<p>There are hundreds of dialects, which lead to some deviations in Mandarin accents in different regions, but are generally understood</p>

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2021-08-08T03:27:30.603Z
2021-08-08T03:27:30.603Z
YP Zhang
<p>I wanted to re-watch some movies I like in Chinese so I got Toy Story 1 and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The thing is both of them have 3 audio tracks, 1 Cantonese and 2 Mandarin. I don't get why they would dub a movie to the same language (Mandarin) twice.</p>
<p>These 2 recordings are from the same scene in Toy Story<br>
Track 1:<br>
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/toy-story-s1-track-1?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/toy-story-s1-track-1?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin</a><br>
Track 2:<br>
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/toy-story-s1-track-2?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/toy-story-s1-track-2?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin</a><br></p>
<p>Another scene from Toy Story <br>
Track 1:<br>
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/toy-story-s2-track-1?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/toy-story-s2-track-1?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin</a><br>
Track 2:<br>
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/toy-story-s2-track-2?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/toy-story-s2-track-2?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin</a><br></p>
<p>and these are from the same scene in Harry Potter<br>
Track 1:<br>
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/harry-potter-track-1?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/harry-potter-track-1?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin</a><br>
Track 2:<br>
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/harry-potter-track-2?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/harry-potter-track-2?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin</a><br></p>
<p>Are both of the tracks standard Mandarin ? Are they both legit dubs ?</p>
<p>Sorry for using a lot of links, idk what is the best practice when asking questions with audio samples like this.</p>

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2021-08-09T06:23:43.533Z
Most likely that one is dubbed for Mainland China (PRC), and the other is dubbed for Taiwan (ROC). Mainland China also has restrictions on any sort of violence or sexual content, so the language might be changed to match the edited scenes.
Toby Mak
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Why foreign movies have multiple Chinese dubs?
# Why foreign movies have multiple Chinese dubs?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-08-07)

I wanted to re-watch some movies I like in Chinese so I got Toy Story 1 and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The thing is both of them have 3 audio tracks, 1 Cantonese and 2 Mandarin. I don't get why they would dub a movie to the same language (Mandarin) twice.

These 2 recordings are from the same scene in Toy Story  
Track 1:  
<https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/toy-story-s1-track-1?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin>  
Track 2:  
<https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/toy-story-s1-track-2?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin>

Another scene from Toy Story   
Track 1:  
<https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/toy-story-s2-track-1?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin>  
Track 2:  
<https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/toy-story-s2-track-2?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin>

and these are from the same scene in Harry Potter  
Track 1:  
<https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/harry-potter-track-1?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin>  
Track 2:  
<https://soundcloud.com/user-690602079/harry-potter-track-2?in=user-690602079/sets/mandarin>

Are both of the tracks standard Mandarin ? Are they both legit dubs ?

Sorry for using a lot of links, idk what is the best practice when asking questions with audio samples like this.

**Tags:** culture, movies, audio
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Most likely that one is dubbed for Mainland China (PRC), and the other is dubbed for Taiwan (ROC). Mainland China also has restrictions on any sort of violence or sexual content, so the language might be changed to match the edited scenes.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2021-08-08. Score: -1

There are hundreds of dialects, which lead to some deviations in Mandarin accents in different regions, but are generally understood


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