All

Warmup Workout

Belanova - Entrevista - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Belanova is appreciative and proud that so many of Latin America’s and Mexico’s biggest stars, such Joselo and Coti saw fit to take the time to join them on their tour. The band is humble, but not without ambition; they have set their sites beyond the habla hispana, seeing potential fans in Australia, Italy and even Japan.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 20 [es]: Que... también es importante mostrar a los músicos que van a la escuela, estudian...
Caption 20 [en]: That... it's also important to show the musicians who go to school, study...

Warmup Workout

Baile Folklórico de Puerto Rico - Los Bailarines

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Puerto Rico

Nelly Ocacia and Benjamín Moldonado are both 19-year-old university students, and enjoy dancing with the Ballet Folklórico Guamanique when not studying. We caught up with them at the airport in San Juan, where they were welcoming new arrivals and seeing off departing passengers, much to the delight of travelers.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 6 [es]: Eh... Todo empezó cuando entré a la escuela intermedia
Caption 6 [en]: Uh... Everything started when I entered middle school

Warmup Workout

Belanova - Entrevista - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Edgar Huerta, keyboardist of Belanova, refers to Joselo of Cafe Tacuba as un cuate. The word comes from the indigenous Nahuatl word coatl, which means “twin.” But Joselo is not Edgar’s gemelo, cuate is known by all Mexicans to refer to a “good buddy,” a “dear friend.”

Matches in Transcript

Caption 7 [es]: que empezaba a tocar ya en mi escuela,
Caption 7 [en]: I already started playing at my school,

Warmup Workout

Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

A little research tells us that the musical comedy Arturo did with Héctor Suárez at the Teatro de los Insurgentes was Sigue tu onda (Follow Your Wave), a Spanish language adaptation of a Broadway show known to American theater-goers as Your Own Thing. Soon Arturo himself would be heading to New York on a tip from Paul McCartney’s agent that he could land a spot in Hair...

Matches in Transcript

Caption 50 [es]: ...la actuación. -Estaba en la, en la escuela de bellas artes
Caption 50 [en]: ...acting. -I was at the, at the school of fine arts

Warmup Workout

Playa Adícora - Chober - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Chober and his buddies are building a little club on the beach that is aiming to provide services to beach goers and visitors, while at the same time providing events and opportunites for community members, particularly young people. Like his friend Francisco, Chober is concerned with the environment, and finding uses for discarded materials.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 72 [es]: una escuela de... de "scuba dive"
Caption 72 [en]: a school of... of scuba diving,

Warmup Workout

Playa Adícora - Chober - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

A fishing village like Adícora can be a place of work and industry for locals, but also one of rest and relaxation for travelers. Chober comes from a fishing family and knows the trade, but he recognizes the growing importance of tourism. His generation realizes that the survival of both ways of life necessitates better care of the environment and increased ecological awareness.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 66 [es]: Tenemos, queremos crear una escuela comunitaria.
Caption 66 [en]: We have, we want to start a community school.

Warmup Workout

Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain Catalonia

Spain has never been a country afraid of divisive politics, and filmmaker Joan Planas has no fear of getting controversial when presenting his views of society, church and state. Note that the older gentleman is not speaking straight Spanish but Catalan, and the Spanish captions reflect not his exact words but are the same as the Spanish subtitles seen in white on the screen.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 99 [es]: que no tienen unos profesores ni una escuela para estudiar?
Caption 99 [en]: who don't have teachers nor a school where to study?

Warmup Workout

Felipe Calderón - Publicidad - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Felipe Calderón is running for president of Mexico as the candidate of PAN, Partido Acción Nacional. “The National Action Party” is also the party of Mexico’s current president, Vicente Fox. Felipe’s campaign slogan? Para que Vivamos Mejor, “So we can live better.” We know there must a word play parody of this phrase, but we haven’t found it yet!

Matches in Transcript

Caption 27 [es]: en la mesa de la casa y siempre pudimos ir a la escuela.
Caption 27 [en]: to eat (on the table at home) and we were always able to go to school.

Warmup Workout

Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

Viewer Discretion Advised

Does graphic and violence-ridden television news that presents the worst aspects of a society also bring out the worst in its audience? Our filmmaker seems to think so, and believes that it is young viewers who pay the price when spectacle trumps thoughtful analysis and measured presentation.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 9 [es]: Parece que la televisión enseña más que la escuela,
Caption 9 [en]: It seems that television teaches more than school,

Warmup Workout

Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

That literacy will directly contribute to the health and well being of a people few can doubt. But are a literate people more likely to care for the environment? One man thinks so, and has started a grassroots neighbors teaching neighbors project for the good of both la gente y la tierra.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 53 [es]: Esta casa a unas horas al día se convierte en escuela.
Caption 53 [en]: This house, some hours per day, becomes a school.

Warmup Workout

Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Nicaragua, Spain

The film crew met with a team from Ayuda en Acción, and it appears that its organizational heart is in the right place. Yet, despite the presence of over five hundred NGOs working to improve the lot of Nicaragua’s poor, their plight worsens every year. Many local activists and intellectuals do not trust the non-profits, and accuse them of having their own enrichment as concern numero uno.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 97 [es]: En este momento, duda porque tiene vergüenza de ir a la escuela,
Caption 97 [en]: At this moment she hesitates because she's embarrassed to go to school,

Warmup Workout

La Secta Allstar - Consejo

Difficulty: Beginner

Puerto Rico

Grammy-nominated La Secta Allstar boasts Puerto Rican roots despite having come together in Orlando, where the members attended college, and shortly after that settling in Miami. This title track from their album, Consejo, may very well make their mothers and mothers around the Spanish speaking world proud.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 6 [es]: Y por los trece ya la escuela dejaría
Caption 6 [en]: And around thirteen he would quit school

Warmup Workout

Taimur - Taimur habla

Difficulty: Beginner

Venezuela

Young Taimur’s Spanish is not quite as easy for the non-native as that of his neighborhood pal Zulbani, but he does have a lot of interesting things to say! Listen up, because our young friend presents an opportunity to hear some expressions and turns of phase you may have not heard before.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 44 [es]: Hasta la escuela es bonita,
Caption 44 [en]: Even the school is pretty,

Warmup Workout

Arume - Barcelona

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Many Americans know that Barcelona is one of the most fun towns in Spain. This is of course no secret to Spaniards themselves. Arume tells us why she likes to holiday in Barcelona whenever she gets the chance.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 26 [es]: La mejor escuela de cine de España,
Caption 26 [en]: The best film school in Spain,

Warmup Workout

Biografía - Pablo Echarri - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Uruguay

As a young student, Pablo was smart enough to use his charm and good lucks to get the girls to do his work for him. But when it came to opportunities to perform, this he did himself whenever he got the chance.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 17 [es]: Y yo me recuerdo que de pendejo en la escuela
Caption 17 [en]: And I remember when I was a kid in school

Collection

Difficulty

Region

Category

Field

You must be a subscriber to leave a comment.

Collection

Difficulty

Region

Category

All

Field

Captions

You must be a subscriber to leave a comment.