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Around the world, movie titles are changed to make them more relevant or acceptable to local audiences. Translations are not always direct, so beware "false friends" when playing these quizzes!
Editors: spanishliz, linkan, skunkee, Nannanut, Polaris101, tiffanyram, jmorrow Quiz Search:
1 A Film by Any Other Name...
Some English-language films are released in different countries with different English titles. This quiz covers 10 examples. Don't worry about foreign languages; none of these questions deal with translations of English movie titles into other languages.
Difficult
10 Q
jmorrow
Feb 19 09
3552 plays
2 American Classic Film Titles in French
Can you match the French title of each movie to its original English title?
Easy
10 Q
ngpas
Aug 25 08
1284 plays
3 Amusing Movie Titles Lost in Translation
See if you can match the Chinese translation to the English language movie title.
Very Difficult
10 Q
dericpw
Apr 19 08
807 plays
4 Movie Titles In Spanish
Planning what movies to watch on TV here in Spain can be a bit of a puzzle some days. Quite often the Spanish title bears little resemblance to the original. Sometimes a dictionary helps! Can you plan your viewing? (Titles may differ in South America.)
Difficult
10 Q
spanishliz
Feb 08 01
3780 plays
5 More Movie Titles In Spanish
You are given the title of a movie *as listed in a Spanish TV guide*, the year and the names of two stars. Your task is to decide which movies you would see if you chose the ones listed. Knowledge of Spanish is not always an asset!
Difficult
10 Q
spanishliz
Jun 07 02
2043 plays
6 Movie Titles Translated To Spanish
You have to match the titles of movies in Spanish with their original English titles... It's harder than it seems!
Average
10 Q
Yoritomo
Feb 21 03
2391 plays
7 German Movie Titles
Hi! I'll give you the title of a movie, you'll have to guess how our German producers named it. Sometimes they translated the title, or they didn't change it at all - or they gave the movie a completely different name...
Difficult
15 Q
PearlQ19
May 31 02
342 plays
This is category 18402
Last Updated Nov 21 09 6:02 AM

Some sample questions from this category:

* 'Tu y Yo' is which romantic movie?
* 'The Sound of Music' is shown under which title? (Be careful)
* If you tune in to 'El Mejor', what film will you expect to see?
* 'Corazones de hierro' is which of these films when shown in Spain?
* Choosing 'Encuentro en Paris' will bring this fairly forgettable film to your screen.


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