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->'''Capt. Marko Ramius:''' (''in Russian'') You speak Russian.
->'''Jack Ryan:''' (''in Russian'') A little. It is wise to study the ways of ones adversary. Don't you think?
->'''Ramius:''' (''[[SwitchToEnglish in English]]'') It is.
-->-- ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''

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->'''Goth Guard:''' ''(in Gothic typeface)'' Who are you?
->'''Asterix:''' ''(to Obelix, in normal typeface)'' I don't understand Goth, but I think he's asking who we are...

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->'''Goth Guard:''' ''(in Gothic typeface)'' Who are you?
->'''Asterix:'''
you?\\
'''Asterix:'''
''(to Obelix, in normal typeface)'' I don't understand Goth, but I think he's asking who we are...


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->(The following scene has been translated from Minisukese in order to improve clarity and reduce confusion. Any confusion or lack of clarity that remains is either intentional or not our problem. Best Wishes- The underpaid translators.)
-->-- ''Fanfic/RiseOfTheMinisukas''
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->''Ladies and gentlemen: in the interest of clarity and sanity, the rest of this movie will not be in Polish.''
-->--''Film/ToBeOrNotToBe''

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->''Ladies ->''"Ladies and gentlemen: in the interest of clarity and sanity, the rest of this movie will not be in Polish.''
-->--''Film/ToBeOrNotToBe''
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-->-- '''Public Address Announcer''', interrupting the first scene of ''Film/ToBeOrNotToBe''
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->''Ladies and gentlemen: in the interest of clarity and sanity, the rest of this movie will not be in Polish.''
-->--''Film/ToBeOrNotToBe''
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-->-- ''Series/MockTheWeek'', "Unlikely Lines to Hear in a War Film"

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-->-- '''Hugh Dennis''', ''Series/MockTheWeek'', "Unlikely Lines to Hear in a War Film"
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->''"The Elcenia stories and their supplemental material are written in English. However, none of the characters are ever speaking it. An extremely haphazard method of handling this is instantiated in the stories, and described below. It should be possible to read the stories without an explicit understanding of the translation convention, but this description is offered for those who are interested."''
-->--'''Literature/{{Elcenia}}''', [[http://www.elcenia.com/translation.shtml translation notes]]
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->'''Young Grandma in Flashback:''' Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Chen!\\
'''Nora:''' You spoke English?!\\
'''Grandma:''' No, I spoke Chinese. I'm translating to make it easier for you.
-->-- ''Series/AwkwafinaIsNoraFromQueens''
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->''All barks have been rendered into English.''
-->--''WesternAnimation/IsleOfDogs''
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-->-- Excerpt of the "To the Reader" letter at the very start of Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/RobertSilverberg's ''Literature/{{Nightfall}}'', Spectro Publishing's extended edition.

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-->-- Excerpt of the "To the Reader" letter at the very start of Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/RobertSilverberg's ''Literature/{{Nightfall}}'', ''Literature/Nightfall1990'', Spectro Publishing's extended edition.
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->'''Michelle:''' (In hammy French accent} ''Don't vorry, I speak a little English.'' (In hammy British accent} ''Alright chaps, togs off and follow the boss.''

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->'''Michelle:''' (In hammy French accent} accent) ''Don't vorry, I speak a little English.'' (In hammy British accent} accent) ''Alright chaps, togs off and follow the boss.''



->'''Alex:''' ''(calling on a payphone)'' Hello? Get me missing animals! And hurry! We've got a lost zebra, probably on the way to Connecticut by now, and we're gonna need--!

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->'''Alex:''' ''(calling on a payphone)'' Hello? Get me missing animals! And hurry! We've got a lost zebra, probably on the way to Connecticut by now, and we're gonna need--!need-
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->'''Alex:''' ''(calling on a payphone)'' Hello? Get me missing animals! And hurry! We've got a lost zebra, probably on the way to Connecticut by now, and we're gonna need--!
->''(cut to the operator, who hears nothing but growling and roaring on the other end)''
->'''Operator:''' ...Hello?
-->--''WesternAnimation/{{Madagascar}}''

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-->-- ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'', "[[Film/BattlefieldEarth Battlefield Earth]]"

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-->-- ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'', "[[Film/BattlefieldEarth Battlefield Earth]]"
'''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic''', ''Film/BattlefieldEarth''


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->'''Capt. Marko Ramius:''' (''in Russian'') You speak Russian.
->'''Jack Ryan:''' (''in Russian'') A little. It is wise to study the ways of ones adversary. Don't you think?
->'''Ramius:''' (''[[SwitchToEnglish in English]]'') It is.
-->-- ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober''
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-->-- ''AlloAllo''

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-->-- ''AlloAllo''
''Series/AlloAllo''
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->''"They never really talked like that, by the way. You'd hear gibberish—a half-dozen languages, a whole Babel of personal idioms—if I spoke in their real voices."''
-->-- '''[[UnreliableNarrator Siri]]''', ''Literature/{{Blindsight}}''
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->'''Michelle:''' (In hammy French accent} ''Don't vorry, I speak a little English.'' (In hammy British accent} ''Alright chaps, togs off and follow the boss.''
-->-- ''AlloAllo''
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-->-- '''Nail''', ''WebOriginal/DragonballAbridged''

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-->-- '''Nail''', ''WebOriginal/DragonballAbridged''
''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''
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->''"(in Namekian) Then it seems we must speak in the universal language: (in English) English."''
-->-- '''Nail''', ''WebOriginal/DragonballAbridged''

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I don\'t remember which album this is from, I know I saw this in a reference book I used to write my language thesis.


