MOVIE TITLES: German vs. Original English with Don't Trust The Rabbit

[@kommo1]

US: Zootopia German: Zoomania FUCKING UK: Zootropolis... because why the hell not.

[@GandurBear]

Ikr! xD

[@janas203]

😂😂😂😂

[@popcorncat4749]

It is Zootropolis in Norway too XD

[@LisaZhatkina]

It's cause of trademark/copyright issue in Europe.

[@assibratzen116]

THAT'S why i keep finding it under different names! I was already starting to doubt myself because the title kept changing everytime i googled it. Thanks a lot! :)

[@Honigprinzessin]

German: Thor - the Dark Kingdom English: Thor - the Dark World I mean seriously? Why?

[@myrkur9035]

+Allan Goncalves da Silva Obwohl in Amerika tausende von Menschen im Jahr ermordet (killed) werden...

[@MegaChaosGelee]

+Honigprinzessin: Such stupid changes often have something to do with trademarks and copyrights, so I guess the name "Dark World" was already registered for something and Disney/Marvel didn't want to pay or make complex contracts to use the original title in the specific region. It's the same with this years "Zootopia" btw., which in Germany is called much less fittingly "Zoomania".

[@gg.lisa7]

Ich finde the dark Kingdom hört sich besser an als the dark world. Ist aber Geschmackssache

[@MegaChaosGelee]

Julia H. Der Punkt ist, dass es in diesem Fall nicht darum ging, was sich besser anhört, sondern darum, dass es zum Inhalt passen sollte: Königreich hatte mit der Geschichte nichts zu tun. Eine andere, dunkle Welt hingegen schon.

[@tankpenguin175]

Und die Captain America Filme sind hier First Avenger filme... so dumm...n

[@edoppelle]

I don't understand why Germans make a new English title when the original title is already English. For example: English = Mean Girls German = Girls Club The English title is as easy as the German title, so why???

[@edoppelle]

Azizam B. No, you're not. :c Kartoffelsalat is a good title!

[@lenawerner3382]

Cause often the original English title has words in it that a lot of Germans don't know or can't relate to...for example: trainwreck! A lot of Germans would not know what that means, but everybody knows the what dating queen means. :)

[@balthasar5302]

Often legal problems are the reason for a different title. The other cases - I don't know. :-)

[@edoppelle]

Lena Werner I didn't watch the movie, so I don't why it is named like that but I think they shoul've translate it. In my opinion Zugwrack sounds a lot better than Dating Gueen.

[@edoppelle]

Balthasar That's a good reason but I don't understand why they would give the license for a movie but not for the title.

[@Fantastabuloes]

Original: Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl German: Fluch der Karibik Original: Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest German: Pirates of the Caribbean - Fluch der Karibik 2 Why? Who is responsible for that translation?

[@Fantastabuloes]

Ich habe kein Wort verstanden xD

[@DaveRevan98]

+Christina Haack "Frozen hear better" ;D Hahaha

[@skyrider8890]

Piraten der Karibik klingt auf deutsch halt Scheiße.

[@twincast2005]

It's worth mentioning that Disney didn't repeat the outright moronic naming scheme of the second film but used it as transition to the "Pirates of the Caribbean - [actual translation of subtitle]" names of parts three and four. And as much as I despise what Michael "'Murica" Bay has done to the Transformers, at least I get sort of a chuckle out of not its infantile humor but the German - and Japanese - market manglings of the titles that are at least as bad and/or inconsistent as PotC's: EN - DE - JA Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Transformers: Die Rache (The Revenge) - Transformers: Revenge Transformers: Dark of the Moon - Transformers *3*: Die Dunkle Seite des Mondes (The Dark Side of the Moon) - Transformers: Darkside Moon Transformers: Age of Extinction - Transformers: Ära des Untergangs (Era of the Downfall) - Transformers: Lost Age And since I'm at it, the Japanese names for the PotC films so far: Pirates of Caribbean: Norowareta Kaizoku-tachi (Cursed Pirates) Pirates of Caribbean: Deadman's Chest Pirates of Caribbean: World End Pirates of Caribbean: Inochi no Izumi (Fountain of Life) [Note the minor differences for the sake of - supposedly - easier pronunciation that also uniquely gave use "Donald McDonald" in Japan. Seriously, the English is mangled into an approximation of perfectly common Japanese syllables through katakana anyway, so in reality they're just lazy.]

[@jerrypie1230]

+SkyRider ja das stimmt. aber was is mit dem englischen Untertitel? es geht ja um die Black Pearl und wo sie ist, also warum hat man diesen weg gestrichen?

[@411.48R]

My personal highlight is "The good, the bad and the ugly" witch is named in German "ZWEI gloreiche Halunken" (two glorious scoundrels) WTF?, why TWO? There are three main characters in this western classic.

[@WantedAdventure]

haha! I guess someone in the naming department miscounted...

[@simonbrunner3062]

I can only assume the German title only refers to Clint Eastwood's and Eli Wallach's characters and the schemes they play on legal authorities, where one is turning the other in to collect the reward and subsequently helping him escape. The misleading part is that the German title completely misses the dark tone of the movie, in which said schemes are only a minor side plot. It would have been fitting for a more light-hearted prequel that focuses on the backstory of these two characters, but not for what's actually going on in the movie. "Zwei glorreiche Halunken" sounds more like a Bud Spencer/Terence Hill comedy than the dark western epic that it actually is.

[@luckyducky0411]

"The fault in our stars" was translated to "Fuck destiny" here in Norway:PPP

[@WantedAdventure]

LOL the title was written in English or whatever "Fuck destiny" is in Norwegian?

[@luckyducky0411]

Wanted Adventure ^^ the latter:)

[@alicestephan4462]

In German it's "Das Schicksal ist ein mieser Verräter"

[@rcookie5128]

yeah, so from german translated "fate is a mean traitor" :)

[@MorliHolect]

English: Bend It Like Beckham, German: Kick it like Beckham

[@aldi404]

Because we stupid Germans dont know what bend means XD

[@campinho37]

in spanish it's I want to be like Beckham

[@seraphiccandy21]

No it just doesnt make sense to bend a ball

[@aldi404]

Bend in that context means bending the trajectory of the ball. Beckham was well known for his banana free kicks.

