# Mistranslate a film title **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 8, 2009, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713 "2009-03-08T06:14:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713/21 "2009-03-09T21:45:52Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > I Am Legend Oh duh. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713/22 "2009-03-10T00:19:58Z")
In the style of **AskNott** , these are re-translated English: Do not Horses Fly Out of Cannons? Journey of a Star Part VI: Death The Inedible Part of the Apple The Elderly Cannot Listen to Western Music And these are mistranslated from other languages: A Blithering Movie (Portuguese) [derived using a word-for-word dictionary entries] Bill’s TR6 Trophy (German) Nothing New in the First World (German) A Long Battle on a Sunday (French) Angry Speed Lover (Spanish) [probably the book is more well-known than the movie] ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713/23 "2009-03-10T00:42:43Z")
CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON = The Big Cat with the Squatting Tail and the Fiery Beast who is Afraid to Come Out into the Open. SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE could in some countries be 'the shack pet with a lot of money" ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713/24 "2009-03-10T07:07:20Z")
Y Tu Mama Tambien–\> Yo Mama’s Strung Out on Sleeping Pills ---
**Author:** ![VanillaGorilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f9ae1b/32.png) [@VanillaGorilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VanillaGorilla)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713/25 "2009-03-10T11:20:16Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Morrissey, FYI; there’s no Jim. And yes, I know that; I still can’t help wondering if there’s something idiomatically different about what that phrase suggests to a Swedish audience and an English-language audience. As far as I can tell, there is no real difference. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713/26 "2009-03-10T16:36:18Z")
_Gump Woods_ Robin Williams and Matt Damon star in _Searching for Discount Clothes_ ---
**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713/27 "2009-03-10T18:02:37Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > In the style of **AskNott** , these are re-translated English: > > Do not Horses Fly Out of Cannons? > > Journey of a Star Part VI: Death > > The Inedible Part of the Apple So far I’m with you. > [@panamajack](#): > > The Elderly Cannot Listen to Western Music > And these are mistranslated from other languages: > > A Blithering Movie (Portuguese) [derived using a word-for-word dictionary entries] > > Bill’s TR6 Trophy (German) > > Nothing New in the First World (German) > > A Long Battle on a Sunday (French) > > Angry Speed Lover (Spanish) [probably the book is more well-known than the movie] Er, can I get some help with these? ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713/28 "2009-03-10T19:58:10Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > In the style of **AskNott** , these are re-translated English: > > \ > The Elderly Cannot Listen to Western Music _No Country for Old Men_ Ouch! ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713/29 "2009-03-10T20:34:33Z")
Here’s the original titles: A Blithering Movie - _Um Filme Falado_ Bill’s TR6 Trophy (I think I like this better as “Bill’s Motorcycle”) - _Triumph des Willens_ Nothing New in the First World - _Im Westen Nichts Neues_ A Long Battle on a Sunday - _Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles_ Angry Speed Lover (this was really horrible translation) - _El Amor en Los Tiempos del Cólera_ ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713/30 "2009-03-10T20:54:37Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > A Blithering Movie - _Um Filme Falado_ Dumb and Dumber? > [@panamajack](#): > > Nothing New in the First World - _Im Westen Nichts Neues_ Blood Diamond 🙂 > [@panamajack](#): > > A Long Battle on a Sunday - _Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles_ Any Given Sunday? > [@panamajack](#): > > Angry Speed Lover (this was really horrible translation) - _El Amor en Los Tiempos del Cólera_ The Fast and the Furious? ---
**Author:** ![JR\_Brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JR\_Brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JR_Brown)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713/31 "2009-03-10T22:55:41Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > Dumb and Dumber? > Blood Diamond 🙂 > Any Given Sunday? > The Fast and the Furious? In case anyone was about to be whooshed, _Um Filme Falado_ is the official French translation of _A Talking Picture_, _Im Westen nichts Neues_ is the official German translation of _All Quiet on the Western Front_, _Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles_ is the official French translation of _A Very Long Engagement_ and _El Amor en Los Tiempos del Cólera_ is the official Spanish translation of _Love in the Time of Cholera_ (or vice versa on the last two since they’re a Belgian movie and a Colombian novel, respectively). ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713/32 "2009-03-10T23:13:39Z")
> [@JR\_Brown](#): > > In case anyone was about to be whooshed, _Um Filme Falado_ is the official French translation of _A Talking Picture_, _Im Westen nichts Neues_ is the official German translation of _All Quiet on the Western Front_, _Un Long Dimanche de Fiançailles_ is the official French translation of _A Very Long Engagement_ and _El Amor en Los Tiempos del Cólera_ is the official Spanish translation of _Love in the Time of Cholera_ (or vice versa on the last two since they’re a Belgian movie and a Colombian novel, respectively). You could also add the second one to your note, since the movie was an adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s novel _Im Westen nichts Neues_, of which the (free) English translation should by now be obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713/33 "2009-03-11T02:13:13Z")
Confusion sometimes happens in translitteration. For example we had ロード・オブ・ザ・リング (Lord of the Rings) which to many people could also read as Road of the Ring, which I think is a better title anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2009, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713/34 "2009-03-11T02:37:18Z")
I cheated and used Babelfish for these (English to Japanese and back), but they were too much fun not to post: The serpent and saintly cup of Monty The fear image show where the rock is many God must be insanity And one from English to Dutch and back: The ceramicist of Harry and the chamber of mysteries [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mistranslate-a-film-title/488713.md?page=1)