Lost in Translation... Ukrainian-style

myronzee Says:

Feb 28, 2008 - What is the problem, Ukrainian in Ukraine and Russian for Russia

spets Says:

Feb 28, 2008 - Let the viewer demand decide. Not the government. If people do not want to watch it in Russian, they wont. And the distributors will have no choice but to do it in Ukrainian. It´s simple. Everyone speaks Russian. I don´t see what the big deal is. In Russia if you wont to release it in freaking Chinese no one will stop you.

aps454 Says:

Feb 28, 2008 - with the stuff coming out of Hollywood lately they have not been missing much.

myronzee Says:

Feb 28, 2008 - Are there any films using the Ukrainian language in Russia/ There are many Ukrainians living in Russia

suvorov4 Says:

Feb 28, 2008 - nice try to distract from the content, uke.

normalukrainian Says:

Feb 29, 2008 - Like Spanish and Italian

normalukrainian Says:

Feb 29, 2008 - Like Spanish and Italian

normalukrainian Says:

Feb 29, 2008 - What is the problem? Russia has movies with Russian translation, and Ukraine will have with Ukrainian. It is so simple. Every country has own language.

myronzee Says:

Mar 1, 2008 - Russians have trouble with this concept. They enjoyed the soviet times where russian prevailed.

myronzee Says:

Mar 1, 2008 - Vladimir Plautov represents the Russians that were sent to Ukraine after the Holodomor, no wonder he prefers Russian. Thanks to Stalin and his thugs no Ukrainians were left in the east.

TheSilhouette Says:

Mar 1, 2008 - Your not missing out on much. "I Am Legend" sucked anyway. Read the book, it's much better.

mojushai Says:

Mar 2, 2008 - Adolf has prohibited films in hebraish (jew language) too. Yushenko = Adolf ?

myronzee Says:

Mar 2, 2008 - That was an ignorant comment!! You do not understand, that there was 70 years of russification in Ukraine where the language and its institutions were destroyed. Russian is considered a foreign language in Ukraine

3tatiana Says:

Mar 2, 2008 - The first poster is ignorant. if anyone is equivalent to hitler that would be stalin and I would have to guess that stalin's lineage is closer to yours than Yushchenko.

3tatiana Says:

Mar 2, 2008 - correction: the above comment was directed towards 'mojushai'. the post below.

MiddletownDreamz Says:

Mar 3, 2008 - French cinemas in France have foreign films dubbed in French; Italian cinemas in Italian; Spanish cinemas have films dubbed in Spanish. Poland is the same. Yet when it comes to Ukraine the malorossy-yanichary and the Russians in Russia have to make a stink and a political issue out of it. 17 years of independent Ukraine and the ridna mova is still being persecuted.

myronzee Says:

Mar 3, 2008 - Well written, If you want films in russian go to Russia

myronzee Says:

Mar 3, 2008 - Well written, If you want films in russian go to Russia

mucholuv2u Says:

Mar 6, 2008 - this is kinda funny..Im Ukrainian but i speak Russian..But i agree that if its in Ukraine it should be in Ukrainian...its actully a beautiful language..

Triska3 Says:

Mar 8, 2008 - Ukraine was officially (albeit forcefully) Russian speaking country until independance in 1991 when Ukrainian was made official language. So many who live in Ukraine (especially east) are Russian and still only speak Russian. But this would be like if the US decided to have cinemas show films dubbed in Spanish too, second most popular language in US. I think it makes sense to only have one language be official. Especially for Ukraine, reestablishing cultural Identity since Soviet rule is over.

Triska3 Says:

Mar 8, 2008 - its not so much the difference. Ukrainians were pretty much prohibited from speaking their own language when Soviets ruled Ukraine. Ukrainian was not taught in the schools and books and all media was in Russian. Ukrainian was only spoken at home in private. So now that Ukraine is an independant nation again, they want to reestablish their national identity by having TV, Radio, and movies all in the Ukrainian language. There are lingering hard feelings, and rightfully so...

Globox822 Says:

Mar 9, 2008 - i get your point

vodkins466 Says:

Mar 10, 2008 - По-моему тут всё просто. Люди выразят своё отношение рублём, то есть гривной. Есть ли правдивые данные об изменении в количестве продаваемых билетов/ДВД после этого указа?

myronzee Says:

Mar 11, 2008 - I was told often that there is no difference between russian an ukrainian as long as you speak russian. Now i am telling you russians that there is no difference as long as you speak ukrainian

govedata Says:

May 10, 2008 - Unjustified Soviet enforcement of Russian over Ukrainian does not justify modern Ukrainian lawmakers' forced expulsion of Russian! Greetings from Bulgaria.