How to translate Southern Drawl

Question

How would someone translate American Southern Drawl to Spanish (for all Spanish speaking countries).

Also, does anyone know of different translations of Tom Sawyer? I can only find one translation..

Welcome to SpanishDict. - rac1, Nov 24, 2014

My guess is that it would be done slowly :) - ian-hill, Nov 24, 2014

If I knew who you were and what you were I could give you the short answer , until then ,Bienvenido amiga. buena suerte. - ray76, Nov 24, 2014

Ian, love that answer! You hit the nail on the head, Mate! - Winkfish, Nov 24, 2014

Answer 1

Sometimes it is difficult to find a word-by-word translation. I can´t say literally in Spanish "the American Southern Drawl". Probably I would say "el acento sureño" and then say the way they talk: "arrastrando las palabras, "elocución monótona y lenta", "pesado".

When you translate from Spanish to English can happens the same: "Los habitantes del sur de España sesean o cecean". In this sentence I can say "The people of the South of Spain speaks using the sound S instead the sound C and vice versa". This is in this way because there is no any word in English to say "sesear" or "cecear".

On the other hand, Tom Sawyer is a personal name. I never translate the names because it is useless. In any case I would say Tomas Aserrador.

I agree....... In Mexico when we talk about people using the north Spain accent we say "hablan con la (th)Ce y la (th)Zeta" .... curiosamente la "elle" no se menciona aunque sí hay españoles que la usan - 005faa61, Nov 24, 2014

That's interesting. But like, I was wondering on what everyone thought on how to translate phrases written in a Southern accent. A lot of the translations are just translated into Standard Spanish. Would it be offensive to use the Caribbean accent? - Choco23, Nov 24, 2014

Answer 2

Acento sureño americano:

Goowd daammit ! Aaahmh Haamerichaajnn.

I think it takes too long, the translator has by now gone to sleep.. But then, I'm prejudiced. I've only ever fallen asleep in front of films, I've never met a real person who speaks like this.