[@FlayInAHook]

+aldi404 holy fck

[@tobiasmohr3991]

I found out that the Japanese title for "Twilight" is "Puppy love".

[@jali7913]

To be fair, that is a much better characterisation of the movie than the original title. ;-) But the German title was even worse: "Bis(s) zum Abendrot" (including the paranthesis) is a wannabe play on the words "Bis" (until) and "Biss" (bite). So it can either be translated as "Until Dusk" or "Bitten at dusk", both of which are plain stupid.

[@Deniera]

I ALWAYS read "Bis(s) zum Abend*brot*" xD

[@jali7913]

Deniera Yes, I couldn't help but read that too. Isn't there a movie parody that is called "Bis(s) zum Abendbrot"?

[@Deniera]

No idea :D Could be, I know that there is at least one parody for sure!

[@LPsMartIn]

yep 'Beileid - Bis(s) zum Abendbrot' or sth like that

[@Taddday]

English: The Fault In Our Stars German: Das Schicksal ist ein mieser Verräter English: Paper Towns German: Margos Spuren

[@YoureParalyzed]

xDD

[@janinahartmann730]

they must Translate the topic(!?) into a German title. because we must understand what the film is about. (ich bin deutsche

[@Taddday]

+Janina Hartmann Wenn das im Englischen so ist, dann wissen die den Inhalt doch auch nicht direkt. Aber im Deutschen wird man mega oft dadurch gespoilert wie beim 1.

[@Martell364]

In my opinion "Margos Spuren" is a good title in German, because there is no decent translation for "Papertowns" and John Green once had the plan to name the book "Margos Traces", which is why I don't have a problem with this German title.

[@MrsXanatrix]

Ich finde "Das Schicksal ist ein mieser Verräter" ist ein besserer Titel als "the fault in our stars"

[@TheSunrayGirl]

Zootopia in German would be Zoomania. Why???

[@5HT2A292]

Because there is a park in Germany called zootopia and they have the rights for that name.

[@TheSunrayGirl]

+matthiax I googled it and found nothing of interest except a plan of zoo-like Park in Denmark.

[@johanna4239]

+Fröhlicher Peter I don't think that's true, because there is the word "Utopie" for "Utopia", which describes something positive but there's also "Dystopie" for "dystopia", which is clearly negative, so the ending "-topia" is not the 'judgy' part.

[@taco2718]

A zoo in denmark has trademarked "Zootopia". For the USA its no problem, but for europe and especially germany it would have made problems with the rights and merchandise.

[@freightlorris9624]

WOWWWW in Italy its Zootropolis...

[@LaySongTV]

"You can say Eier or Nüsse...or Sack" I'm dying

[@WantedAdventure]

It was really quite an educational video, actually! xD

[@floro7687]

Why not some serious German, like Feuererlaubnis aund Frontabkürzung"

[@lonelyingorgeous2817]

Really good ones are also "Klötzer" or "Familienjuwelen". 😂

[@jeffersoniiil1621]

+Lonely in Gorgeous Kronjuwelen

[@taPAS17699]

die Freunde meines Freundes

[@andresrosa726]

"Die unglaubliche Reise in einem verrückten Flugzeug" = The unbelievable trip in a crazy airplane. Germans like to know the plot just by watching the title

[@alec95]

The perks of being a wallflower in English, "Vielleicht lieber morgen" in Germany (Maybe better tomorrow).... Yeah, don't understand the German title at all.

[@liamariexxx7887]

I don't understand the context between the german title and the actual film. That doesn't make sence :/

[@lottalalalalala6550]

And even worse because the term 'Mauerblümchen' actually exists in german, so they could have done a literal translation...

[@Deniera]

Just being curious, how exactly would you translate "The perks of being a wallflower" into german?

[@ASB722]

die vorteile ein mauerblümchen zu sein

[@Lisa-lisa-lisa-lisa1]

to make it shorter, maybe even “Die Vorteile eines Mauerblümchens” but I think it’s still to long, Movie titles should roll of your tongue

[@DontTrustTheRabbit]

This was so cool!

[@Ubercentraltf2]

Fake lol. You should be verified. You would have 282k subs. You need 100k to be verified.

[@CorneliusSchwarzenstein]

@@Ubercentraltf2 WTF?! Was soll an Trixi jetzt Fake sein?

[@Ubercentraltf2]

@@CorneliusSchwarzenstein Es gibt einen Fehler auf KZbin, der es Leuten ermöglicht, ein anderes Kanalprofil anzuzeigen.

[@Ubercentraltf2]

@@CorneliusSchwarzenstein Der Kommentator ist nicht die echte Trixi.

[@CorneliusSchwarzenstein]

@@Ubercentraltf2 Und weder Dana noch Trixi haben das in 6 Jahren in Ordnung gebracht?

[@CrazyRaxe]

i just hate german movie titles....some of them are even spoilers of the movie...they should just stay with the originial

[@luisschutz1854]

Ein Beispiel?

[@lea.marie.]

What for Example?

[@luisschutz1854]

+Lea Marie i cant think of any spoilers in a german movie title the translations are a bit unnecessary sometimes but there are no spoilers

[@lea.marie.]

+Luigi Sagittario I didn't understand anything, I'm from Germany

[@thornduck]

Like Forgetting Sarah Marshall? Nie wieder Sex mit der Ex

[@ThePerfectRed]

How about the most epic of all - "Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod" vs. "Once Upon a Time in the West"! The movie was quite iconic in Germany, the title is a quote from Henry Fonda in a flashback during the final duel.

