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Links to Int'l Versions of the Trek XI Teaser Trailer

Ro_Laren

Ro_Laren

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Does anyone have any links to any of the international versions of the Trek XI teaser trailer? According to JJ Abram's January 25th chat on www.trekmovie.com there are international trailers:

193. Bryan Burk - January 25, 2008
264. EuroTrashTrekker - January 25, 2008
TO ANY PRODUCER

The Trek teaser trailer was very American focused, with all the sound bites from American space program (and none from anywhere else). Star Trek often seemed overly American. How will you make sure that Star Trek is a global film that appeals in Europe, Asia, Latin America, etc?

A: There were different versions around the world of the teaser trailer around the world to deal with exactly that.
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Someone on that comment board mentioned that they liked the Russian teaser trailer and I just found it on the internet. The site is obviously in Russian so scroll at the way to the bottom. To the left of the pic of the Enterprise is written "Russian Teaser" (in Russian) with choices to view the trailer with Quicktime, Windows Media Player or Real Player. The voices on the trailer are in Russian as well as most of the writing (with the exception of the credits at the end). According to the trailer the movie will be released in Russia in 2009.

I don't know enough Russian to understand all of what they were saying. But I do know that wasn't Leonard Nimoy's voice saying "Space, the final frontier" in Russian! :lol:

Does anyone have links to any other international versions of the teaser trailer?
 
All that would change would be the credits at the end of the teaser wouldn't it ?

Oh wait, plus translations of the voice overs, forgot about that, oops.
 
Woulfe said:
All that would change would be the credits at the end of the teaser wouldn't it ?

Oh wait, plus translations of the voice overs, forgot about that, oops.
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Yeah, I am wondering if they'll have any new scenes or any other tidbits. Maybe the voiceovers will say something different (besides repeating the same phrases in a different language). IIRC, the Russian Cloverfield trailer had different scenes then the American one...
 
Woulfe said:
All that would change would be the credits at the end of the teaser wouldn't it ?

Oh wait, plus translations of the voice overs, forgot about that, oops.
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The American trailer was also pretty USA-centric in its space-race soundbites (Kennedy, Armstrong, NASA countdowns, etc). Given the Russian/Soviet contribution to the space race of that era, I wouldn't be surprised if they substituted equivalent Russian historical clips (Gagarin? Leonov?). That would be pretty cool, actually, given that Trek is supposed to represent all of humanity.

I also took a couple of years of Russian in college, but that was nearly 20 years ago, so I'm beyond rusty. I haven't tried to listen to the Russian one yet, but I'll post more if I can understand any of it!
 
Ok, I've listened to it. And I have confirmed that my Russian comprehension is beyond rusty, and well into completely corroded.

However, it's certainly talking about space, and Man's attempts to leave the atmosphere of Earth. The long monologue ends with the name " Tsiolkovsky." Konstantin Tsiolkovsky was of course the Russian pioneer in early rocket science and the idea that rockets could carry people into space.

So, very cool -- they're actually using Russian equivalents.
 
InstantKarma said:
I wonder if the German version had Hitler in it...

Anyone care to name another famous German?
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Sorry, not very funny. I know we Germans are known to be overly serious, but you're going a bit too far.

One of the most well-known space figures would be Sigmund Jaehn, the first (East-)German cosmonaut.

(He's also known to movie afficionados as the (fictionalized, fictional) GDR-president in "Good Bye Lenin".)

But von Braun might be more relevant - we'll hopefully see who they choose when Cloverfield premieres here next week.
 
One quick followup to the Russian one:

When J.J. Abrams's name comes on screen, they actually spell out "J.J." phonetically, as "Dzhei Dzhei."

Just struck me as kind of amusing.
 
^ Yup, there is no Russian letter for "J." But you know that since you studied Russian. What is funny is that in the Russian Star Trek trailer they spell JJ with 4 letters and with the Russian Cloverfield trailer they spell it with two. In reality if you were translating an American name into Russian (such as John or Jenny) then the J would only be two letters (the letter pronounced "D" and the letter pronounced "zh"). I guess the Star Trek producers decided to go differently since J.J. are initials.

Was anyone able to translate any of the foreign trailers?
 
Ro_Laren said:
^ Yup, there is no Russian letter for "J." But you know that since you studied Russian. What is funny is that in the Russian Star Trek trailer they spell JJ with 4 letters and with the Russian Cloverfield trailer they spell it with two. In reality if you were translating an American name into Russian (such as John or Jenny) then the J would only be two letters (the letter pronounced "D" and the letter pronounced "zh"). I guess the Star Trek producers decided to go differently since J.J. are initials.
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Yup. The thing I thought was funny was the idea of turning initials into phonetic names, rather than using what his initials Cyrillic initials would be; Abrams's names (Jeffrey Jacob) would be spelled, if they maintained the English pronunciations, as Dzhefriy Dzheikob, which would make his Cyrillic initials "D.D." I have a Russian translation of the Lord of the Rings, written by "D.R.R. Tolkin", for example; it would have been just as amusing if they'd listed his name as Dzhei Ar Ar Tolkien. :)
 
I'd really like to see the Chinese trailer..since they've got they're current space program going (and it really rocks!) I wonder if they're going to include the names of the astronauts that have recently gone up? I think they call them takaunaughts?? Same meaning though "star voyagers". Also, the Chinese were the first to invent rockets and there is that legend about the Chinese scientist that tried to use them as a form of propulsion by attatching them to a chair (he was never seen again), and that was from hundreds of years ago.
 
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