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* SnorriSturluson's history of the Kings of Norway is frequently called ''Literature/{{Heimskringla}}'', never "The Circle of the Earth".

* JorgeLouisBorges' ''Ficciones''

* SnorriSturluson's history of the Kings of Norway is frequently called ''Literature/{{Heimskringla}}'', but never "The Circle of the Earth".

'''Examples:'''

[[AC:{{Literature}}]]
* ''Das Kapital'', though it is known as ''Le Capital'' in French editions
** Considering the only thing to translate is 'das' to 'the'(or just drop it) and XtremeKoolLetterz, does it really count?
* ''[[JorgeLuisBorges Ficciones]]''
* ''Mein Kampf''. In a few other languages, it does change, however.
* ''LesMiserables''
* Strictly speaking, ''Literature/TheIliad'' means 'A Tale of Ilium (Troy)' and is only one of many stories woven around the Trojan War.
** This frequently occurs to works above a certain age, though it may be difficult to draw the line between 'untranslated title' and 'naturalised title.' {{Ovid}}'s ''Heroides'', ''Amores,'' and ''[[Literature/TheMetamorphoses Metamorphoses]]'' stand as a case in point. Others, such as {{Xenophon}}'s ''Literature/{{Anabasis}}'' are known by multiple titles, including 'The Persian Expedition,' 'The March of the Ten Thousand,' and 'The March Upcountry'.
* Similarly, the ''{{Literature/Nibelungenlied}}'' is 'The Song of the Nibelungs.'
* The ''[[KingArthur Morte d'Arthur]]'' is also a rather misleading title since Malory covers rather more than the death.
* Natsume Soseki's ''Kokoro'' usually has the title left as-is in modern English printings, though it has occasionally been given the (somewhat clunky) translation of "''The Heart of Things''".
** Bonus points for the fact that the novel opens with the sentence, "I always called him ''Sensei''." Considering the amount of times the word appears in the novel, it's a damn good thing ''sensei'' is one of the few Japanese words the average English-speaker can recognize.
* ''[[InSearchOfLostTime A la recherche du temps perdu]]'' is often given untranslated. Partly because it was translated as ''Remembrance Of Things Past'' instead of ''In Search Of Lost Time'' for a while, and partly because if you're going to read Proust, you might as well be pretentious about it.
* Emile Zola's novel of poverty and alcoholism ''L'Assommoir'' is most often known by its original title, which is an untranslatable French play on words. ''Assommoir'' was an old slang term for a low-class bar, derived from ''assommer'', to knock out or stun; the nearest rendition in English might be "place to get hammered."
* Works by certain ancient Greek philosophers are frequently translated to Latin but no further. For example, Aristotle's "Peri Psuches" is usually referred to by English speakers as "De Anima" (the English would be something like "About the Soul").

* ''DasBoot'' - The original (dubbed) release to theaters and pay-TV used the translated title "The Boat". Video releases of the longer and subtitled versions use the title untranslated (not that it's terribly hard to figure out).

* ''La Cage Aux Folles''; the translation of this title, ''TheBirdcage'', was used by the American remake

** In Finland, Original title- Translated, unrelated title is common, for example ''Skins''-In flames

[[AC:{{Theater}}]]
* This is almost more common than not for {{opera}}s, at least the ones not named after a character. About half of these still refer to a character in some way. Some of the least often translated titles include:
** ''LaBoheme''
** ''Cavalleria rusticana''
** ''Cosi fan tutte''
** ''Die Fledermaus'' (which was presented four times on Broadway in the first half of the 20th century, each time under a CompletelyDifferentTitle)
** ''[[DerFreischuetz Der Freischütz]]''
** ''La gioconda''
** ''Theatre/DerRosenkavalier''
** ''La traviata''
** ''Il trovatore''
** At least at one time, ''The Golden Cockerel'' was usually known as ''Le coq d'or'', despite being a Russian opera.

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* ''Seacht'' - the title is Irish for ''seven'', but when it was shown on TheBBC, they kept the original title (and pronounced it horribly).
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* ''BaiseMoi'' (the English release added "Rape Me" as a subtitle, which is a {{Bowdlerise}}d translation)

** ''DerRosenkavalier''

* ''{{Okami}}'', to keep the double meaning of the title.

** This frequently occurs to works above a certain age, though it may be difficult to draw the line between 'untranslated title' and 'naturalised title.' {{Ovid}}'s ''Heroides'', ''Amores,'' and ''[[TheMetamorphoses Metamorphoses]]'' stand as a case in point. Others, such as {{Xenophon}}'s ''Literature/{{Anabasis}}'' are known by multiple titles, including 'The Persian Expedition,' 'The March of the Ten Thousand,' and 'The March Upcountry'.

** This frequently occurs to works above a certain age, though it may be difficult to draw the line between 'untranslated title' and 'naturalised title.' {{Ovid}}'s ''Heroides'', ''Amores,'' and ''[[TheMetamorphoses Metamorphoses]]'' stand as a case in point. Others, such as {{Xenophon}}'s ''{{Anabasis}}'' are known by multiple titles, including 'The Persian Expedition,' 'The March of the Ten Thousand,' and 'The March Upcountry'.

* Similarly, the ''{{Nibelungenlied}}'' is 'The Song of the Nibelungs.'

* ''Videogame/{{Kenseiden}}''

* This is almost more common than not for {{opera}}s, at least the ones not named after a character. About half of these still refer to a character in some way. Some examples include:
** ''La Bohéme''

** ''Der Rosenkavalier''

* Strictly speaking, ''TheIliad'' means 'A Tale of Ilium (Troy)' and is only one of many stories woven around the Trojan War.

* Works by certain ancient Greek philosophers are frequently translated to Latin but no further. For example, Aristotle's "Peri Psuches" is usually referred to by English speakers as "De Anima" (the English would be something like "Of the Soul").

* ''Dodes'ka-den''

* ''Y Tu Mamá También''

* The [[KingArthur ''Morte d'Arthur'']] is also a rather misleading title since Malory covers rather more than the death.

** This frequently occurs to works above a certain age, though it may be difficult to draw the line between 'untranslated title' and 'naturalised title.' {{Ovid}}'s ''Heroides'', ''Amores,'' and ''[[TheMetamorphoses Metamorphoses]]'' stand as a case in point. Others, such as Xenophon's ''Anabasis'' are known by multiple titles, including 'The Persian Expedition,' 'The March of the Ten Thousand,' and 'The March Upcountry'.

* ''Mein Kampf'', though it is known as ''Jihadi'' in Arabic

* ''DasBoot''

** ''Die Fledermaus''

* ''[[InSearchOfLostTime A la recherche du temps perdu]]'' is often given untranslated. Partly because it was translated as ''Remembrance Of Things Past'' instead of ''In Search Of Lost Time'' for a while, and partly because if you're going to read Proust, you might as well be pretentious about it.

* Similarly, the ''Nibelungenlied'' is 'The Song of the Nibelungs.'

* ''Das Boot''

* ''Ran''

* ''La Strada''
* ''El Topo''

* ''Amores Perros'' (IMDB lists ''Love's a Bitch'' as an international alternate title, but the UntranslatedTitle was definitely used for the US theatrical release)

** ''Der Freischütz''