21 Movie Quotes about Translation (Sound Clips)

Last updated on: June 9, 2025

Memorable quotes about translation, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources 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.

Quote from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

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

Quote from Home Alone (1990)

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

Quote from Fist of Fury (The Chinese Connection)

5 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?

Quote from Team America: World Police

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.

Quote from 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)