[Amazing] 25 Countries That Did A Very Strange Job Of Translating Movie Titles

While you may have guessed that some countries, like China, do a very interesting job of translating movie titles, they are not a alone. Many countries do impressive acrobatics with the wording of their titles when they are translating them from English. Why? Well, there are many reasons for this, but one of them is that quite often countries don’t actually know what the movie is about until it is actually released. But…they have to start advertising long before that. This means that they translate the name as best as they can but it often happens that the name was figurative in some way. This very obviously can lead to a misleading or comical movie title. Of course, this doesn’t typically bother movie goers, and many of these titles become something of a joke among the multi-lingual crowd. And for this reason, we are going to share them with you. If you are from these countries, you probably already know about some of these titles but there are sure to be a few that bring a smile to your face. So get ready to try figuring out what on Earth they were thinking when you read about these 25 countries that did a very strange job of translating movie titles!

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25

Italy - If You Leave Me, I Delete You

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

24

France - Sexy Dance

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Step Up

23

Argentina - Vaseline

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Grease

22

Germany - A Twin Rarely Comes Alone

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The Parent Trap

21

Japan - Captain Supermarket

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Army of Darkness

20

Peru - Slightly Pregnant

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Knocked Up

19

Portugal - Meetings and Failures in Meetings

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Lost in Translation

18

Denmark - Die Hard: Mega Hard

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Die Hard With A Vengeance

17

Taiwan - Is This Spy Capable Or Not?

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Get Smart

16

China - A Very Powerful Whale Runs To Heaven

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Free Willy

15

France - The Teeth From The Sea

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Jaws

14

Italy - Please Do Not Touch The Old Women

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The Producers

13

Israel - It's Raining Falafel

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Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs

12

France - Very Bad Trip

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The Hangover

11

Norway - Action Skyscraper

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Die Hard

10

Poland - Electronic Murderer

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The Terminator

9

France - Mom, I Missed The Plane

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Home Alone

8

Spain - Night of the Knight

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The Dark Night

7

Mexico - Pigs And Diamonds

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Snatch

6

Czech Republic - Warm Shots

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Hot Shots

5

France - The Secret Is In The Sauce

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Fried Green Tomatoes

4

Germany - My Partner With The Cold Snout

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K9

3

Israel - Love Is In The Sky

Source: reddit, Image: amazon

Top Gun

2

Philippines - Because She's Ugly

Source: reddit, Image: amazon

Never Been Kissed

1

Thailand - Super Speeding Cleaning Evil Accounts

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