Apenas três filmes brasileiros fazem parte da programação deste ano Festival de Cinema de Berlim, Berlinale. Realizada de 10 a 20 de fevereiro na capital alemã, a Berlinale traz 22 filmes ao público. Desses, 16 participam da mostra principal* (competitiva), que neste ano não conta com a presença de uma produção tupiniquim sequer. “Tropa de [...]

Only three Brazilian films are taking part in the 2011 Berlin Film Festival, the Berlinale. No one of them however is in the Competition, in which major international films are shown, but in the secondary sections.

Dutch cinema is not as big and grand as Hollywood, but over the years Dutch films won several Oscars, among other awards at international film festivals.

De Nederlandse filmindustrie is niet zo groot als Hollywood, maar door de jaren heen hebben Nederlandse films meerdere Oscars gewonnen, naast vele andere prijzen op internationale filmfestivals. De Aanslag De Aanslag (Engelse titel: The Assault) is geregisseerd door Fons Rademakers en is gebaseerd op het beroemde boek De Aanslag van auteur Harry Mulisch. De film [...]

Wer an deutsche Sprache und deutsche Kultur denkt, hat meist große Dichter, Denker und Künstler im Kopf. Der deutsche Film dagegen kommt einem nicht so schnell in den Sinn. Kein Wunder: Gegen das übermächtige Hollywood hatte der deutsche Film lange Zeit das Nachsehen. Aber: Die Zeiten ändern sich. Langsam aber sicher tut sich etwas beim [...]

[English] Il popolo cinefilo ha deciso, la peggior traduzione in italiano del titolo di un film straniero è “Se mi lasci ti cancello”. “Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind”, è questo il titolo originale del film tratto dalla poesia “Eloisa to Abelard”, scritta da Alexander Pope. Tutti concordi sul fatto che la distribuzione italiana con [...]

The Italian cinemagoers voted! The worst movie-title translation of a foreign movie into Italian is “Se mi lasci ti cancello” (If You Leave Me, I Delete You!). The original title is “Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind”, from the poem “Eloisa to Abelard”, written by Alexander Pope. The Italian translation not only has nothing to do with the original version but also affects the meaning and the content of the movie, so it seems to be more like an easy comedy than what it really is. The imagination or even the incompetence of the Italian movie distribution is so unlimited that we have a great variety of samples… vote the worst one!

[English] Talvez você já tenha visto por aí algo que virou uma modinha na Internet. As fotos de “You’re doing it wrong” (você está fazendo errado). Pois bem, são fotos normais nas quais as pessoas escrevem simplesmente essa frase – e acaba tornando-se engraçado. Alguns exemplos disso são essas fotos: Falar no telefone – você [...]

Maybe you´ve already seen somewhere something that has become kind of famous among Internet users: the “You’re doing it wrong” pictures. They are photos where people just write this sentence on – and it somehow ends up funny.

Translating film titles goes often together with epic fails. Commercial interests and artistic licence are constraints for the translator, and often deliver diverse results. Four categories and a little contest are your today’s dose of happiness