22 Movie Quotes about Translation (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Feb 2, 2026

Memorable quotes about translation, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 What's Diablo mean? -It's like, you know It's like Spanish for, like, a fighting chicken.

Will Ferrell as Ricky Bobby in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

2 Monkey Thought Translator.

Bill Hader as Flint Lockwood in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

3 He asks what part of the deal you did not understand. He says perhaps his translator did not make it clear to you. He says he should fire his translator?

Trey Parker as Gary Johnston in Team America: World Police

4 So, we have the 500 dollars, the pocket translator, the two first-class seats, that's an upgrade from your coach...

Macaulay Culkin as Kevin McCallister in Home Alone (1990)

5 My name's Wu. I've told you I am a translator.

Bruce Lee as Dubbed In English By Unknown Actor in Fist of Fury (The Chinese Connection)

6 What are you telling them? -Hello, I think. I could be mistaken. They're using a very primitive dialect.

Anthony Daniels as C 3po in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

7 We translate for you.

Bobby Driscoll as Peter Pan in Peter Pan (1953)

8 That's top secret. How do you know about them? -From a Russian translation of one of your service manuals. Sorry about that.

Sean Connery as James Bond in Never Say Never Again

9 If you do not speak English, I am at your disposal with 187 other languages along with their various dialects and sub-tongues.

Marvin Miller as Robby The Robot in Forbidden Planet (1956)

10 I will translate what he says.

Bela Lugosi as Dr. Mirakle in Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)