I have heard that some newer TVs have a Audio Language selector - allowing for input Audio (in german) to be converted to English.

Is it possible for a german channel from UPC cablecom to be automatically translated to english (e.g. Disney or NickJr)?

thanks,

That would be a nice feature!! Never heard of it though.

I guess what you have in mind is dual-language channels - the Swiss channels as well as ORF (not sure which ones I forgot) sometimes show programmes in the original language as well as dubbed.

If you press the Audio button on your remote (may also look like this ) you should be able to change the audio channel.

Check the programme for the shows that have this feature, as it is not done for all the shows from overseas.

Edit: not even sure if you're in Switzerland, so your mileage may vary.

They're not automatically translated, rather some channels are broadcast with 2 audio channels, usualy the local language and the original language.

Even if one channel does it, SF2 for example, it's not for all programming. You can check in the listings, usualy they have the languages listed, or there's a symbol, 2 joined circles, next to programs with the option.

You can switch between them with the stereo/mono button the remote.

hmm - I'm in Switzerland now...but what is mileage??

Yes, that is a standard function with digital television.

Many many TV stations broadcast in multiple languages.
Example: EuroSport broadcasts in about 6 languages, all at the same time.

You select the language you want on your TV receiver.

HOW you select the language depends on what TV receiver you have:

Example:
Samsung TV: TOOLS - Audio Language - change language with select the language,.
Cablecom HD Mediabox Receiver: press the i button on the remote, select Soundtrack, change soundtrack with < & > keys.

The languages being broadcast is decided by the TV station
the languages can vary from program to program
Sometimes they signal 4 languages but put the same audio track on each language. Right now SRG is broadcasting the Lauberhorn Rennen, signalling 4 languages (DE, FR, IT, EN) but putting the german audio on each language channel.

Very helpful - thanks Friendly!

In case you didn't understand the other postings, this is NOT translation, rather multiple audio channels - like you can select the language on a DVD.

FYI just discovered that RSI LA 1, one of the Swiss Italian stations has a lot of shows in Italian and English. Inception was just on and a bunch of shows during the day.

Do you have a green button on your remote? try that. works on most tvs.(only on channels which allow this,of ccourse)

The button on the remote is sometimes like this: II

It's important to check this feature before buying a TV, as different manufacturers handle this feature in different ways:

1) easily with a permanent default to the second language (usually English)

2) with a lot of faffing each time, defaulting to the first language each time (German or French)...

As a linguist, I'd say this would be pretty fraking awesome :-) However, machine translation still is nowhere near that level of sophistication. What you mean is dual-channel audio, as described by others in this thread.

All the swiss channels, i.e., SF, TSR and RSI transmit most shows in original language as well as dubbed. As of end of Feb, they will also do so in High Definition.

My swiss cable offers some programmes in English/German or Italian, when your on the program go to your information and where it say the language, select and if English is available it will automatically change If no other languages are available it will say deutsch or dolby deutsch

EuroNews comes in 9 (nine!) languages! Including Russian, Spanish, and and and...

The quantity of languages available varies a lot by TV station...

http://www.tvprogramm.sf.tv/q/aa/3/start/0

and then switch with or maybe I/II on your remote.

Does anybody know where I can find a list of TV stations broadcast in multiple languages, particularly German and Austrian stations? I have digital for these stations but analogue for Swiss stations so they are no good for listening to in English.

It's programme by programme, not channel-by-channel.

Go to tvinfo.de, find your programme and click on it. On the left of the screen you'll see the date in a red box and under it, there's a set of logos which give you technical info. If there is an icon that looks like oo (when you hover over it, it will say Zweikanalton), then the oo or I/II button on your remote control should give you the original language.

That works really great, thanks! I did a search with the advanced tool and you can filter it for bilingual. Pitty there's only one old film on tonight that's available in English.. loads of good new films on other channels but only in German! :-D

The site tvtv.de formats the results much better, I've just found.

So, if you anyone wants to know what's going to be shown on TV tonight with the original audio in the background, just click here:

http://www.tvtv.de/tvtv/index.vm?sum...&scid=0&scid=0

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BBC x4, ITV x4, Ch.4 x4, Five - all English-English.