Hi,
I often try to rent movies, and the people in the stores say, “What? Black Dynamite? (Or whatever) Do you know the Chinese name?”
I say that I don’t and that’s it.
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I saw one site that translated to simplified Chinese, but I’m really looking for traditional Chinese, plus I don’t wanna surf around on Chinese websites.
I haven’t searched for that kind of a website for a while, but I remember when I did all I could find were loads of jokes - or perhaps it was the same joke page, repeated countless times.
What sometimes works for me: I go to eslite’s website…
eslite.com/
… and type the English name of the movie in the search box (that’s the upper left field). Often, but not always, it’ll find the result, and that’s the title.
(Note that titles are sometimes different in Mainland China, which doesn’t help matters if you’re doing an online search.)
I do wish something like Netflix would show up in Taiwan. I’ve virtually given up on finding things in Blockbuster.
There was a thread about this a couple of years ago or so.
Anyway, this is what I use, enter the English title or actors name and you’ll have the chinese title.
I looked for an existing thread for a movie translator, but couldn’t find one.
Thanks a bunch!! I think those links will do the trick.
Does anyone know of a database or list with the names of American/British/International movies and their Chinese names? Sometimes they’re so different, I have no idea how to search in Chinese, and not all companies know the English titles.
CHINA
The Full Monty: Six Naked Pigs
The Blair Witch Project: Night In The Cramped Forest
As Good As It Gets: Mr Cat Poop
Boogie Nights: His Great Device Makes Him Famous
Leon: This Hit Man Is Not as Cold as He Thought
Fargo: Mysterious Murder in Snowy Cream
Austin Powers: Trump Card Big Liar
Deep Impact: Earth And Comet Collide
Knocked Up: One Night, Big Belly
Nixon: The Big Liar
Risky Business: Just Send Him To University Unqualified
Free Willy: A Very Powerful Whale Runs To Heaven
It could almost compete with the Quebec version of movie titles 
A great request, as indeed the Chinese names of movies can differ wildly. Perhaps the best example, and worst surprise spoiler, was the UK movie The Crying Game, which in Chinese translated to something like My Girlfriend’s Got a Penis.
HG
I for one would like to see more films being made about powerful whales running to heaven.
The answer is in this thread Drangonbones mentioned: English to Chinese Translator for Movie Titles
[quote=“igorveni”]There was a thread about this a couple of years ago or so.
Anyway, this is what I use, enter the English title or actors name and you’ll have the chinese title.
search.atmovies.com.tw/search/se … on=advance[/quote]
I use this website a lot in my local DVD store, it is exactly doing what you need 
Note: This is only useable for Taiwan, since in mainland china movie titles AFAIK have other “translations”. I mention this just in case anyone finds this thread by Google, seeing the word “chinese” above, and not immediately take into account that Forumosa is Taiwan based 
Very useful! Thanks so much! 
For mainland titles I use Mtime, which also supports searching by the English name and usually provides the Taiwanese or HK titles (if they’re different) as akas (更多中文名).