[@MegaChaosGelee]

I actually think that this is one of the very rare examples where the German version of the title is better and more awesome than the original :D

[@darjeelingtealeaves7480]

But it wouldn't ever let you think it was connected to "Once Upon a Time in America" which is one of the rare occasions when a German title is the same as the American one :D

[@FirstnameLastname-gr5kb]

You're totally right and also: I rly like your hobbes profile pic:D

[@arpmcpie]

i read that it wasn't even in the original. the sentence comes offscreen. but the title has it, it's really thrilling

[@tim6870]

but the movie is pretty good ...

[@LillyLaughingTear]

Red Eagle - Black Eagle

[@ccax74]

Yes, absolutely. I was also gonna mention that one ;)

[@PrincessCandyAndy]

In USA: "Thor - The Dark World" in Germany: "Thor - The Dark Kingdom" I mean why? This is useless.

[@2small4theMall]

It was also the dark kingdom in the UK if I remember correctly

[@thatgirl8036]

kingdom sounds better :D

[@jayzn1931]

bcs

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

The correct title for "Dodgeball" would have been "Völkerball". I guess that didn't sound cool enough to sell a movie.

[@montanus777]

well, rammstein sold a concert DVD called 'völkerball' - but you probably have to have rammstein's reputation for that. :P

[@Deniera]

Also, "Völkerball" sounds kinda serious and that's definitely NOT what the movie is. I think for one of those ridiculous american comedies "Voll auf die Nüsse" fits the movie just fine.

[@PsychoWedge]

maybe you should open a handy dictionary nearby and look "peoples" up. just a tip though, but since you seem to believe yourself to be a pro with english and all that you might want to deal down the lack of knowledge you express...

[@montanus777]

***** so, you're pentalingual, but cannot even say a german sentence without using the verb 'tun'? ;P and no, her correction was correct. a people is what we in german would call 'Volk', while two or more peopleS is what we call 'Völker'. don't try sweetheart, you already made yourself the laughing stock. ;)

[@PsychoWedge]

***** well, then I guess your jersey english is not good enough to talk with the adults. why don't you go back to the playground and use your chubby little fingers to proudly point at things you know the names of? Maybe this mother of yours will even come with you and give you a cookie everytime you say something correct.

[@dominikkersten1506]

German English Thor - The Dark Kingdom ------ Thor - The Dark World The Return of the First Avenger ------- Captain America Winter Soldier The Return of the First Avenger: Civil War ------ Captain America Civil War. Some weird transaltions for the Marvel Movies in Germany.

[@myrillya]

it's so stupid to call it "the first avenger" ... I always call it "Captain America" xD

[@marius5210]

They call the Captain America Films "The First Avenger" because it sells better in our country.

[@dominikkersten1506]

Yes, but why they translated The Dark World into The Dark Kingdom. It makes no Sense.

[@marius5210]

+Dominik Kersten I don't understand neither. Are you from Germany?

[@marius5210]

Ok die Frage hätte ich mir eigentlich sparen können xD

[@annixana]

English: Big hero 6 German: Baymax i mean why not XD

[@janinahartmann730]

this movie is for kids and the German Kids must understand whats happend

[@MrsXanatrix]

The different countries can't pick their own titles for Disney releases, Disney provides a title for international release

[@linajurgensen4698]

Annixana because we live in Germany.

[@Drag_on_king]

Original (Japanese) title: "Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi", literally Sen and Chihiros magically disappear German title: "Chihiros Reise ins Zauberland" Englisch title: "Spirited away"

[@Deniera]

I really like the german translation for this one though. Japanese titles just way too different from the regular western movie titles to work with the audience here, I think they did a good job on that one.

[@meebochii]

How does the english title even make sense for that movie? xd

[@Fey-jj1lm]

Omg, Spirited away😍 I just watched it in english. I bought all my Animes in Britain, because the english language sounds better than the german🙈

[@Spulg]

English title: Begin again German title: Can a song save your life? Like, the German title is in English, holy shit this is stupid :D It's an awesome movie nontheless. Go watch it!

[@simpsonsfreak6042]

We're dumb 😂

[@johannader9977]

Najaaaa... manchmal ist es einfach Marktstrategie. Aber normalerweise sind die deutschen Titel schlecht, vor allem wenn der Titel aus dem Englischen übernommen wird und dann ein deutscher Untitel runtergeklatscht wird.

[@vinnimann8101]

I love it so much when you two Collab. They are always the funniest videos 😊👌

[@DontTrustTheRabbit]

Thank you, I also had a lot of fun with these collabs! :)

[@LeJustus]

English: To kill a Mockingbird German: Who disturbs the Nightingale English: The Deer Hunter German They who go through Hell English: Twelve Angry Men German: The twelve Jurors English: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind German: Forget me not! (like the flower, but without the hyphens and with an exclamation mark)

[@LeJustus]

***** wie geil! :D voll mein Humor! Haste noch so einen auf Lager? *freu*

[@natalie8646]

:D

[@uliwitness]

I think most changed-but-English titles for movie releases in Germany are either due to trademark disputes (e.g. Zootropolis/Zoomania), or because English sounds cool, but the title contains words the average German won't understand. There are a bunch of basic English words (boy, girl, man, woman, world, good, bad, queen, king, club ...) that even Germans who don't speak English can be expected to know. So e.g. "Mean Girls" fails because "mean" is a word fewer people would understand.

[@uteschonmann9516]

Now I just need an explanation for "Boys, Girls & a Kiss" (German title) vs. "Boys and Girls" (original title).

[@Wheeljack2k]

DE: Die unglaubliche Reise in einem verrückten Flugzeug US: Airplane! US: Cradle 2 the Grave DE: Born 2 Die DE: Welcome to the Jungle US: The Rundown

[@truefilm1556]

English: "Copycat", German: "Copykill" A title (and dubbed version with completely different dialog, to be "cool" and "dry wit") that completely shifts the focus of the entire story: English: "Once Upon A Time In The West", (literal translation from Italian), German: "Spiel Mir Das Lied Vom Tod" - the german Title is actually the wrongly translated quote. In the English original it is: "Keep your loving brother happy!". In Germany we didn't even know it was his older brother, we assumed it was his father. Schlimmer geht's nimmer....

