Lost in translation

I remember about a movie that I watched. Its called “lost in translation”. I think I remembered about it because I saw a post on social media that its director who was in a relationship with another director had recently went through divorce. And she made this movie to tell her side of story. 

The more interesting thing is that a few years later his ex husband also made a movie called “Her” and he casted same lead actress. 

The story of “lost in translation” is of a man. He goes to japan for a business trip and gets frustrated with the language barrier between him and the world. He feels very lonely and then he meets a girl, who was also american and had come there with her husband and her husband was so busy in work that she felt neglected. They dont exactly fall in love. but what they showed in the movie felt a lot like extramarital affair to me. And obviosly I did not like it.

I dont know why I got reminded of it suddenly, but now that I think of it, the director misunderstood “lost in translation”. She did not know the pain of talking to the person you love and still not really talking to them. she did not know how painful it is to rely on an app just to be able to talk to the person you love the most in the world. She did not know the pain of having to translate your soul. 

Things like, “I want a bread”, or “I want a hotel for two nights” dont get lost in translation. they are same, everywhere. But its the emotions, its our feelings that take so much damage when translating. People are not even good at communicating how they feel when they are talking in their native language, and translation just does so much more damage. that is what a real loss is. 

And who can blame her for not understanding? How many people we know of who have fallen in love but dont speak a common language? maybe in a movie or something. But this is just unimaginable in real life. And that’s the most painful thing. Its a pain that no one else can understand. And if somone gets to know about it, they find it so confusing, crazy and stupid. 

I do not beleive that we are supposed to speak our native language our entire life. I mean, right now  I am writing flawlessly in a language that I did not know a few years ago. And now its in my entire life. Its become the language of my thoughts. and its not my native language. not by any means. 

And the role of technology is also interesting. Its so great that it allows us to connect with each other even if we lack something as basic as a common language. and I am grateful for it. But I also hate myself for over relying on it. Its just so stupid that I trusted an app to do the most important part of my life. 

I don’t know what I wanted to say in this blog. But one thing is for sure. I feel so bad after realizing that I had to endure something much worse that what most people consider “lost in translation”.