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English film titles in Hungarian

9/9/2014

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For some strange reason the Hungarian film distributors like to translate the foreign movies' title, which is basically great. Mostly the translated version keeps the original meaning and it helps the viewers to understand it. I got it. But sometimes they don't translate them but create a totally new title. To be honest basically we don't really care about the original title and we don't remember the original one at all. So it is really hard when I need to talk about movies and I haven't got a clue what the English title was. And I need to translate it back from Hungarian to English. And of course native speakers have no idea what I am talking about. 
Ok, I am going to give you some weird example:

Original
  1. Alien
  2. Aliens
  3. Alien 3
  4. Alien: Resurrection

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Translated
  1. 8th passenger: Death
  2. The name of the planet: Death
  3. The final solution: Death
  4. Alien 4: The Death resurrects
Original
  1. Die Hard
  2. Die Hard 2
  3. Die Hard: With a Vengeance
  4. Live Free or Die Hard
  5. A Good Day to Die Hard
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Translated
  1. Give your life dearly
  2. Your life is more expensive
  3. Die Hard 3 : The life is always expensive
  4. Die Hard 4.0 : Your life is the most expensive
  5. Die Hard - It's more expensive than your life
Original
  • The Silence of the Lambs
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Translated
  • The sheep are quiet
Original
  • The Wolverine
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Translated
  • Wolf
Original
  • The Grey
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Translated
  • White Hell
Original
  • Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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Translated
  • Galopping on foot
Original
  • Pacific Rim
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Translated
  • Fire Ring
Original
  • Jaws
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Translated
  • The Shark
Original
  • Sister Act

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Translated
  • Nun Show
Original
  1. Accidental Meeting
  2. Bad Influence
  3. Back to Even
  4. The Package
  5. Silent Assassins
  6. Loves Music, Loves to Dance
  7. True Crime

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Translated
  1. Deadly Deal
  2. Deadly Friendship
  3. Deadly Revenge
  4. Deadly Target
  5. Deadly Formula
  6. Deadly Dance
  7. Deadly Mistake

Original
  • Blade Runner
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Translated
  • Winged Headhunter
Got it? Have you got more? Please, let me know :)
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