[@Saturnsea5]

Wie oft rege ich mich über deutsche Übersetzungen auf! Da sitzen Menschen, deren Job es ist Film Titel zu übersetzen und sie machen es falsch 😂

[@leonieadam7542]

My mom once mentioned "Friedhof der Kuscheltiere" and I thought it was about stuffed animals coming to life. I didn't knew why everybody said it's so creepy until I saw it.

[@WantedAdventure]

+Leoniemand ok, good to know we weren't the only ones confused by that title! :D

[@marshallgibson89]

+Wanted Adventure A friend of mine names (don't know the exact words, sorry) fluffy pet animals "Kuscheltiere" (fluffy animals) because they are "kuschelig" (fluffy). I think the problem is the literary translation. For example my grandpa had some rabbits. My buddy went to the cages and said: "Das sind ja ein paar niedliche Kuscheltiere." (These are some cute fluffy animals) I have to say we were kids back then, but as I read the book title it made perfect sense to me (I never saw the movie, but read the book multiple times)

[@marshallgibson89]

+Wanted Adventure A friend of mine names (don't know the exact words, sorry) fluffy pet animals "Kuscheltiere" (fluffy animals) because they are "kuschelig" (fluffy). I think the problem is the literary translation. For example my grandpa had some rabbits. My buddy went to the cages and said: "Das sind ja ein paar niedliche Kuscheltiere." (These are some cute fluffy animals) I have to say we were kids back then, but as I read the book title it made perfect sense to me (I never saw the movie, but read the book multiple times)

[@R0DisG0D]

The best translation in my opinion is "Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier", wich originally is called "Groundhawk Day". The german title just fits they movie so well.

[@andreasbuschel5320]

you girls work so ferfect together... hope so see more collaborations of you both

[@WantedAdventure]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed the videos :) :) We hope to make more collaborations in the future as well

[@ricsons5912]

ferfect 😂

[@erictaylor5462]

"Not a Girl" could totally be the tile of "Boys Don't Cry"

[@falloutatsix8666]

English book: The perks of being a wallflower English movie: The perks of being a wallflower German book: Das also ist mein Leben German movie: Vielleicht lieber morgen ...Why?! Or another one... Zootopia. This one makes sense because of Utopia. But the german title is Zoomania and I have absolutely no idea why.

[@jali7913]

And that title would actually sound pretty if translated: "Von den Vorzügen ein Mauerblümchen zu sein"

[@jali7913]

Yes, that would be the more literal translation. But I like the sound of mine better. ;-)

[@falloutatsix8666]

Well I say "Zoomania" in an english way...never heard somebody saying it with "oh" And yes, "Die Vorzüge ein Mauerblümchen zu sein" sounds a little old-fashioned, but I think it would be better than "Vielleicht lieber morgen" because it's (in my opinion) a very important part in the book when they say "You're a wallflower". "Das also ist mein Leben" is okay because of "So, this is my life. And I want you to know...". But I don't understand how they get the idea of "Vielleicht lieber morgen" :D

[@jali7913]

+Vanessa Grimm I agree. The term "Wallflower" sounds a little old fashioned in both languages, but it's a central aspect of the story.

[@sami-kc8ox]

a zoo somewhere in Europe had trademarked the name Zootopia, that's why it had to be changed in Europe.

[@Kyle07]

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" is also a little bit different. In german its "Jäger des verlorenen Schatzes". This would be "Raiders/hunters of the lost treasure".

[@Belgarion2601]

You didn't even scratch the surface, though. The story is called "The Perks of Being A Wallflower" in english... yeah, right, let's call it "Vielleicht lieber morgen" (Maybe rather tomorrow) in german. Which is completely unrelated to the movie. Because f*** logic.

[@Deniera]

In this case I think it could be related to the length of the literal german translation, which would be something along the line of "Die Vorteile, ein Mauerblümchen zu sein" or something similar? I don't even know how exactly I would translate that so that it sounds like a somewhat natural german sentence. Further, a lot of german speak only basic english, so I don't think the original title is easily understandable for many germans.

[@jali7913]

+Deniera I think, although not a literal translation, "Vom Vorteil, ein Mauerblümchen zu sein" would make the better book/movie title in German.

[@Belgarion2601]

With a little creativity, it shouldn't be hard to find something adequate... Unfortunately, I have none :D

[@Belgarion2601]

The alternative title of the book is "Das also ist mein Leben", so it could've been something along the lines of "Das Leben eines Außenseiters"....

[@melissahefter7234]

+TravelEnthusiastDE das Leben eines Außenseiter is a really boring title

[@jessicalea2010]

The Hangover 3 was called Very Bad Trip in France

[@Gravewhisper]

There are many more really bad examples of german movie titles. The worst one in my opinion is: English Title: Brave German Title: Merida - Legende der Highlands This is btw. a common trend with disney titles, to have new german titles plus sub-titles that are far from the original or just a really stupid pun. another great examples are: English Title: Frozen German Title: Die Eiskönigin - völlig unverfroren & English Title: Tangled German Title: Rapunzel - neu verföhnt

[@Gravewhisper]

Some other weird ones are: Original Title: Lucky Number Slevin German Title: Lucky # Slevin OT: The Number 23 OT: Reign over me OT: That's My Boy GT: Number 23 GT: Die Liebe in mir GT: Der Chaos-Dad OT: What's your Number ? OT: Just go with it GT: Der perfekte Ex GT: Meine erfundene Frau There are a number of Adam Sandler movies I could still put on here but the best example would be: OT: Click GT: Klick

[@Kroko2000]

I hate: Original: Perks of being a wallflower German: Vielleicht lieber morgen (=maybe rather tomorrow) Like WTF that just doesn't have anything to do with the original title OR the movie

[@twincast2005]

That Disney Animation trend is a very recent one, though. The only earlier example I can think of is "Arielle, die Meerjungfrau" for "The Little Mermaid". There might have been one or two more with added subtitles, but almost all other Disney films (other than IIRC only "The Lady and the Tramp" and "The Sword in the Stone" - as "Susi & Strolch" and "Die Hexe und der Zauberer", respectively) simply either got (near-)exact translations where applicable or outright kept the title if it was only the (non-fairy-tale-princess) protagonist's name etc.

