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	Lost in Translation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On its surface, Lost in Translation is a movie about culture shock between East and West, yet this reveals itself as a metaphor for more important themes of alienation and loneliness, and alternatively companionship.
		Bob and Charlotte, both lonely, lost, and sleepless, happen upon each other in the lounge of the hotel where they are staying (the Park Hyatt Tokyo) and strike up an unusual friendship.
		Lost in Translation has been praised not only for Coppola's script and distinctive directing, but especially for Murray, who by most accounts gave the performance of his career.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lost_in_Translation (1070 words)

	Lost in Translation (poem) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		"Lost in Translation" may be classified as an autobiographical narrative or narrative poem, but is better understood as a series of embedded narratives (stories within a story).
		In "Lost in Translation," the narrator's puzzle-making companion is his French governess, whom he refers to repeatedly as Mademoiselle.
		But the translation turns out not to have been lost, or a figment of the poet's imagination, for it is used to write the poem "Lost In Translation." The German epigraph at the beginning of the poem offers the key clue here.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lost_in_Translation_(poem) (1585 words)

	Encyclopedia: Lost in Translation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Bob is lost." Harris is literally and figuratively lost in writer/director Sophia Coppola's second film, a vast improvement on her first, the already impressive The Virgin Suicides.
		Lost in Translation is not quite a comedy, but has many hilarious moments.
		None of it was translated until well after the bombing, and while the FBI has hired more translators since then, officials concede that problems in the language division have hampered the country's efforts to battle terrorism.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lost-in-Translation (543 words)

	C I N 3 M A - Moving Pictures - Reviews - Lost in Translation
		Lost in Translation is the story of two people who meet under the oddest of circumstances in crazy Tokyo and spend a wonderful weekend amidst all its modernity.
		They are both still lost in translation, but they are lost together, which to the craziest of couples can be meaningful in every possible way.
		Lost in Translation may be small in size, but it is huge at the core.
	www.cin3ma.tv /moving_pictures/reviews/l/lost_in_translation.shtml (599 words)

	Review: Lost in Translation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Lost in Translation is smart and perceptive about how people interact on a personal level.
		In a strange sort of way, Lost in Translation reminded me of Lina Wertmuller's Swept Away, where two characters discover that the intensity of their relationship is predicated upon their circumstances.
		Lost in Translation requires a certain amount of patience, but it is by no means a slow or lugubrious endeavor.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/l/lost_translation.html (839 words)

	Idealistic Pragmatist: Lost in translation
		Bush (in voiceover translation; partly the English is audible, and partly it's been reconstructed from the German): We're gonna stabilize the situation; we're gonna bring water and food.
		Take it from a professional translator with almost 20 years of experience, this is what you get when a wannabe dabbles in translation (and that includes many journalists out there who claim some knowledge of another language).
		I'm not a professional translator (as you can probably tell yourself by the stiltedness of my translation; sorry about that), but I've done enough of it that I know how difficult it is, and I have nothing but respect for the people who do it for a living.
	idealisticpragmatist.blogspot.com /2005/09/lost-in-translation.html (1506 words)

	Chanpon: Nothing Lost in Translation
		Early in the movie there is a literal "lost in translation" sequence played for laughs but which, at the core, comprises the reason for the characters' depression.
		Lost In Translation is something else - a piece about people who were distanced from themselves and their jobs, and the people around them.
		Its a phenomenal introspection and brilliant depiction of being emotionally lost in a new marriage, or in mid-life crisis, accentuated by being lost in a strange culture.
	www.chanpon.org /archive/2003/09/21/19h38m40s (8457 words)

	Lost in Translation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Their relationship is at the heart of Lost in Translation.
		Johansson is one of the few young actors with some substance, and although she hasn't done much, what she has done has been impressive (well, most of what she's done).
		By not seeing what the Japanese people are saying, the viewer is just as lost as Bob is. Everything here is about mood, one of gentle confusion, and Coppola deftly combines all the elements together to give Lost in Translation an overall cohesive feeling.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/lost_in_translation.html (651 words)

	Lost in Translation - New York Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The widely reported shortages of vehicles, armor and other equipment have demonstrated the level to which the Bush administration has not provided our soldiers or their Iraqi allies with the basic tools needed to do the job.
		But a less remarked-upon problem, the extreme shortage of translators to help our soldiers communicate with Iraqis, is particularly puzzling.
		While I never received an official explanation, I did get a pretty good hint: the translators we worked with told me they were getting about $400 a month for their services.
	www.nytimes.com /2005/08/24/opinion/25xhammes.html?ex=1282622400&en=954064f2ea8a985d&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss (955 words)

