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Lost In Translation

1)When something is translated into another language, and sometimes translated back into the original language, and because of differences of the languages some of the original meaning is lost.

2)Whenever someone re-does something in a new medium (for instance, a movie based on a book) and, due to differances between the mediums, some details and the original meaning is not present.

3)A movie that came out in 2003.
1)See larstait's post for a good example.

2)"Did you like the new Harry Potter movie?" asked Maria. "No," answered Sharon. "They couldn't include all the details that were in the book because then the movie would be too long. A lot of the characterization and subext was lost in translation."

3)I really liked Lost in Translation. And if you didn't, your opinion can't possibly be worth anything, you must be an idiot or a philistine. No, I didn't just imagine the subtext, it's there and it's very moving!
by Newbia September 1, 2004
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chicken translation

A literal translation of words or idioms that doesn't make much sense in the language it was translated to. Originated in Turkey
German: Ohrwurm -> English: Earworm
Turkish: piliç çevirme -> chicken translation
by bollooo December 29, 2019
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When you fuck a girl so hard that she cannot walk on her own, and must be carried in order to get home.
I hit that so hard I carried her to the train station.
by frank-the-tank January 1, 2014
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License Plate Translation

When someone spots a license plate that is either consists of a standard format or vanity plate & tries to decipher what it could translate to.
To kill time while I am driving, I like to find license plates that I can translate into acronym definition or determine what the douchebag was trying to define, I call it License Plate Translation.

I saw GOOD BFD & figured it may have meant, Good Big Fucking Dick or perhaps GOOD Bad Food Diet... although both are almost as lame.
by GlazeHer June 30, 2016
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Expecto Patronum (Actual Translation)

1 A spell in Harry Potter that scares away dementors, best used when you have a happy memory in your head
2 Not Joking. Expecto Patronum is a Latin word, and, can you guess what it is? In English it is, "I await a Guardian"
1: Harry: Expecto Patronum!

Ron: Wow, Harry, that was brilliant!
2: Jim: Expecto Patronum!
Latin Dude who knows English: You await a guardian?!(expecto patronum (actual translation))
Jim: WHATT???
Latin Dude: Expecto Patronum...oh harry potter..
Jim: i..await..a..guardian????....
by doodoodaequann April 8, 2019
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Train Station Blunt

Smoking a blunt at a train station and then watching the trains go by.
"Windels" You guys ever smoke a train station blunt ?
by david3.8 December 29, 2007
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train station

see wordrun a train/word

Refers to the girl in the situation illustrated above.
by |AoC| JyL November 5, 2005
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