[@wolfgangricklefs2938]

I agree with most of the examples but "Klick" is just the german word for "Click" and "#" is the old number sign.

[@therapycorner]

Fun! My favourite German film title still has to be "Tag der toten Ente" for the English "About a Boy". They just picked one scene and went with that.

[@simonopps]

I guess German titles are often like "hey, let's take a English word and complete it with a German phrase!". That's why something like "The Twister-Tödliche Gefahr" happens.

[@queenbananos667]

What i find really funny is that the germans translated basically every Nicholas Sparks movie title into something completely unrelated to the original title. "The Notebook" is called "Wie ein einziger Tag" - so it's something around "like one day". Or "A walk to remember" is called "Nur mit dir" - so "Only with you". I don't get it, they could have just left the original title as it is :D

[@MyvIsLove2]

ich hasse es dass wir andauernd bescheuerte unnötige untertitel einbauen müssen. braucht keine sau

[@mexxpower99]

Kann man ja auch ausschalten...

[@MyvIsLove2]

+MICHI LAPPEN nein ich mein die untertitel wie zb 'die eiskönigin - völlig unverfroren'. das is so peinlich

[@MrWhatdafuBOOM]

+Hachiko Yui Ja ich weiß was du meinst, diese blöden Doppeltitel mit dem Bindestrich. Und manchmal ist das sogar der Originaltitel, aber nein, die müssen ja noch ihren dummen deutschen Zusatztitel dranhängen, sowas von unnötig! -_-

[@MyvIsLove2]

+MrWhatdafuBOOM ja genau xx und diese wortspiele... total NICHT lustig xx einfach nur peinlich

[@marius5210]

+Hachiko Yui Mich nervt das auch SOWAS von... :|

[@halbtonschritt3702]

I never watched any of the movies, but what I never got, why the first three "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies had the German title "Fluch der Karibik", "Fluch der Karibik 2" and "Fluch der Karibik 3" while they switched for the fourth part into "Pirates of the Caribbean - Fremde Gezeiten". I know it's exactly the topic of this video...

[@LoveMrNickJonas]

no this os not correct. The titel of the first movie indeed is "Fluch der Karibik" but the second on is calling "Pirates of the Caribbean - Fluch der Karibik 2" and the titel of the third movie is "Pirates of the Caribbean 3 - Am Ende der Welt". But a lot of people say just Fluch der Karibik 1, 2 and 3.

[@Scamander]

What are you talking about? They initiated the re-branding of the franchise already with the second film when "Fluch der Karibik" was only in the subtitle and ditched it with the third film altogether: #1: Fluch der Karibik #2: Pirates of the Caribbean - Fluch der Karibik 2 #3: Pirates of the Caribbean - Am Ende der Welt #4: Pirates of the Caribbean - Fremde Gezeiten

[@Gravewhisper]

you're all wrong. The germans were simply sued to change the title !

[@Scamander]

Cyanideperfume Yeah, Disney Burbank surely did sue their own subsidiary company, lol.

[@lisey5420]

German: Margos Spuren English: Paper Towns why...

[@jennyna5202]

Daran musste ich auch als aller erstes denken :D

[@zarahpahl44]

Jaaaa man . Nie verstanden ;D

[@karola6209]

Im Deutschen sind Papierstädte halt keine festen Begriffe für diese erfundenen Städte wie im Englischen deshalb geht da bei der Übersetzung irgendwie der Sinn verloren glaub ich

[@athinawalther2562]

besonders, wenn man es übersetzen würde, wäre es "Papier Städte" bzw. "Plastik Städte" (weil sie es im Buch so übersetzt hatten) und das klingt ja immer noch gut. warum hat man es dann so übersetzt, dass es wie ein Detektiv Roman für 10 jährige klingt? das regt mich so auf😂

[@franziskautecht7890]

im deutschen gibt es den Begriff der "Paper Towns" nicht. Während also im englischen der Filmtitel sich auf die eine Szene bezieht in der Margo davon redet, dass die Stadt für sie unecht ist und darsuf dass sie am Schluss selbst in dieser eigentlich nicht existierenden Stadt lebt, kommt der deutsche Titel davon, dass sie ja versuchen Margo durch ihre hinterlassenen Spuren zu finden. :)

[@janinac.s.6742]

I knew both of you before you made videos together, but this is that awsome! I really love you two working together!

[@nana_hyuck]

US= The perks of being a wallflower Ger= Vielleicht lieber morgen

[@mairezu]

Trixi and Dana, you are both awesome and together you are awesome to the power 2! I enjoy your individual channels, and especially enjoy your joint ventures. Keep up the good work!

[@LeaF-vo2mx]

They couldn't call parent trap das doppelte Lottchen since no one is called Lottchen in the Disney movie - imagine Lindsey Lohan named Lottchen! I liked Tangled which is Rapunzel - neu verföhnt, like the old german tale Rapunzel has a new hairdo

[@LeaF-vo2mx]

Similarly "Die Eiskönigin -völlig unverfroren" for Frozen and "Zoomania - ganz schön ausgefuchst" for Zootopia.

[@ajgjngfthyfbk7564]

I usually really don't like german movie titles - most of the time someone tries to add some really unfunny german subtitle to the original title or something like that, but sometimes it can make sense to change it. Like with "Pet Sematary". I love the german title, because the german word for "stuffed animals" , "Kuscheltiere" means actually something like "cuddly animals" or "animals for cuddling". So, the word cemetory, something rather creepy and dark, gets put together with something so innocent and cute. And everyone immediately knows that it's a horror story, just by reading the author's name, so, yeah, it's a fun kind of irony, I think. :D

[@scream7468]

Englisch: the fault in our Stars German: Das Schicksal ist ein mieser Verräter The titles are completly different!

[@Kestas_X]

One episode of "AVATAR, der Herr der Elemente" (ger. title) is called "Suko (a character of the seria) alone" and the translation is "Sukos Errinerungen" (Sukos memories) I like the german title more.

