Hollywood movie titles that got lost in translation

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emma

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CHINA

The Full Monty: Six Naked Pigs
The Blair Witch Project: Night In The Cramped Forest
As Good As It Gets: Mr Cat Poop
Boogie Nights: His Great Device Makes Him Famous (Genius. Just genius)
Leon: This Hit Man Is Not as Cold as He Thought
Fargo: Mysterious Murder in Snowy Cream
Austin Powers: Trump Card Big Liar
Deep Impact: Earth And Comet Collide
Knocked Up: One Night, Big Belly
Nixon: The Big Liar
Risky Business: Just Send Him To University Unqualified
Free Willy: A Very Powerful Whale Runs To Heaven
The Shawshank Redemption: Excitement 1995

GERMANY

Airplane: The Unbelievable Trip In A Wacky Aeroplane or The Incredible Journey In A Crazy Airplane
K9: My Partner with the cold Snout
Dragnet: Floppy Coppers Don’t Bite, or Yellow Coppers Don’t Bite
The Parent Trap: A Twin Seldom Comes Alone
Die Hard: Die Slowly
Die Hard With A Vengeance: Die Slowly, Now More Than Ever
Dodgeball: Full Of The Nuts
Girl, Interrupted: Cuckoo
Annie Hall: The Urban Neurotic

ISRAEL

Knocked Up: The Date That Screwed Me
Superbad: Super Horny
The Naked Gun: The Gun Died Laughing
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: It's Raining Falafel

ITALY

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind: If You Leave Me, I Delete You
The Producers: Please, Do Not Touch the Old Women

FRANCE

Fried Green Tomatoes: The Secret Is In The Sauce
Dirty Harry: Inspector Harry
Home Alone: Mom, I Missed The Plane
The Matrix: The Young People Who Traverse Dimensions While Wearing Sunglasses
The Banger Sisters: Sex Fans of the Sixties
Capote: Truman Capote (Capote is French for "condom")

SPAIN

The Dark Knight: Night Of The Knight
Dumb and Dumber: Two Stupid People, One More Stupid
The Pacifier: A Supertough Kangaroo

PERU

Knocked Up: Slightly Pregnant

MEXICO

Juno: Juno: Grow, Run and Stumble.
Snatch: Pigs And Diamonds
Thelma and Louise: An Unexpected End

DENMARK

Die Hard With A Vengeance: Die Hard: Mega Hard

HONG KONG

American Pie: American Virgin Man

ARGENTINA

Grease: Vaseline

PORTUGAL

Lost In Translation: Meetings and Failures in Meetings
Die Hard: Skyscraper Attack
Die Hard 2: Airport Attack

CZECH REPUBLIC

Bad Santa: Santa Is A Pervert
Hot Shots! : Warm Shots

FINLAND

Big Momma’s House: The Cop In Drag

JAPAN

Army Of Darkness: Captain Supermarket
The Horse Whisperer: Held by Wind in Montana
Being John Malkovich: The Hole Of Malkovich
Mr Holland’s Opus: The Sunny Classroom
Jersey Girl: I Love My Dad The Best In The World
As Good As It Gets: Mr Cat Poop

TAIWAIN

Get Smart: Is The Spy Capable Or Not
Due Date: Odd Couple, Wacky Trip, Go Together for Birth
The Waterboy: Dimwit Surges Forth

MALAYSIA

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Behaved Very Nicely Around Me



source:
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/149738/50_movie_titles_that_got_lost_in_translation.html
http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/blog/article/184449/hollywood-titles-lost-in-translation.html
 

Mike Manson

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I hate the German translations. I also hate dubbed movies. But some things Germans or other foreigners just don't know, so it must have a translation. And Chinese is different. You can't just translate something word for word back to English...