Cantonese voice over, natively reviewed.
Cantonese is spoken by millions and has a written colloquial form that differs from standard written Chinese. The brief should say which form the script uses.
Accents and variants of Cantonese.
- Hong Kong Cantonese
- The standard of Hong Kong media and corporate content.
- Guangzhou Cantonese
- The Cantonese of Guangdong, with local vocabulary.
- Diaspora Cantonese
- A voice for communities in the UK, North America and Australia.
What a native Cantonese reviewer checks.
- Written or colloquial
- Spoken Cantonese has its own words that standard written Chinese lacks. Decide which the script uses.
- Tones
- Cantonese has more tones than Mandarin, and a native listener checks them.
- Mixing English
- Hong Kong speech mixes English words freely.
Writing for Cantonese.
- Not Mandarin read aloud
- A Mandarin script read in Cantonese sounds stiff and wrong to native listeners.
- Traditional characters
- Most Cantonese audiences use Traditional characters.
- Numbers and units
- Agree how figures, dates and currencies are read.
Cantonese voice over: questions.
Can a Mandarin recording serve Hong Kong?
No. Hong Kong audiences speak Cantonese, and Mandarin sounds foreign in brand work.
Do we need colloquial Cantonese?
For consumer content, usually yes. For formal and public content, the standard written form is safer.
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