[@QuatanoxXx]

English: Big Hero 6 German: Baymax, riesiges Robowabohu.

[@Sunaki1000]

Jeah, Annoying

[@serotoninueberschuss]

BAHAHAHAHA isso 😂😂😂

[@QuatanoxXx]

I don't really like drinking beer in the cinema. I'd much rather grab myself a sprite or an iced tea there :D

[@memattia3198]

Oh I love you both, and I'm very happy that you made this video together! :)

[@elinthesslin9875]

Well, there's one movie title translation that doesn't really makes sense according to me English: The fault in our stars Swedish: Förr eller senare exploderar jag (Sooner or later I will explode) I does go with the plot of the movie, but the translation is just pretty weird

[@Madrinass]

I really like your videos :) keep up the good work!

[@yannikkr]

#nurderhsv :)

[@Dhorannis]

How about this: English title: Taken German title: 96 hours Well "96 hours" still sounds better than "weggenommen" but why did they not keep the original name? Also funny: English: Monty Python and the Holy Grail German: Die Ritter der Kokosnuss

[@7afeedalsunnah218]

96h lmao

[@arborinfelix]

My favorite translation is: German: Karate Tiger Original English: No retreat no surrender.

[@SnorriSnibble]

I never understood why germans need to put subtitles everywhere... So there's an english title and we take the exact title but put a german subtitle with a not funny pun behind it. WHY?

[@alec95]

"Scrubs" -> "Scrubs - Die Anfänger" "Grey's Anatomy" -> "Grey's Anatomy - Die Jungen Ärzte" ... Never understood that either.

[@MsSaksalainen]

there is an ugly truth out there. many people can't speak English. not even the basics. Just a few words. Thereby I conclude that they did it in order for those who aren't able to speak English remember the titles.

[@SnorriSnibble]

+Alneon The Martian -> Der Marsianer - rettet Mark Watney The Revenant -> The Revenant - Der Rückkehrer You could just translate the title so everyone would understand it. But they translated 'The Martian' and still used an unnecessary subtitle.

[@alec95]

MsSaksalainen I would understand it if we'd translate it properly. Or if we kept the original title and gave it a German subtitle. But sometimes they change the English title and keep it in English. What's the point?

[@MsSaksalainen]

+Alneon +Alneon true that...'kick it like beckham' was originally called 'bend it like beckham'. from what I experienced I only can assume they changed it to this word because people probably have problems with the word to bend. (whether they don't know it or just know the literal translation missing out the metaphorical translation). It also is closer to German. but still I agree with you Germans shouldn't do that. A title is really important. it's the one that is your first impression and if that impression is boring.....why would someone look up a trailer though?

[@katharinaw4243]

English ( original ): Roman Holiday German: Ein Herz und eine Krone I personally prefer the German one, although it's totally different from the English one. But it fits the movie much better

[@centuriomacro9787]

I have two perfect examples for your Video: English title: Thor: The Dark World German title: Thor: The Dark Kingdom Why they change one English word to another, absolutely useless another example: English title: Captain America: Winter Soldier German title: The Return Of The First Avenger still a different title, so my question is why?

[@impeterator]

German Title: American Karate Tiger Original: Showdown

[@MrHodoAstartes]

Yeah. The Parent Trap was a remake of an older American movie that adapted a German book. And Americans remake so much stuff other people did, you won't believe it. They remade Das Experiment and completely missed the point of the movie. They made a bunch of very normal, everyday nobodies into very distinct stereotypes, which defeated the premise of the movie. It was to see how authority, power and class would divide a very homogenous group into a fascist terror society. But if you start with an internally divided group of people with very distinct identities, this defeats the message before the movie even starts. Also The Departed is a remake of a Hong Kong classic called Infernal Affairs. I am surprised nobody tried to remake Metropolis or Lola Rennt yet.

[@lonelyingorgeous2817]

"Das doppelte Lottchen" von Erich Kästner ☺

[@NickRoman]

In the American version of The Parent Trap, the point was to trick the parents who were getting a divorce to get back together; so, parent trap is a good title. If there are twins is beside the point of the plot. If that wasn't the original premise, then it's a totally different story.

[@ElectricNox]

Oh! I love both of your channels, i aactually missed that you also do collabs! Its really suprising if you find 2 things you like all of the sudden combined, haha!

[@wasabipassion]

I'm confused about 'Zootopia' and 'Zoomania'

[@justmarlen]

same!!! like that doesn't make any sense why would they change it that way, it's redicilous

[@wasabipassion]

Marlen Magalhaes I think it has something to do with copyright... But still, it's just dumb

[@mondlichtmotte4183]

I think the title is in Germany zoomania cause it's a movie for kids and for german kids is mania easier to say as topia

[@qwertzuiopasdfghjklyxcvbnm6670]

maybe it's so you know what language the movie is in the cinema

[@TVClipsDeutschland]

Also on series: English= The Mysteries of Laura German=Detective Laura Diamond....

[@slash_me]

I found a list made by some Wikipedia (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Gut_informiert/Wunderkammer_der_Filmtitel). What I personally dislike is that they replaced most occurrences of "Captain America" with "The first Avenger", resulting in stupid titles like "The Return of the first Avenger" and "The first Avenger: Civil War".

[@slash_me]

Not to me mention "Thor - The dark World" only being a dark kingdom in Germany

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

And instead of coming up with a translation they just invent a new english title.

[@ZeitspieI]

The titel from the movie "the Last song" with Miley cyrus is actually sad because it is told about her dad's last song he wrote before he died and the german titel is "mit dir an meiner Seite" what actually has nothing to do with the orinigal titel because it says it is all about love in the movie.

[@annikakem2918]

Spongebob Squareants is called Spongebob Schwammkopf in German which means Spongebob Spongehead

[@koala2581]

Annika Openbic Ich mein,Spongebob Quadrathose klingt halt riiichtig schlecht^^

[@theversatilegeek7244]

Wow, the Germans truly are creative.

