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Dr. Morad Yasin AlRefo

مراد ياسين الرفوع

   الدكتور مراد ياسين الرفوع مواليد عام31/7/1975 الاردن مؤسسس مجموعة الترحال بدون حدود عام 2010 وتهدف المجموعه للترحال حوال العالم وتقارب الثقافات بين المجتمعات العالمية كاتب ومؤلف اشتهر بأنتاج الفيلم القصير الطابق السابع والذي اصبح رائجا على اليوتيوب في عام 2008 من إخراج اقبال قريشي, له مجموعة من الاشعار بدأ بتأليفها في عام 2003 اطلق عليه عنوانا لعيون الأميرة نازية , نجح في تسجيل أسمه كأول أردني يتخطى رحلة التحدي عبر جبال الهمالايا والتي قام خلالها بقطع مسافة 2800 كيلوا مترا بارتفاع 6300 م عن سطح البحر , امتدت رحلة التحدى بعنوان السفر بدون حدود من مدينة نيودلهي الهند وحتى مدينة لاداغ حدود الصين على دراجته النارية رويال انفيلد ذات الاسطوتنة الواحدة .  بدأ الدكتور مراد بتأسس برنامج لمجموعةالسفر بدون حدود يعرض على اليوتيوب وكان أولى حلقاته السفر إلى نيبال واكتشاف ضواحي كاتمندوا تامييل  حيث قدمت المجموعة بالتعاون  مع كل الأيادي المساعدة لضحايا الزلزال المدمر الذي ضرب كاتمندو عاصمة نيبال والبرنامج أيضا من أخراج المبدع إقبال قريشي . أن لمجموعة الترحال بدون حدود مفهوما فلسفيا واهدافا إنسانية, إجتماعية , ثقافية, وتاريخية حيث واكب الدكتور مراد على إنجازها وتقديمها للعالم لترقى إلى المستوى الأنساني ليتعايش معها العالم بأمن وسلام

Bandy in Russia after the Revolution

Was there a RSFSR national bandy team in the 1920s and 1930s, as is said in the biography about Vladimir Vonog, and why is the link going to Soviet Union national bandy team? Egon Igel (talk) 11:09, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I know, there was a Soviet national bandy team competing at a workers bandy competition in Oslo, Norway in 1928. I find no information about an RSFSR team, but I have no Russian sources from the time. Snowsuit Wearer (talk|contribs) 09:42, 1 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Good English films with good English subtitles

I'm in several social circles regularly watching good English-language movies (of high cinematic value). However any language selection has major drawbacks:

Watching the translated version of the film (in our case, in German) throws away a lot of the cinematic experience. Too much is lost in translation.
However 'our' English skills are not good enough not to miss a lot when watching the film in original (of course the English ability is very different individually, but overall, it's a relevant problem). English has very many words and idioms you won't learn in school. If you don't understand a sentence, it's simply lost - you have no chance to retrieve it.
Original sound track + translated subtitles is asking too much - you can't concentrate on the plot, the (often loose or faulty) translation AND the original dialogue - again, you will loose it.
So the best solution seems to watch the film in English with English subtitles. It is easy to join the oral and written text, and if you don't know some expression, at least you can memorize it (or write it down) and look after it later on. But this encounters the problem that many English films have only English subtitles for the hearing-impaired - the text is much more mutilated than necessary, and sound effects are put on screen ("*Squeezing*"), which is very annoying for viewers with good sense of hearing. So, after this long introduction, my concern:

Who knows good English films with good English subtitles we could choose from? --KnightMove (talk) 13:48, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I'm aware, most DVDs of English-language films have English subtitles as an option, and not just those for the hard of hearing. So any DVD should do the trick. --Viennese Waltz 14:55, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That has not been my experience. I agree with the OP. If they do offer it, it's more likely to be called "Closed Captioning" (CC). I speak English perfectly well, but at times I can't make out the dialog over background noise, so would like the CC option. Some interesting things I've noticed about subtitles/CC:

1) It doesn't always match the dialog. There's them truncating CC during fast talking, like "How are you, great to see you again" becoming just "Hi", etc. But then there're times when there's dialog in the CC that isn't spoken. Here I think the CC followed the script, while the spoken dialog was changed or edited out.

