{"id":228477,"date":"2021-04-16T14:16:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T11:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/four-different-approaches-to-movie-title-translations\/"},"modified":"2021-04-16T14:16:28","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T11:16:28","slug":"four-different-approaches-to-movie-title-translations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/four-different-approaches-to-movie-title-translations\/","title":{"rendered":"#Four Different Approaches to Movie Title Translations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c581987e09\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3c581987e09\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/four-different-approaches-to-movie-title-translations\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/four-different-approaches-to-movie-title-translations\/#More_Videos_Like_This\" >More Videos Like This<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Four Different <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>roaches to Movie Title Translations<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9--><em>on movie Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay breaking down four different approaches to translations of movie titles.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever had the pleasure of learning another language, you\u2019ll know that translation is an art, not a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>. Sometimes the phraseology of one culture has no equivalent in another\u2019s. And sometimes capturing the spirit of an evocative turn of phrase involves transforming things entirely.<\/p>\n<p>The same, of course, holds true for movie title translations. In addition to properly describing a film and managing the expectations of a foreign audience, translated titles must also navigate a minefield that runs the gambit from cultural sensitivities to market preferences.<\/p>\n<p>The results, at times, are hilarious. In Danish, <strong><em>Die Hard with a Vengeance<\/em><\/strong> (1995) becomes the equally bombastic <em>Die Hard: Mega Hard<\/em>. In Italian, <strong><em>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind<\/em><\/strong> (2004) becomes the rather literal <em>If You Leave Me, I Delete You<\/em>. And in Mandarin, the Arnold Schwarzenegger male pregnancy comedy <strong><em>Junior<\/em><\/strong> (1994) becomes the arguably not that far off <em>Son of Devil<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of China, let\u2019s pop over to the video essay below, which unpacks four different approaches to movie title translations, as seen in Chinese cinema. The methods are, briefly: (1) to translate literally; (2) to reinterpret; (3) to be poetic, and (4) to fudge the title to make it sell better.<\/p>\n<p>Armed with plentiful examples ranging from the hilarious to the insightful, the essay boasts explanations galore to underline the strategy and thought process behind seemingly random movie title translations.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">Watch \u201c<strong>Trope Talk: Movie Title Translations | April Fool\u2019s Essay<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">\u201c:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trope Talk: Movie Title Translations | April Fool&#039;s Essay\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/urQNZKP4uBo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-839c096a-2881-4e76-aef1-4e01b79aa34f\">This video on movie title translations was created by <strong>Accented Cinema<\/strong>, a Canadian-based <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> video essay <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> with a focus on foreign cinema. You can subscribe to Accented Cinema for bi-weekly uploads\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCH_VqR5rFFhgjZmM31xA3Ag\/about\">here<\/a>. You can follow them on Twitter\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AccentedCinema\">here<\/a>. This video is narrated by <strong>Naomi SV<\/strong>, whose own account you can check out <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/NaomiSV\/videos\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_Videos_Like_This\"><\/span>More Videos Like This<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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