[@nafetstube]

Another great/fun video to watch, thank you! And you are getting close to 100.000 subscribers (and you know what that means, right? ;-))! Here is another strange movie title for your collection: English original title = "Taken" (2008, starring Liam Neeson; actually I think it is a great movie) German title = "96 hours" (completely different, yet still implying some sort of an "original" English title) Looking forward to more fun stuff from you!

[@WantedAdventure]

Thanks Stefan!! :D :D Yep, Mr. German Man is prepared....

[@tim6870]

I thourght it was "96 hours taken" ...

[@BrodiesFilmkritiken]

"Pet Semetary" ist about an family moving to a place where children have an cemetary where they can burry their dead pets (in fact, this is a peaceful place, the bad cemetary is another); bu you can say "Kuscheltier" also for an living animal, the "cemetary of stuffed animals" would be the "Friedhof der Stofftiere" ... an "Dodgeball" is the game they play in the movie where the actors often get the ball into the balls"; "Auf die Nüsse gehen" is an german term for something anoying ... and other, "great titles": "Nick of Time", in German "Gegen die Zeit"; "Life with Mikey", in German "Hilfe, jeder ist der größte"; "National Treasure", in German "Das Vermächtnis der Tempelritter" and "Airplane", in German "Die undglaubliche Reise in einem verrückten Flugzeug" (THe unbelievable voyage in a crazy airplane")

[@blackk_rose_]

I never heard anyone referring to an animal as "Kuscheltier". And "Kuscheltier" translated means "stuffed animal" and nothing else.

[@WantedAdventure]

Interesting! I didn't realize Kuscheltier could also be used for pets -- someone else wrote it's usually for small (and I guess cuddly!) ones like a cat, small dog or rabbit.

[@RainerPeterFeller]

Well since there where no pet cemeteries in Germany when the book was released, they had to come up with a new word, and since Kuscheltiere are not only stuffed animals, but also pets in size of cats and small dogs, the title is indeed very fitting for that time. And I also dislike when they come up with bad or misleading English titles, instead of using the original English title or a correct translation. The stupid reason for this is, that there are similar or identical titles for different movies, but this is something they have to manage in the near future, because there are so many movies come to existence every year.

[@WantedAdventure]

aaah okay, interesting -- I had never heard of Kuscheltiere being used for pets of a certain size. So what about a pet rabbit? Would that be called a Kuscheltiere?

[@RainerPeterFeller]

+Wanted Adventure jup a pet rabbit fits perfectly.

[@KanaiIle]

It depends. The literal translation for "Kuscheltier" would be "snuggling animal". Why it is, for the most part, used figuratively to refer to stuffed animals, you could also use it literally to refer to live animals that are especially fluffly and snuggly. If you want to refer to refer to stuffed animals without a doubt, you could say "Stofftier" ("fabric animal"; "animal made from fabric").

[@masturboy8437]

Now do the opposite, for example Der Himmel über Berlin was translated as Wings of Desire.

[@JacquesLecornu]

English "Tangled", German "Rapunzel: Neu verföhnt" and English "Frozen", German "Die Eiskönigin". Funny thing is that the working titles actually where "Rapunzel" and "The Icequeen" respectively.

[@KanaiIle]

Well, that is because these are the names of the fairytales the movies were based on. "Rapunzel" and "Die Eiskönigin" are fairly well known, so you instantly know that these movies will be Disney´s take on these tales. The subtitles, on the other hand, are just awful puns.

[@JacquesLecornu]

+Ize Bird I know, but that wasn't my point. Disney changed Rapunzel to Tangled for marketing reasons. They wanted the movie to appeal not only to girls. And I find it interesting that they used the originaly planed titles as the German titles.

[@dapsize01]

Groundhog day - und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier

[@ozdergekko]

Das ist einer der Wenigen, die recht passend sind. "Girl, Interrupted" was renamed to "Durchgeknallt". If this example is in the video -- I didn't watch it, bc I don't like Trixi at all.

[@lonelyingorgeous2817]

+ozdergecko Ja, ich hasse den deutschen Titel von "Girl interrupted"... der Film ist so genial und vielschichtig und die fassen alles mit diesem einen Wort zusammen, das impliziert, dass die Leute den Film entweder nicht verstanden oder gar nicht erst gesehen haben... 😡

[@ozdergekko]

Lonely in Gorgeous -- Genau. Die lesen psychiatrische Klinik und gleich sind alle durchgeknallt. Es ist ja außerdem stigmatisierend und heute unzumutbar. Ich selbst bin aus psychischen Gründen in Erwerbsunfähigkeits-Pension und kenne Leute, die fast das halbe Jahr stationär verbringen. Es sind schwere, potenziell lebensbedrohende Krankheiten, was auch immer der jeweilige Auslöser und die jeweilige Erscheinungsform ist.

[@lonelyingorgeous2817]

+ozdergecko Ja, Du hast recht. Dieses Stigma ist immer noch da, obwohl heutzutage wenigstens dagegen angekämpft wird mit allerlei Aktionen. Es ändert sich leider nur langsam was in der allgemeinen Denke. Und wenn ich dann wieder hören muss, wie jemand zu einem Depressiven sagt, er soll sich mal zusammenreißen und positiv denken, dann krieg ich Mordgelüste...

[@ozdergekko]

Lonely in Gorgeous -- Ja, solche Menschen gibt es immer noch. Sie werden aber weniger. Bei den jüngeren Generationen (so unter 30 ca) ist es viel besser. Es hängt auch stark vom Bildungsgrad ab und da sind wir in D und Ö mit unserem teuren, ineffizienten, segregierenden System ja ziemlich gehandicapt.

[@Nedalin]

My all-time favorite is the german title of the classic movie "9 to 5", "Warum eigentlich... bringen wir den Chef nicht um?" (say, why don't we... kill the boss?) Right to the point and so very casual! 😆

[@penelopegray2569]

A cool one: English - once upon a time in the west, German - Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod.