2) In a foreign language film, if you both listen to the English dub and have English subtitles on, they are often entirely different translations !

3) A nice feature of CC for the hearing impaired is where they identify a song for me. StuRat (talk) 15:35, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This is likely to depend not only on the movie but also where the DVD is sold, since the DVDs are often created by local distributors. dvd-subtitles.com may be helpful for UK releases. It seems to be geared toward hearing-impaired viewers, but at least some of the reviews say "English subtitles and English subtitles for the hearing impaired". -- BenRG (talk) 04:45, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Assuming that this is meant to have some didactic purpose:
Why not split the film into x “bite sized” parts? Maybe 15 or 20 minutes per fragment.
You could check the individual parts for idiomatic expressions / puns / other bits which would be lost to viewers of intermediate skills as ESL speakers.
In a 3 or 5 minute intro to each of these segments you could either “explain” the tricky bits or simply print out a tute sheet (which can be ignored by advanced speakers).
Servus aus Wien. “Hasta la vista”, as some Austrians say :o) --Cookatoo.ergo.ZooM (talk) 14:11, 1 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I must get out more, Cookatoo, I've never heard anyone say that down here. :) -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 00:19, 2 August 2015 (UTC) [reply]

Queen of Earth (2015 film)

Hi,

Anyone knows who's the narrator in the film's official trailer?

thanks so much! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.228.167.57 (talk) 16:20, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Do you have a link to said trailer? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:59, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Trailer on YouTube. -- ToE 12:38, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds like your generic deep-voiced narrator. Since there's no Internet Movie Trailer Database (coming not so soon to a website near you), it seems you'll have to ask one of the Queen's minions. Clarityfiend (talk) 19:57, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There may be no IMTDB, but trailers are discussed in the news section of IMDB, and the entry for Queen of Earth is here. He may be a generic deep-voiced narrator, but it sounds to my ear as if he is giving the narration anything but a generic tone. I am at a loss to accurately describe that tone, but Kevin Jagernauth at The Playlist on Indiewire describes it as an "intentionally overwrought voiceover", Scott Macaulay at Filmmaker describes it as an "ominous voiceover", and Ben Umstead of Twitch says " There's something so knowingly corny about the trailer for Listen Up Philip director Alex Ross Perry's Queen Of Earth, that it just becomes some kind of wonderful. That something is the deep-throated voice over which totally edges the trailer into a old school psychological thriller vibe." -- ToE 12:35, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

In a world where Don LaFontaine is not available ... —Tamfang (talk) 20:49, 1 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The green car

Does anybody know the manufacturer and the model of the green in this episode of The Littlest Hobo and it is at from 15:48 to 15:58? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eGe7W1bwo8 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.29.34.144 (talk) 19:44, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I think it's a Toyota Corolla. Snowsuit Wearer (talk|contribs) 21:25, 30 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, doing some research, it looks more like a late 1977-1979 Mitsubishi Lancer or one of the MOPAR (Dodge, Plymouth) clones thereof, such as the Dodge Colt. The distinctive little louvers on the rear roof pillar put it as a Lancer/Colt, and the shape is right for one of the 4-door Lancer or Colt models from that era. The headlight assembly and grille is wrong though. Still looking. --Jayron 32 01:29, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I forgot the part at 20:29 where they show the rear part of the car. Sorry about that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.29.33.167 (talk) 20:53, 31 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I can't conclusively say what car it is, Jayron32's post made me wonder, but I still think it is a second generation (E20; 1970–1974) Toyota Corolla. I added an image of one here. Snowsuit Wearer (talk|contribs) 08:46, 1 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, I retract my answer. The Corolla and the Lancer have similar enough back ends, but the grille and headlight assembly in the video clearly matches the pic you just posted. It looks like a Corolla. Google turns up plenty of pics with the rear post louvers on it (later Corollas don't have them, but the Lancers from the time period I was looking to) and the hood is also a dead match. Good one! --Jayron 32 00:05, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]