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It can all go horribly wrong. Or the translation can be spot-on — or even better than the original! It all depends on the film, the culture, the actual words themselves, the complexity of meaning and the nuance. The World’s Gerry Hadden takes a global look at funny, brilliant and sometimes terrible film translations, and why it can be so hard to get it right.