Tone
The rise at a question. The weight behind a pause. The small shifts that land before the words do.
Translated in real time. Still in your voice.
The rise at a question. The weight behind a pause. The small shifts that land before the words do.
What a sentence sounds like before you know the words. Rhythm. Breath. The shape carrying the meaning.
The same person, in any language. You can tell.
Native French source. Recorded in studio.
The truth about translation is that you never really have a word in one language which precisely equates another. You never do.
Language is a communication system for the meaning. It's not the meaning.
We all register people's levels of confidence or anxiety when they speak and that determines what we remember and what we forget.