Transmitido en Martian en SAP

The episode, "Mars University," had the 'sub-title' "Transmitido en Martian en SAP"

Is this Latin, Martian, or just so much nonsense? Is there an actual translation?

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It's Spanish for "Trasmitted In Martian In SAP".

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Thanks. Now, to go one step further, can anyone explain what 'SAP' is the abbreviation for?

"Second Audio Programming". It strikes me as being very useless, but apparently, when they were revamping the broadcast signal to include something like stereo sound, they wound up with extra room for this feature.

Newer TVs have the option to listen to the SAP track instead of the normal sound track. Many syndicated TV shows let you switch to hear the show in Spanish-- but that's not what the "S" in "SAP" stands for. Many PBS shows use the SAP to have a narrator describe the scene for any blind audience members. A vast majority of the shows don't use it at all, and leave the SAP as a copy of the normal soundtrack.

Anyone actually check to see what the SAP for that episode actually was?

--brian

brian tivol wrote...

SAP is very useful in non-English speaking countries, where the shows are (usually) broadcast in the local language, and the SAP hosts the original versions. In the case of Futurama (and also The Simpsons) it's the only way to watch the show without the AWFUL Spanish dubbing.

There's an episode of Friends that parodies the dubbed versions / SAP. It's "The One With Two Parts", from the first season, and its tag features the characters speaking dubbed Spanish. It was also parodied in "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me".

BTW, Martian in Spanish is "marciano".

Cheers,

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	Actually, SAP is not available on all stations. In fact, only a
minority of stations decide to broadcast SAP. Only five stations on my
cable system broadcast SAP: 2 WB affiliates, an ABC affiliate, a CBS
affiliate, and a PBS affiliate. None of the non-network channels seem to
support it. Curiously enough, both of the WB affiliates seem to be
broadcasting a computer-generated voice (remember Dr. Sbaitso?) reading
the local weather forecast over and over.
	Our local Fox affiliate, WXXA, doesn't seem to be broadcasting SAP.
That's another reason I'd like to see the satellite feed...I'd love to
hear what Bender and Zoidberg sound like in Spanish :))

-Gabe

On 03 Nov 1999 16:06:08 GMT, [email] (Neil Robertson) wrote:

Secondary Audio Program. On a stereo TV transmission, one side broadcasts the standard audio, the other carries a second language. It can also be used for music, news etc.

--Larry

On Wed, 03 Nov 1999 16:59:56 GMT, [email] (Larry F) wrote:

Actually, on a stereo TV transmission, one side broadcasts the left audio, the other one carries the right. SAP is on a *third* audio channel that isn't heard unless you have a stereo tv and switch on the SAP (and usually have to switch off the other two audio channels). *** Bill Polaski

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Bill Polaski wrote:

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Nope. There are three audio channels. One mono channel - it carries the primary language (e.g. German here in Germany) and two stereo channels (left and right). If a programme is transmitted in SAP (usually) the left stereo channel carries the primary language (same as mono; German in Germany) and the other one the second language (e.g. English in Germany).

Martin 'Anakin' Schmidt wrote:

How do you switch to the SAP from the mormal listening mode?

The method that's always worked for me was to read the instructions that came with the television receiver.