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Machteld van der Gaag: The one with the International English!
Description
In ep 162 of “How Do You Say That?!” sponsored by britishvoiceover.co.uk, Machteld van der Gaag joins Sam and Mark from Amsterdam to talk about International English - it's not British, it's not American - but what is it... and is it possible to really nail it? We create a masterclass in what NOT to do! We look at how voicing a corporate script to pictures can lead to so odd sentence breaks... and how to manifest the work you want!
Our VO question this week is all about the types of work we're booked for, and whether it's the work we want to be doing!
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Script 1
To help prevent future sciatica pain, Carl works on building strength in his core and back. Strong muscles help stabilise the body and the act of building muscles is in many ways a neural activity. You probably associate exercise with your muscles or heart but recent studies have shown that when we lift weights our nervous system actually gets stronger before our biceps. Working out increases neurons in certain parts of the brain.
Script 2
You could be forgiven for thinking the maritime industry is a woman’s world
We refer to ships as she
They are named by lady sponsors
They sail upon a sea often thought of as a mother
But let’s be honest
The maritime world may still seem a male-dominated one
And that is a shame.
We want to work with the most talented, hardworking people
Qualities that do not recognise the boundaries of gender
So if we want to be the best at what we do
We need to be open to everyone
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About our guest:
Machteld van der Gaag has been a voice actor for over 30 years! She’s trilingual - her mother tongue is Dutch, her birth language is French and her adolescent language is English! She is based in Amsterdam - and a former copywriter. Machteld works across lots of VoiceOver genres: from web-video’s, commercials and IVR - to elearning, audiotours and audiobooks. She’s also the moderator of the Dutch voice over group and a singer of French chansons (or songs to the rest of us non-trilingual folk!).
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About your hosts:
With over 40 years representing major international clients such as Google, Emirates and HSBC; Mark Ryes has been trusted to be the voice for some of the world’s biggest bra