[@volatilityclustering5706]

What is the differnce between "all the information about" and "all the information to" that you said at the beginning?

[@DeutschDirekt]

Do Americans really spell 'Cemetery' as 'Sematary'? It's so far removed from the UK English spelling it can't possibly be right, can it??

[@sallyjohnson9832]

I've never seen it spelled sematary in my life, and my phone says it is wrong too. In America we spell it cemetery as well :)

[@davidsheppard4297]

It must've been a typo. I've never seen it spelled with an "S" before so...no, that's not the American spelling of cemetery

[@WantedAdventure]

lol yeah I knew that was going to be confusing! Cemetery is spelled, well, just as I spelled it lol But, as +Chaos Kind (Sari) wrote, the book and movie are actually called Pet Sematary, with it spelled like that. In the book the kids made the sign for the cemetery and misspelled it.

[@DeutschDirekt]

I am unfamiliar with this book and so the point of the deliberate misspelling was totally lost on me. Thanks for the clarification. (And to Chaos Kind (Sari) also). Regards, DD.

[@Merrymouseis13]

No. Sematary js just a plot point in the novel. Cemetery is the normal way to spell it.

[@LKDesign]

There goes a lot work into concieving a translation title that works for the target audience. Often you can't just bring up a direct translation. Also you have to have a deep understanding of both languages and the way the sayings and dialects are used within. It's definitely not an easy task. Though it's true, there have been some odd choices here and there.

[@StoikiyMuzhik]

Even as a German you have to laugh about your language

[@BenjaminChavez]

Ha, I have been watching videos from the two of you for a while. I am glad to see you two finally met. Hope you ladies keep making more videos together. Because I have seem many videos of you two I kind of feels like if we were actual friends.

[@annesophieschulz1899]

Inside out is in Germany named "Alles steht Kopf" 😂

[@svenja2968]

but i think it is a greater title and funny sentence than the translation would be .

[@annesophieschulz1899]

Yes actually it is but I dont know could be named better

[@cmb9173]

It's better because it means "everything is upside down" and it contains "Kopf", which means "Head"

[@raphi7279]

Wenn "alles Kopf steht", then everything is inside out, so it's pretty good.

[@KuroAcedia]

I have actually a nice example. "Runaway bride" is called in Germany "Die Braut, die sich nicht traut". Not only does the title rhyme, it's also a pun since "trauen" can mean "having courage to do something" as well as "marrying someone". This one is pretty genius if you ask me

[@mylifeisabigmess9145]

English: "The fault in our stars" German: "Das Schicksal ist ein mieser Verräter" Literally such a dumb translation it has nothing in common with the original title.

[@Scamander]

It's a book adaptation. So naturally the name of the film is the same as the German book title. The title is also GOOD. Because it captures the meaning of the original and transfers it into German, while also sounding nice. As often the case, a literal translation would be way worse.

[@melissahefter7234]

but if you translate the fault in our stars exactly it sounds pretty dumb

[@meretj9004]

as far as i know , both titles (english and german) were taken from the same poem . so because 'the fault in our stars' sounded odd when translated , they took a different part of the poem and made that the title

[@melissahefter7234]

meret jael that's right

[@m00nlight1988]

Where is the blue dress from?

[@isadunkelmond7796]

and another favourite: Original: The village German: The village - Das Dorf The most unnecessary literal translation in a movie title ever; honestly: Decide at least! If you have to translate a really basic word, than do so, but putting both in the title???? just soo stupid

[@Ariyl]

es gibt auch noch Orphan- das Weisenkind

[@marius5210]

As a German, I just totally love your pronunciation of German words and I didn't know many of those titles. Nice Video :)

[@alinekoch7468]

Wo sind die Deutschen??:))

[@wolkenkaffee7780]

Hier

[@jennypa6198]

Servus👋

[@butterdog6134]

JAWOLL!

[@nekodaisuki8030]

Hallöchen!

[@lyricsstudio1188]

dahinten

[@jennifermeng6609]

OMG！ I followed don't trust the rabbit for a long time. recently watched your Living in Munich videos. very happy to say you two in a same video . you gals are so beautiful !!

[@Jenninrm]

easy for me i am german

[@benutzerin9881]

Ei äm jarmern tu!

[@leaneubauer7621]

+Backerbsen Gummibär Alles klar😂

[@yasminapfeiffer]

I am too

[@politikfueruns873]

What's the song you use for your intro Dana?

[@teijosri5726]

The movie "Me before you" is called "Ein ganzes halbes Jahr" in germany, which would be "A whole half year."

[@MirabelleMK]

"Mean Girls" was "Girls Club" in german, i think they try to stick with very simple english words for german movie titles on english. Almost everyone knows vocabulary like yes, no, hello, bye, girl, boy... but it seems like Mean and Crosscroads were considered to complicated^^

[@Smesp]

Nacho Libre: US: Nacho Libre germany: Nacho Libre canada: Nacho Libre brazil: Nacho Libre Mexico: Nacho Libre Spain: Super Nacho ??? Why? (y i know in france and italy it's also called Super Nacho)

[@MyHeartsBeat]

The incredible melting man - Der Planet Uranus lässt schön grüßen

[@BeatsandBox]

Yesterday i was inviting you to Hamburg and today you mention it in the beginning, i feel happy now :D

[@shadowprince4482]

As an American I think it's hilarious that we pronounce the movie "Das Boot" as boot and not boat. Really ironic. Even the Simpsons did a joke about kicking out some Europeans from their house when they turned it into a hostel and talked about giving them "Das Boot" as in booting them out of the house.

[@rice_frying_shrimp]

Are you still in Hamburg?

[@mi00kyarts10]

You should go through the godzilla titles or other old movies. I think I remember a godzilla movie named "Frankensteins Monster" just because Frankenstein was very famous that time and they wanted to lure the german people into the cinema, so they just named it Frankenstein XD

[@karlmall]

There is this Australian movie from 2002: "Rabbit-Proof Fence". It's German title is: "Long Walk Home". An English title to replace the original English title - I'm not sure, but I think, this is only done in Germany.