Simultaneous interpreting from English
Hit the button for a random English-language scene with sound — classic cinema or Miami police work from CSI: Miami, switch the bank right there. Your job: translate the lines into your language on the fly, like a booth interpreter — don’t wait for the end of the sentence, don’t freeze if you miss something, keep the flow.
How it works
- Pick a scene bank and hit "Give me a scene" — a random English-language clip embeds, auto-plays, sound on.
- Listen to the lines and start speaking the translation in your language right away. Don’t wait for the end of the sentence — begin as soon as you have the gist.
- Missed a chunk? Drop it and catch the next line. An interpreter doesn’t rewind; they keep the pace.
- Check yourself with the button under the player: "Original" turns on the English captions, "Translation" gives them in your language. Then hit "Another scene"; there’s a 30/60/90-sec timer for discipline.
Tips
- Translate the meaning, not every word. "He’s going to be late again" can become a shorter equivalent in your language — faster and more natural.
- Say names and numbers immediately, even if the rest is still approximate. They’re the easiest to lose, and the scene falls apart without them.
- Vintage comedies like His Girl Friday overlap on purpose. That’s the hard mode: don’t chase every word, take the lines in turns.
- Translate with captions off, then turn them on afterwards with the "Check yourself" button. "Original" shows what was actually said, "Translation" gives YouTube’s machine version in your language. Reading the screen during the scene is no longer a listening drill.
Inne ćwiczenia
Improwizowany dubbing filmów
Losowa scena ze starego filmu bez dźwięku. Podkładaj głos wszystkim postaciom na żywo — mężczyznom, kobietom, epizodom.
Zadanie-scenka
Losowa sytuacja do odegrania głosem. Od „wyjaśnij memy przybyszowi z kosmosu” do „namów smoka na turniej”.
Bełkot
Zagraj scenkę w wymyślonym języku: sens nie ma znaczenia, wszystko trzyma się emocji, intonacji i ciała.
Częste pytania
Why old English-language films instead of TED talks or the news?
Several voices, emotion, and everyday rhythm are closer to real booth work than a single lecturer. The films are also in the US public domain, and the CSI: Miami clips are posted by the rights holder itself — every upload has embedding open, so the exercise doesn’t die on “video unavailable.”
Can I stream this exercise with the video on air?
Legally — better not to broadcast someone else’s video on your stream. Safer to use it as an off-air warm-up: open it on another screen or device and practice without putting the video on the broadcast.
I can’t keep up — is that normal?
Yes. Even professionals lag a couple of seconds and skip chunks. The point of the drill is not a perfect translation — it’s not going silent. Compress the thought, move on. If the scene is too fast, hit "Another scene."
What does GTA VI have to do with it?
GTA VI is set in Vice City — that is Miami. The “GTA VI: Miami” bank is built from CSI: Miami clips on the show’s official channel: police interrogations, crime-scene work, local speech. Your ear trains on exactly the English you’ll hear in the game, and on vocabulary the old comedies simply don’t have.
How do I check whether my translation was right?
With the “Check yourself” button under the player. “Original” turns on the English captions, so you see what was actually said; “Translation” runs those same captions through YouTube’s translation into your language. Both are machine-made — the transcript is automatic and so is the translation — so check the meaning against them, not the wording. Nothing stops you from replaying the scene, but translate out loud first, then turn captions on.