Downton Abbey’s Lady Mary is now the most in-demand British voice in America, new research has revealed。
有新研究指出，《唐頓莊園》里大小姐瑪麗的聲音已經成為在美國最受歡迎的英國聲音。
唐頓莊園配音走紅：美國人愛上英國腔Actress Michelle Dockery’s cut glass English tones beat the likes of quintessential English actor Hugh Grant and current James Bond Daniel Craig, to become the most requested UK accent for the US voiceover industry。
女演員米歇爾?道克瑞那精致的英音擊敗標桿人物英國演員休?格蘭特和新晉邦德演員丹尼爾?克雷格，成為美國配音行業最受歡迎的英國口音。
Voiceovers are big business in America covering everything from TV ads to recorded birthday greetings and at the moment famous British - and Irish - voices are particularly popular。
配音在美國是一個非常龐大的行業，包括電視廣告到生日祝福錄音等領域?，F在英國和愛爾蘭名人的口音尤其受歡迎。
From Nigella Lawson’s sultry tones to Liam Neeson’s Ulster brogue and even Gordon Ramsay’s angry rants, demand has more than doubled in the past year。
去年，妮格拉?羅森性感的聲音和連姆?尼森的愛爾蘭口音，甚至是戈登?拉姆齊的憤怒咆哮，這些聲音的需求量都成倍增長。
Copycat versions of these, and others from Hugh Grant to Keith Lemon, are used for all kinds of things including online guides, training videos and even automated voicemails。
這些聲音的模仿版本，以及模仿休?格蘭特，基思?檸檬的聲音被用于多個方面，包括在線指引，訓練視頻和自動語音郵箱。
And Lady Mary’s cut-glass upper-class accent is the most popular of the lot, according to PPH’s analysis of 5,000 job adverts requesting British-sounding voices in the USA。
根據全球自由職業者市場網站PeoplePerHour(PPH)在美國對5000份英音招聘啟事的分析報告顯示，瑪麗精致高貴的口音在眾多聲音中最受歡迎。
It does not even mean using the real voice of Ms Dockery who plays the aristocrat in the successful series, said PPH boss Xenios Thrasyvoulou。
這并不意味著要使用大小姐瑪麗扮演者道克瑞女士的真實聲音，PPH的老板Xenios Thrasyvoulou如是說。
Instead, a good impression will do as it will for others on the top 20 list including Daniel Craig and Helen Mirren - familiar to Americans for playing James Bond and The Queen。
相反，一個好的印象非常重要，比如其他位列前20名的人，包括丹尼爾?克雷格和海倫?米倫，這兩位因扮演詹姆斯?邦德和女王而被美國觀眾所熟知。
All the Americans want is an English-speaking voice that sounds like the star or, sometimes, more generically they will ask for a ’BBC News’ or a ’Downton Abbey’ accent, according to research by global freelance marketplace PeoplePerHour (PPH)。
PPH研究發現，美國人想要的是一個聽起來像瑪麗說英語的聲音，或者，有時是想要一種“BBC新聞”或者“唐頓莊園”那樣的口音。
Colin Farrell, the Irish actor who is a Hollywood A-lister is high in the list alongside Scot James McAvoy, who has also had success in American movies。
好萊塢一線演員、來自愛爾蘭的科林?法瑞爾與在電影方面有極大成就的蘇格蘭演員詹姆斯?麥卡沃伊都在英國腔熱門榜上名列前茅。
Surprisingly, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini’s Geordie accent is often requested, even though her failure as a US X-Factor judge was attributed to US audiences unable to understand her。
出乎預料的是，謝麗爾?費爾南德茲-維西尼的口音需求也很旺盛，雖然她在美國X音素(X-Factor)中擔任評審的失敗被歸咎于美國觀眾聽不懂她說話。
Americans request British and Irish voiceovers more often than that of any other nation, said Xenios Thrasyvoulou and it is fast becoming a major UK export across the Atlantic。
美國人對英音和愛爾蘭口音的配音需求比對其他國家的都要大，Xenios Thrasyvoulou說。這也迅速成為英國跨越大西洋的主要出口業務。
Often they will request a ’Downton accent’ or a ’Hugh Grant’ or even a ’BBC News accent’ when advertising for the service, said PeoplePerHour’s research。
PeoplePerHour研究報告顯示，在需求廣告中，他們通常會提出想要一種“唐頓莊園”、“休?格蘭特”或者一種“BBC新聞”的口音。
