funny? It is translated word by word from German into English. In German this sentence is a joke. The part which makes this sentence funny‚ however‚ cannot be translated into English because the German word for pony and fringe is the same – ”Pony“. This shows that the joke is lost in translation. This essay is going to analyse what is lost in translation from one language to another and why it is lost. “Anything that can be said in one language can be said in another‚ unless the form is an essential
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What is lost in translation from one language to another? “Most linguists would say that there is no such thing as a perfect translation and that something is always lost when we move from one language to another.” Sometimes when translating‚ there might be the difficulty‚ of finding a word that expresses or means the same thing‚ and because there isn’t one specific word that means the same as the other‚ instead of putting one word‚ many are used‚ to describe the words meaning. Each
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Lost In Translation "Lost In Translation" is one of those movies that seek to be something having something extra something that is more than a regular movie. Moreover‚ it does so effectively without being pretentious‚ all through the movie it does not seem like it is trying too hard to be something other than what is there. It is skillfully written‚ well directed and it boasts of a solid cast not very spectacular but full of good actors. Jointly‚ this eventually results in an enjoyable and interesting
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Elise Smith 9/25/2013 HUM 1900 Lost In Translation Response Paper A lot of movies today people in the real world can’t really relate to the characters or what the characters are going through. Movies today are about zombies‚ aliens‚ robots‚ cartoons or things that people think may go on in the future. Directors make movies in 3D now to make the watches feel as if they are experiencing what the characters are. In the movie Lost in Translation (2003) the director uses real life situations that
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LOST IN TRANSLATION? THE EFFECT OF CULTURAL VALUES ON MERGERS AROUND THE WORLD KENNETH R. AHERNa ‚ DANIELE DAMINELLIb ‚ AND CESARE FRACASSIc Abstract We find strong evidence that three key dimensions of national culture (trust‚ hierarchy‚ and individualism) affect merger volume and synergy gains. The volume of cross-border mergers is lower when countries are more culturally distant. In addition‚ greater cultural distance in trust and individualism leads to lower combined announcement returns. These
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Lost in Translation “In Poland‚ I would have known how to bring you up‚ I would have known what to do‚” my mother says wistfully‚ but here‚ she has lost her sureness‚ her authority. She doesn’t know how hard to scold Alinka when she comes home at late hours; she can only worry over her daughter’s vague evening activities. She has always been gentle with us‚ and she doesn’t want‚ doesn’t know how‚ to tighten the reins. But familial bonds seem so dangerously loose here! Truth to tell‚ I don’t want
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Being lost is the best way to find oneself and what it is one lacks. In her second film‚ Lost In Translation‚ Sofia Coppola expresses the enchanted attraction between two souls‚ lost both in the mind and in a foreign bustling city. Tokyo‚ is the oriental soil from which the relationship of two occidental seeds blossoms. Both protagonists‚ Bob Harris (Bill Murray) and Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson)‚ feel alienated in the city of glass. Coppola depicts the characters’ initial struggle and displacement
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loss and emptiness is hard to explain‚ even though it is something we all feel and go through in our lives. No matter what state we’re in‚ there comes a time in our lives where we get stuck in our tracks‚ look around‚ and realize that we’re lost. The film Lost in Translation‚ directed by Sofia Coppola‚ is a brilliant motion picture that explores through what it means to feel lost and the connections‚ the choices we make and the journey towards finding ourselves. The film stars two Americans‚ Bill
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Reed’s America: The Multinational Society and the Lost In Translation‚ the indigenous identities of migrants are forever instilled in their minds. Reed refers to the United States as a "cultural bouillabaisse attributed to its diversity but the original identities of the migrators are still deep inside them" (Reed 256). Moreover‚ Friedman states the globalization is only integration instead of assimilation and in the last chapter in Lost In Translation Eva still possesses her Polish identity because
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lost‚ that they have found what they were looking for. This demonstrates the importance of Tokyo city in helping the two characters make sense of their lives in a land unknown to them. Quite surprisingly‚ the unfamiliar nature of Tokyo acts as a platform on which Bob and Charlotte understand their lives and what they have been looking for. The strangeness of the city is no longer a barrier‚ which prevents them from knowing who they are and what they want in life. Undoubtedly‚ Lost in Translation
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