answer your question about the extremes: Winters can get so cold that showing an inch of your skin may lead to being ill I still remember when this winter came unexpectedly early and i had to fall asleep in socks, two pairs or trousers, two tshirts and a hoodie over that and all that under two pretty warm sheets. Keep calm and be Polish i guess. As for the summers, yeah sometimes temperatures reach such levels that we get alerts to stay in our homes especially around noon. And last but certainly not least, we poles are very weird and diverse creatures so i would be weary of asking us about the temperature No matter if it’s way below or way above the 0 Celsius you could still see a person in a t shirt and shorts and a person with a hat, jacket, long pants and boots on the same street. So yeah Just trust your own judgment and expect the unexpected! Cheers from Poland mate.

The highest temperature this year was something around 40°C in July

We have Cezary Pazura...we calling him Polish Jim Carrey 😀

Thanks to lektor, I learn some english back days.

"Polish Legends" was an interesting form of advertising on YT and had nothing to do with television

Re lectors reading the subtitles..it's used only on television (cinemas always have subtitles except for children's movies, which are dubbed) and I find it much easier on the ear than dubbing. You just stop noticing it after a while whereas dubbed movies sound false. Even now, when I watch movies in streaming, I prefer the original version with subtitles rather than dubbing.

Usually during the summer its like between 23/25 up to 36 *C Winters now aren`t that cold so it`s between +10 to -16*C

Bruh, my name is Kuba, and i can confirm 😂

you need to watch "SAMI SWOI" all 3 parts

As far as I am aware, you are only allowed to advertise over-the-counter medicine, anything that needs to have a prescription from a doctor does not have advertisements which I think is associated with US. So you'll see ads for supplements, painkillers, more supplements, stuff that's supposed to boost your immunity or make you recover from illness faster... more supplements...

After 8 pm you get adverts with drugs and beer, after 10pm viaga 😂.

If you want to know about that "darker humour" watch some movie from Daniel Midas. He is also a stand upper.

The narrator who reads the text for the film is not an artificial narrator. There are some who read wonderfully by changing the intonation of their voice. I prefer a voice-over to poorly done dabbing. Sometimes you can't watch a movie with dabbing because the voices are not selected and it sounds artificial. And as for commercials, especially for medical products, it's unbearable. You can get sick just by watching it, that's why I don't have TV, I only watch the Internet. . Once, my daughter's friend, who came from Ireland, was convinced that we had some kind of medical channel, because there were drug advertisements all the time. As for the weather, it has changed a lot. I remember the winters like 30-40 years ago, -25,-30, -35 was normal during winters, in December, January and February, but now there are no such low temperatures and there is very little snow. As for the remains of communism, the most visible are the architecture, concrete blocks. There is nothing wrong with that, a lot of these blocks have been built. If the blocks are renovated, well-kept and painted colorfully, they should serve people as long as possible. I don't think that this modern architecture is better, it is different, but not better. The milk bar is a communist eatery, but it served its purpose and many of them have survived to this day. Why milky?? Because they worked from the morning, you could eat breakfast, most often milk soup, scrambled eggs, drink hot milk or cocoa, eat a fresh roll, e.g. with cottage cheese. Later it was lunch time, where dinner dishes were served. It was cheap but tasty, and many people leaving work, children from school, etc. could eat there. There was a good selection of dishes, cheaper and popular. dumplings, cabbage rolls, zrazy, goulash, various soups and salads.

Watch Piotr Szumowski. He is a Polish Stand-uper performing Polish humor in English

Yes polish tv is great once you turn your tv off

6:00 winter ~ 0 to -10deg, summer 25-35deg

Regard cold. It was not really a thing in last years, but when there is cold in Poland it is a DEADLY COLD! It is why Polish people are overly sensitive, because when winter hit it can go quite fast. For example few day ago a teenage girl freeze to death on the way to school. It is why Poles may see bit triggery, it is not because we can't deal with cold. Pole simply need to be ready when bad things come from the East.

in summer sometimes hit 37c here =dddd

Watching Trailer Park Boys without lector should be considered war crime

- 20 is not very cold, cold is under - 30 ( e.g. Suwałki)

Temperature in summer is hotter then Spain I live in UK and it's to hot for me last time I went to visit my mum it was 46 in winter yeah freezing cold

For a kabaret id recomend Kabaret Ani Mru Mru Alkohimalaiści

Polish stund-up - Rafał Pacześ, Abelard Giza, Paweł chałupka or Lotek

Ironic and sarcastic humor is throughout this region. It is similar in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.