In English, Please!
All of the dialogue snippets below appeared as English subtitles in English-speaking movies, in scenes where the actors spoke languages ranging from Chinese to Chimpanzese. |
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"Good morning, Senor. Would you like something to eat?" |
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"Oh, I'm sorry. I don't speak Spanish. Wait a minute! I am speaking Spanish! Wow! I'm really speaking Spanish. Oh boy. If Mrs. Klein my Spanish teacher could hear this. She always used to say I'd never be able to put a sentence together. I guess she was wrong. HELLO! I like it very much!"
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"It's too late. You should have paid him when you had the chance. (name deleted)'s put a price on your head so large, every bounty hunter in the galaxy will be looking for you. I'm lucky I found you first."
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"Golly that white fellow should stay away from my wife or I will punch him." |
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"Yes, he is wrong for doing that." |
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"I knew a man in a similar predicament and he ended up being sorry." |
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"Don't be so naive, Arthur. Each of us faces a clear moral choice." |
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"Early to bed early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. How true! Golly!"
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"Tell me... Is your friend still trying to find that soap opera guy?" |
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"Yes. I'd love to find that actor so he could burst her bubble." |
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"Here's your needle. He's supposed to make an appearance here tonight."
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"We thought we'd never see you again." |
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"So did I." |
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"Couldn't you have managed this better?" |
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"Not so fast... It's difficult for me to follow in Russian." |
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"How thirsty you must be for the sound of our language."
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"Son, untie your father and me! Quickly, before they return! Hurry, Elijah!"
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"Can you still speak our secret language?" |
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"Today I let a guy go up my shirt." |
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"Your boyfriend?"
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"It's lost its voice - it can't sing."
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"You're no longer my brother, you're just some git I once met." |
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"I'm sorry. This is Carrie. We were buying her a wedding dress." |
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"Pathetic excuse. Who's she marrying?" |
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"Some total penis." |
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"What is it about penises that they get such great wives? Didn't you do it with her once?" |
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"Yes." |
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"Beautiful breasts."
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"useless motherfucker, that's what she called me. i said to her, look i'm sorry but these things happen, let's put it behind us." |
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"that's fair enough." |
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"yes, but then she finds out i've got a ticket for Iggy Pop the same night." |
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"was she upset?" |
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"very, 'it's me or Iggy Pop, time to decide.'" |
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"so what are you going to do?" |
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"well i've paid for the ticket."
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"Five years with the Tijuana police. Three years in the state police. Your parents died when their house flooded in the rains of '93. How unfortunate. You make $316 a month." |
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"That's what they pay." |
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"Well, look. This could be your past. We can talk about your future... if you can do me a favor." |
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"If I can." |
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"I want to wipe out the Tijuana cartel."
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"Jesus said the darnedest things." |
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"Don't you ever mention that name to me again." |
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"But he died for our sins." |
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"So did Hitler. Absolute power corrupts." |
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"Absolutely." |
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"Better to be powerless, my son."
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"Are you going to the ice lake?" |
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"Yes." |
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"To the crater?" |
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"Yes. To the meteor crater." |
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"Don't go. You're risking everything. To see him again." |
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"To see who?" |
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"Your father."
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"She'll never get him back with those cuticles." |
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"No shit."
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"What year is it?" |
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"My lord, it is the Year of the Scorpion." |
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"Truly?!" |
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"Yes!"
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"Our Imperial Forces have already destroyed the American Navy... six days ago, at Pearl Harbor." |
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"Is there anything honorable to destroy in Los Angeles?" |
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"Hollywood!"
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"Do you speak Spanish, Mr. Welbach? I didn't think so. Just what you learned on Speedy Gonzales, eh? ... You're going to get into a lot of trouble here, sir."
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"And you are a handsome man." |
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"Slowly. I'm still learning." |
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"I can't get over it, you're learning Cantonese. Even your accent is good. Who is that? |
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"My ex-girlfriend." |
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"She has very nice legs. But no self esteem." |
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"The irony is, I feel partly responsible for her self-nullifying behavior." |
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"You're allowing yourself to be victimized. Perhaps you haven't been effectively assertive." |
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"I've made a confident declaration in defense of my rights, but... it does not seem to do any good. If I help her out of my feelings of obligation, I may find myself resenting her. Besides, she's a psycho hose beast."
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