	Neon Gothic: Lost in Translation
		In response to the critique of Lost in Translation as trading on stereotypes (2), Alice Lovejoy suggests that, “Japan is not Japan itself but rather a canvas onto which these Americans' emotions are mapped” (p.
		Lost in Translation gives Charlotte's journey the feeling of a personal documentary travelogue (almost guerilla filmmaking) by following her throughout Japan, across the crowded Shibuya Crossing, underground in the Tokyo subway and along the shinkansen track to visit temples in Kyoto.
		Lost in Translation is certainly not the first, nor is it the only film to parallel the renewal of vision with the seduction of cities.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/04/31/lost_in_translation.html (3793 words)

	AboutFilm.com - Lost in Translation (2003)
		Lost in Translation is a film about a bond that forms between two people who find each other in the extremely unfamiliar, culturally alien environment of Tokyo, Japan.
		However, Lost in Translation is about a clearly defined period of time in a foreign environment.
		As Lost in Translation approaches that point, Charlotte needs Bob to acknowledge that their connection is more than a simple friendship, even if it is less—as it must be—than a romantic affair.
	www.aboutfilm.com /movies/l/lostintranslation.htm (1504 words)

	Lost in Translation - The Interpreter is all high-minded stodginess and no thrills. By David Edelstein
		Lost in Translation - The Interpreter is all high-minded stodginess and no thrills.
		Silvia leaves a bag in her translation booth and, when she returns to get it, overhears a whispered plot to assassinate the president of the fictional African country of Matobo, Zuwanie—an idealistic liberator turned ethnic cleanser.
		A former Matoban rebel, she's now the film's spokesman for a nonviolent ethos she translates from the "Ku" language, which holds that vengeance is a lazy way of mourning and that you have to rescue your drowning enemy to be healed.
	www.slate.com /id/2117170 (833 words)

	DYSKE - "Lost in Translation" Is Lost With or Without Translation
		A painting of an ocean might remind me of a beautiful moment I had in my life, in which case, the beauty is in me, projected onto the painting, independent of the intention of the artist.
		"Lost in Translation" is an impressionistic film that allows for this type of projection.
		The confusion with "Lost in Translation" is that these two different aspects of the film are getting mixed up in various criticisms.
	www.dyske.com /?view_id=788 (2097 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Lost in Translation at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		"Lost in Translation" is by far, the year's best film with Sofia Coppola's Evocative Direction & the Spellbinding Performances of Bill Murray & Scarlett Johansson.
		Even the Japanese cast is hilarious to watch from the commercial director (Yukata Tadokoro), the hooker, translators, TV talk show host Matthew Minami (Takashi Fuji) and all sorts of people including Fumihiro Hayashi as Charlie stand out on their own bringing out a sense of comedy while not purveying to the stereotype of the Japanese.
		The age difference between the two is thrown out of the window as they play two lost souls trying to find meaning with their drab life.
	www.epinions.com /content_113414475396 (2853 words)

	Jim Boulet Jr. on Bilingual Ballots & South Dakota on National Review Online
		The person with the registration list then claims to be translating for each person in the group and helps them cast their ballots for the candidate of his choice under the names registered earlier.
		Translation errors, either honest or otherwise, were attested to by U.S. Assistant Attorney (under Bush I) General John Dunne at a 1992 congressional hearing on bilingual ballots:
		[E]ven when translators were available, the message conveyed to minority language voters often did not resemble the issue on the ballot and it was impossible for a minority language individual to cast an informed vote.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-boulet102202.asp (490 words)

	Amazon.com: Lost In Translation: Music: Various Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		For Lost in Translation, the story of a May-December friendship in Tokyo between two displaced Americans, the score is a tonic for jetlag.
		It is on these tunes alone that 'Lost in Translation' is brought to life.
		Lost In Translation as a movie had a major impact on me. It got me to thinking about where I was going with my life and what it really means to be happy.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000B1A3S?v=glance (2292 words)

	Lost In Translation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When we were talking about Lost in Translation it was clear that she would evoke Charlotte's [(Scarlett Johannson)] journey.
		Charlie is in Lost in Translation, he sings "God Save the Queen"; he always sings that, and that was one of the first images I wanted to make a movie around.
		I feel that, with Lost in Translation, in addition to making a very funny movie, Sofia has crafted a film that is very specific - warm and contemplative - with experiences we can all relate to.
	www.lost-in-translation.com /qaPopup.html (3687 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: Reviews :: Lost in Translation (xhtml)
		It came to mind as I was watching "Lost in Translation," which is sweet and sad at the same time it is sardonic and funny.
		Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson play two lost souls rattling around a Tokyo hotel in the middle of the night, who fall into conversation about their marriages, their happiness and the meaning of it all.
		But "Lost in Translation" is too smart and thoughtful to be the kind of movie where they go to bed and we're supposed to accept that as the answer.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20030912/REVIEWS/309120302/1023 (857 words)