-->''"Joey, you're Japanese; you're supposed to be speaking English."''

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-->''"Joey, ->''"Joey, you're Japanese; you're supposed to be speaking English."''


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->'''Goth Guard:''' ''(in Gothic typeface)'' Who are you?
->'''Asterix:''' ''(to Obelix, in normal typeface)'' I don't understand Goth, but I think he's asking who we are...
-->-- ''Comicbook/{{Asterix}}''
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-->-- ''MockTheWeek'', "Unlikely Lines to Hear in a War Film"

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-->-- ''MockTheWeek'', ''Series/MockTheWeek'', "Unlikely Lines to Hear in a War Film"



-->-- ''TheOnceAndFutureKing''

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-->-- ''TheOnceAndFutureKing''
''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing''
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-->''"Joey, you're Japanese; you're supposed to be speaking English."''
-->-- '''Yami''' from WebVideo/YugiohTheAbridgedSeries
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-->-- Excerpt of the "To the Reader" letter at the very start of Creator/IsaacAsimov and {{Robert Silverberg}}'s ''Literature/{{Nightfall}}'', Spectro Publishing's extended edition.

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-->-- Excerpt of the "To the Reader" letter at the very start of Creator/IsaacAsimov and {{Robert Silverberg}}'s Creator/RobertSilverberg's ''Literature/{{Nightfall}}'', Spectro Publishing's extended edition.
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Change da Namespace


-->-- Excerpt of the "To the Reader" letter at the very start of IsaacAsimov and {{Robert Silverberg}}'s ''Literature/{{Nightfall}}'', Spectro Publishing's extended edition.

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-->-- Excerpt of the "To the Reader" letter at the very start of IsaacAsimov Creator/IsaacAsimov and {{Robert Silverberg}}'s ''Literature/{{Nightfall}}'', Spectro Publishing's extended edition.
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This quote disappeared into the ether at some point...

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->''"It was not really Eton that he mentioned, for the College of Blessed Mary was not established until 1440, but it was a place of the same sort. Also they were drinking Metheglyn, not Port, but by mentioning the modern wine it is easier to give you the feel."''
-->-- ''TheOnceAndFutureKing''
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-->-- ''WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic'', "[[Film/BattlefieldEarth Battlefield Earth]]"

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-->-- ''WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic'', ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'', "[[Film/BattlefieldEarth Battlefield Earth]]"
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-->-- ''TheNostalgiaCritic'', "[[Film/BattlefieldEarth Battlefield Earth]]"

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-->-- ''TheNostalgiaCritic'', ''WebOriginal/TheNostalgiaCritic'', "[[Film/BattlefieldEarth Battlefield Earth]]"
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->''"[The Psychlos] don't know our language...yeah, that language thing's a little confusing, isn't it? Sometimes the Psychlos speak English, but then sometimes they don't. I guess the idea is to make it so that we don't have to read subtitles the whole time, but half the time, they have them on the screen anyway, so what's the point? Just keep the languages separate, we can do a little reading!"''
-->-- ''TheNostalgiaCritic'', "[[Film/BattlefieldEarth Battlefield Earth]]"
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->''"...[[ThoseWackyNazis Vy are ve speaking English?]]"''
-->-- ''MockTheWeek'', "Unlikely Lines to Hear in a War Film"
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-->-- Excerpt of the "To the Reader" letter at the very start of IsaacAsimov and {{Robert Silverberg}}'s ''{{Nightfall}}'', Spectro Publishing's extended edition.

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-->-- Excerpt of the "To the Reader" letter at the very start of IsaacAsimov and {{Robert Silverberg}}'s ''{{Nightfall}}'', ''Literature/{{Nightfall}}'', Spectro Publishing's extended edition.

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->''"...We could have told you that our character paused to [[CallARabbitASmeerp strap on his quonglishes before setting out on a walk of seven vorks along the main gleebish of his native znoob]], and everything [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief would have seemed ever so much more thoroughly alien]]. But it also would have been ever so much more difficult to make sense out of what we were saying, [[AndThatsTerrible and that did not seem useful]]."''
-->-- Excerpt of the "To the Reader" letter at the very start of IsaacAsimov and {{Robert Silverberg}}'s ''{{Nightfall}}'', Spectro Publishing's extended edition.

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->('''Voiceover''') ATTENTION VIEWERS! For the sake of clarity - and sanity - the rest of this film will ''not'' be in Polish!
-->-- MelBrooks' ''ToBeOrNotToBe''

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->('''Voiceover''') ATTENTION VIEWERS! For the sake of clarity - and sanity - the rest of this film will ''not'' be in Polish!
-->-- MelBrooks' ''ToBeOrNotToBe''

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