• robolemmy@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      Possibly as a consolation, the French film “Une hirondelle à fait le printemps” (A swallow that made the spring) was called “The Girl From Paris” in English.

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      3 months ago

      Brazilian translation studios butchered this one too. It became Se Beber, Não Case (If Drinking, Don’t Marry).

      In the meantime the ones in Portugal translated it literally as A Ressaca, showing that the “creativity” of the above was 100% unnecessary.

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        3 months ago

        And Hot Tub Time Machine was titled The Hangover

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        3 months ago

        Ok, but don’t you prefer the brazilian name? I sure do, specially with the context of drinking and driving PSAs