	CBS News \| Lost In Translation \| August 6, 2004 14:40:22
		Edmonds says that to her amazement, from the day she started the job, she was told repeatedly by one of her supervisors that there was no urgency,- that she should take longer to translate documents so that the department would appear overworked and understaffed.
		Critical shortages of experienced Middle Eastern language translators have plagued the FBI and the rest of the U.S. intelligence community for years.
		In its rush to hire more foreign language translators after Sept. 11, the FBI admits it has had difficulty performing background checks to detect translators who may have loyalties to other governments, which could pose a threat to U.S. national security.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2002/10/25/60minutes/main526954.shtml (1688 words)

	Lost in Translation (2003): Reviews
		A delicate, beautifully observed study of impossible romance, Lost in Translation is one of the best films this year.
		Gorgeously shot by Lance Acord, who makes Toyko a gaudy dreamscape that's both seductive and frightening, Lost In Translation washes away memories of "Godfather III," establishing Coppola as a major filmmaker in her own right, and reconfirming Johansson and Murray as actors of startling depth and power.
		Arguably, Lost in Translation is the American answer to Wong Kar-wai's masterpiece, "In the Mood for Love," though less about history, more about infatuation.
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/lostintranslation (1921 words)

	Lost in Translation - Editorial - CMO Magazine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		While customizing the message for these different audiences is essential, all localization pursuits are based on a centralized framework to ensure that each message is consistent with the core brand.
		Edited by the director of McGill University’s Translation Studies Department, this collection brings together thought-provoking essays on various approaches to localization education found in Belgium, Canada, France and Quebec.
		At the outset, all the authors agree that the task of the translator is slowing evolving toward that of the localizer in an environment influenced by internationalization, cultural and linguistic diversity and the digitalization of intercultural communications.
	www.cmomagazine.com /read/050105/lost_translation.html (2255 words)

	Lost without translation, by Pierre Lepape
		The Frankfurt Buchmesse brings together 6,000 traders from 115 countries at the most important date in the literary calendar, when translation and reproduction rights for almost every kind of book are bought and sold.
		And foreign books are undesirable because of the costs of translation and the unfeasibly expensive promotional campaigns they would need.
		An author might win the Nobel prize and be translated into 30 languages but his or her work does not qualify as world literature until it is piled high on a prominent table in a Barnes and Noble megastore.
	mondediplo.com /2004/05/15literature (1725 words)

	Salon.com Arts & Entertainment \| "Lost in Translation" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sofia Coppola's magnificent and delicate "Lost in Translation" is a love story but not a romance, a picture that fits into no identifiable genre because there's no category fluid enough to properly cradle it.
		The two of them have drifted there after spending sleepless hours' worth of channel clicking in their respective rooms, like zombies who can no longer bear the boredom of being undead and need to at least go through the motions of feeling alive.
		And after that meeting, everything and nothing happens in "Lost in Translation": The picture's muted intensity isn't just a vague mood -- it's a subtle but very specific type of narrative drive.
	www.salon.com /ent/movies/review/2003/09/12/translation/index_np.html (392 words)

	Blogcritics.org: Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation: Bummer Trip
		Lost in Translation is at the other end of the spectrum: most of the scenes have no point and none has any emphasis when it does have a point.
		(Fans of Lost in Translation should check out this interview with Sofia.) Maybe if they had to struggle more their movies wouldn't have that cloud of adolescent narcissism, as if no one had ever done them the favor of telling them their problems aren't as interesting to other people as they are to themselves.
		Tokyo is familiar enough to constantly keep you off balance, smacking you with strangeness, lost in translation, so to speak.
	blogcritics.org /archives/2003/10/04/092810.php (4211 words)

	Sofia Coppola Spikes Marriage - Dec 04, 2003 - E! Online News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The writer-director, whose latest movie, Lost in Translation, figures to see strong reviews turn into strong Oscar chances, confirmed her split Thursday with fellow filmmaker Spike Jonze.
		Her screenplay for Lost in Translation concerns a middle-aged actor (Bill Murray) and a recent college grad (Scarlett Johansson) both married to other people, and both not-quite-so-happy about the fact.
		Lost in Translation is looking like a gamer for the 2003 Oscar race.
	www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,13042,00.html (631 words)

	The Flick Filosopher \| Lost in Translation, American Splendor, The Station Agent
		Even in one scene featuring a translator for Bob, on the set of the Suntory whiskey commercial he's shooting, the disconnect is clear...
		But nothing is lost in the translation of bringing this naturalistic tale to life, stripping the clichéd "male midlife crisis" bare and turning it into a turning point that we all, male and female, can identify with.
		There's not a moment that fake or false or resorts to filmic artifice in Lost in Translation, and yet, conversely, it's the very artificiality of American Splendor that grounds it in an everyday reality that's so palpable and so sharply melancholy that it takes your breath away.
	www.flickfilosopher.com /flickfilos/archive/2003/reality.shtml (1560 words)

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