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Lieven Malaise
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Yes Nov 7, 2025

I watched Transliator, with Russell Crowe sitting at a desk in the middle of the Colosseum in Rome, smashing his keyboard because Proz was loading extremely slowly.

Good movie.


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Jorge Payan
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Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Yes Nov 7, 2025

Some years ago, I watched, and liked, a Sidney Pollack film with Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn tittled «The Interpreter», which was the first film ever to be shot inside the U.N. Recently, I watched, not until the end as I disliked it, a Régis Roinsard film with Lambert Wilson tittled «Les Traducteurs».

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Gregor Trebec
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No Nov 7, 2025

No

 
Angie Garbarino
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Yes Nov 7, 2025

"The Interpreter" and a very nice Italian movie with Monica Vitti as a freelance translator at home, with a fantastic Alberto Sordi "Io so che tu sai che io so"

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svetlana cosqueric
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Yes Nov 7, 2025

Autumn Marathon, 1979, a comedy-drama, one of my favourite films

 
Daryo
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No Nov 7, 2025

I'm not aware of any such movie.

I did watch few movies involving interpreters or translators, but none of them was ABOUT interpreting or translating.


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Cristina Heraud-van Tol
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Yes Nov 7, 2025

"The Interpreter" with Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn, which is a good thriller with some situations that could actually happen.

"Lost in Translation" with Bill Murray, but I didn't like much that movie, thought it was lame.

I read that "The Translators" is a very good French movie, I will check it out.


Maria Laura Curzi
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Maria Laura Curzi
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Yes Nov 7, 2025

Besides the ones already mentioned, I saw 2018's Cuban film Un Traductor, starred by the gorgeous Rodrigo Santoro: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Translator

Jorge Payan
 
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Yes, Nov 8, 2025

Lost in translation. Fantastic!

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expressisverbis
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Munich Nov 9, 2025

A multilingual film that is especially interesting for translators/interpreters, in my view.
It is not about translation or interpreting, but is great for studying subtitling, dubbing, and cross-language nuances.
It includes spoken English, German, Hebrew, French, Arabic and Greek. A few references about Spain and Portugal too.
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A multilingual film that is especially interesting for translators/interpreters, in my view.
It is not about translation or interpreting, but is great for studying subtitling, dubbing, and cross-language nuances.
It includes spoken English, German, Hebrew, French, Arabic and Greek. A few references about Spain and Portugal too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_(2005_film)
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Angie Garbarino
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Oh I forgot "arrival" Nov 9, 2025

It is really wonderful, I recommend to watch it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWs5lsWXLbo


Jorge Payan
Emily Scott
 
expressisverbis
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A recent one: Nov 11, 2025

The Translator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fydqCqBlLfM

"A Syrian translator who is an Australian citizen returns to his homeland to track down his brother. It's the middle of an uprising and he certainly has his work cut out for him. He's been targeted by the government when he mistranslated a phrase by a Syrian O
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The Translator

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fydqCqBlLfM

"A Syrian translator who is an Australian citizen returns to his homeland to track down his brother. It's the middle of an uprising and he certainly has his work cut out for him. He's been targeted by the government when he mistranslated a phrase by a Syrian Olympic athlete, years before."

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10691828/
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Jorge Payan
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Excelent book and movie ("Arrival") Nov 11, 2025

Angie Garbarino wrote:

It is really wonderful, I recommend to watch it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWs5lsWXLbo


I downloaded the book, "Story of your life" by Ted Chiang, in PDF format. If interested, just drop me a message.


 
Gwyneth Chiu
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Yes,I’ve seen. Nov 12, 2025

Yes, I’ve seen films addressing translation/interpreting. The Interpreter (2005) centers on a UN interpreter entangled in a political conspiracy, showcasing the ethical dilemmas of language mediation. The Silent House (2010) uses a deaf character’s struggle to communicate, highlighting the importance of sign language as a "translation" of silence into expression. Arrival (2016) explores linguistic relativity through alien language interpretation, emphasizing how translation shapes perception... See more
Yes, I’ve seen films addressing translation/interpreting. The Interpreter (2005) centers on a UN interpreter entangled in a political conspiracy, showcasing the ethical dilemmas of language mediation. The Silent House (2010) uses a deaf character’s struggle to communicate, highlighting the importance of sign language as a "translation" of silence into expression. Arrival (2016) explores linguistic relativity through alien language interpretation, emphasizing how translation shapes perception. These films reveal translation as both a technical skill and a bridge for empathy, often fraught with ambiguity. They underscore how interpreters navigate cultural, emotional, and political nuances, making language a tool for connection—or manipulation. ▲ Collapse


 
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