えいが타이틀 Eiga Title : movie names in Japanese and Korean
Learn what they name (mostly) Hollywood movie titles in Japanese and Korean (and also Thai!)
Sunday, December 8, 2013
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Now You See Me / グランド・イリュージョン / 나우 유 씨 미 : 마술사기단
Now You See Me
Japan: グランド・イリュージョン = "Grand Illusion"
Korea: 나우 유 씨 미 : 마술사기단 = Now You See Me: Magic Swindler Gang
- 마술 = magic, witchcraft
- 사기 = fraud, swindle
- 단 = unit, group
Thailand: อาชญากลปล้นโลก
- อาชญากร = criminal
- กล = trick
- อาชญากล = (a made-up word combining the two words above together)
- ปล้น = steal, rob
- โลก = earth, world
Legally Blonde / キューティ・ブロンド / 금발이 너무해
Legally Blonde
Japan: キューティ・ブロンド = "Cutie Blonde"
Korea: 금발이 너무해 = Blondie is too much! / Blondie's going too far!
- 금발 = blonde hair
- 너무하다 = (be) unreasonable; (too) bad; too hard
Thailand: สาวบลอนด์หัวใจดี๊ด๊า
Saturday, September 21, 2013
The Devil Wears Prada / プラダを着た悪魔 / 악마는 프라다를 입는다
The Devil Wears Prada
Usually the JP and KO titles are pretty much parallel to each other, but for this movie, you can notice how they're grammatically different. :)
Japan: プラダを着た悪魔 = Prada Wearing Devil
- プラダ = "Prada"
- 着た (from 着る) = to wear
- 悪魔 = devil
Korea: 악마는 프라다를 입는다 = Devil Wears Prada
- 악마 = devil
- 프라다 = "Prada"
- 입는다 (from 입다) = to wear
Thailand: นางมารสวมปราด้า = Devil Wears Prada
- นางมาร = female devil, demoness
- สวม = to wear
- ปราด้า = "Prada"
Saturday, August 24, 2013
The Secret World of Arrietty 借りぐらしのアリエッティ 마루 밑 아리에티 อาริเอตี้ มหัศจรรย์ความลับคนตัวจิ๋ว
"The Secret World of Arrietty" is a film from Japan's famous animated movie maker, Studio Ghibli. It is based on a book, "The Borrowers", by Mary Norton.
Japan: 借りぐらしのアリエッティ = The Borrower, Arrietty
- 借りる = to borrow
- くらす(暮らす) = to live
- 借りるぐらし = leading a life by borrowing things
- アリエッティ = "Arrietty"
Korea:마루 밑 아리에티 = Arrietty under the floor
- 마루 = floor
- 밑 = under
- 아리에티 = "Arrietty"
Thailand:อาริเอตี้ มหัศจรรย์ความลับคนตัวจิ๋ว = Arrietty, The secret wonder of the small people
- อาริเอตี้ = "Arrietty"
- มหัศจรรย์ = wonder, miracle
- ความลับ = secret
- คน = human, person
- ตัว = body
- จิ๋ว = small, minute
- คนตัวจิ๋ว = small person
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