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| bichofoo Newbie Argentina Joined 6325 days ago 5 posts - 5 votes | Message 1 of 29 17 November 2007 at 10:59pm | IP Logged |
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Hi! I was just wondering if you know about some book or tv series or movie involving either translators, interpreters or polyglots? (like The Interpreter)
The other day I watched "Turn left, turn right (向左走·向右走)" which the female protagonist was a German and polish translator and besides the movie being very good it was inspiring to see something related to what we like and do :-) Any additions to the list? So far: The Interpreter Turn left, turn right (向左走·向右走) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Pip Diglot Groupie South Africa Joined 6258 days ago 48 posts - 55 votes  Speaks: English*, Afrikaans Studies: French | Message 2 of 29 18 November 2007 at 8:47am | IP Logged |
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Boondock Saints, the MacMannus (not 100% sure about spelling) are able to speak an array of languages including French, Russian and Italian
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| sanfran1988 Triglot Newbie United States theromancelanguages. Joined 6075 days ago 4 posts - 4 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Mandarin Studies: Portuguese, Tagalog | Message 3 of 29 18 November 2007 at 1:28pm | IP Logged |
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In Lord of War, Nicholas Cage's character has a "knack for languages" and he speaks some of them throughout the movie including Spanish and Vietnamese.
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| Raincrowlee Tetraglot Senior Member United States Joined 6514 days ago 621 posts - 808 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin, Korean, French Studies: Indonesian, Japanese | Message 4 of 29 19 November 2007 at 12:08am | IP Logged |
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I just saw a Taiwanese movie called Silk in which two characters are shown to speak at least three languages: one spoke English, Mandarin Chinese and Japanese, while the other spoke Mandarin Chinese, Taiwanese and Japanese.
The Bourne series, of course, shows super-assassin Jason Bourne speaking English, German, French, Russian and Spanish. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| LilleOSC Senior Member United States lille.theoffside.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6503 days ago 545 posts - 546 votes 4 sounds Speaks: English* Studies: French, Arabic (Written) | Message 5 of 29 19 November 2007 at 3:54pm | IP Logged |
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In the 007 movies, Bond spoke a little Russian. I am not sure if he is fluent in it though. And in the 007 novel From Russia With Love it says he knows French and German as well.
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| Alvinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 6046 days ago 828 posts - 832 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 6 of 29 19 November 2007 at 6:15pm | IP Logged |
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Mission Impossible.....Tom Cruise speaking a bit of Italian, Spanish....
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| Alvinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 6046 days ago 828 posts - 832 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 7 of 29 19 November 2007 at 6:18pm | IP Logged |
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being a secret agent has huge advantages....driving awesome cars, hanging around with beautiful women and speaking lots of languages....ahahahah
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| Kubelek Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland chomikuj.pl/Kuba_wal Joined 6664 days ago 415 posts - 528 votes Speaks: Polish*, EnglishC2, French, Spanish Studies: German | Message 8 of 29 19 November 2007 at 7:36pm | IP Logged |
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L'Auberge Espagnol - about Erasmus exchange students, a bunch of them are polyglots
OSS 117 - Le Caire, nid d'espions - the protagonist somehow learns Arabic during several weeks(?) in Cairo. Not the main theme, but I thought I'd mention this hilarious movie. Although in Babel there aren't really any interpreters or polyglots, but languages play an important role in this movie, and you may enjoy watching it too. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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