【原】英文外刊，发音地道，真的重要吗？

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Are authentic accents important in film and TV?
在影视剧中，“纯正口音” 是否重要?
At the ripe old age of 100, Dr Dolittle has been reincarnated in the form of Robert Downey Jr.There was tantalisingly (and tellingly) little of Downey Jr speaking in the film's trailer but just enough to threaten a film already beset by production issues - a title change, reshoots, and a postponed release date一with the heavy burden of an infamously bad accent.
100岁高龄的多力特医生这一次以小罗伯特.唐尼的样貌出现在我们眼前。他在电影预告片中的台词寥寥，这样虽能吊人胃口，但意图也过于明显。电影在制作过程中已经是坎坷重重(改名、重拍、延期.上映)，(唐尼的)寥寥数语又因为口音糟糕得令人发指，足以令该片再添负累。
It seems like we' re more obsessed with analysing accents than ever before. Also, when done right,putting on an accent definitely offers a little bump to your award-season chances.
我们似乎比以前更执着于分析口音了。另外，如果操作得当，像模像样的口音确实能在颁奖季为你增加一点点机会。
However, with all the scrutiny applied to getting accents right these days, another option that has crept in very recently is to forgo the challenge by ignoring 'authenticity' completely, and have actors simply perform in their native intonation. Such was the case with last year's critically-acclaimed HBO series Chernobyl, which told the story of the 1985 Soviet nuclear disaster with a largely British cast speaking in various different varieties of British accent.
但是，一边是人们吹毛求疵地追求“对的口音”，另一边，新的选择最近悄然出现，那就是放弃对口音的挑战，彻底忽视所谓“纯正”，让演员们直接用母语语调进行表演。去年备受好评的HBO电视剧《切尔诺贝利》就是很好的例子，该片讲述了1985年苏联的核灾难，起用的演员大多是英国人，操着英国不同地区的口音。
Such a creative strategy may seem to offer a 'backlash' against authenticity, but perhaps it's more about the creators concentrating on being authentic to the essence of the story, rather than every tiny detail.
这个富有创意的战略似乎是在对“口音纯正”提出抗议，但它的重点在于，创作者专注对故事的本质忠实，而非所有细枝末节。
What is crucial is that we believe the stories we are watching, and that belief comes from somewhere considerably more inscrutable than what country,region or state a character sounds like they' re from.
关键是，我们会对看到的故事信以为真。比起“一个角色听上去来自哪个国家、地区或者州”之类的表面讨论，这种“信”的源头要复杂难解得多。