English term
United Kingdom
30y Experience in Video & Computer Games
Native in: German 
Works in: English to German, German
Twelve Happy Men
There have been some examples in which the original title was rather easy to figure out, e.g.
"Leave it to Beetle" (--> "Leave it to Beaver"),
"Sunset Ave." (--> "Sunset Boulevard"),
"South by Southwest" (--> "North by Northwest"),
"Rebel without a Clue" (--> "Rebel without a Cause") etc.
For some other titles, however, I have not yet been able to find the real name of the movie/series.
Any help as to the original name of "Twelve Happy Men" is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
| 4 +16 | Twelve Angry Men |
Marek Daroszewski (MrMarDar)
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Responses
Native in: Polish
Works in: English to Polish, Polish to English, Polish, and 1 more.
Twelve Angry Men
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Egil Presttun
: Could be.
5 mins
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| agree |
Tony M
: Seems most likely
13 mins
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| agree |
Yasutomo Kanazawa
: If it's a pun, most likely as Tony suggests.
20 mins
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| agree |
MPGS
: :)
28 mins
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| agree |
Marie Scarano
31 mins
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| agree |
English2Korean
: Most likely
45 mins
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| agree |
Rolf Keiser
1 hr
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| agree |
LP Schumacher
1 hr
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| agree |
Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães
: absolutely
3 hrs
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| agree |
Stephanie Ezrol
4 hrs
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| agree |
Marianna Tucci
4 hrs
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| agree |
Mikhail Kropotov
4 hrs
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| agree |
Ildiko Santana
: Great movie! (starring Henry Fonda) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Angry_Men_(1957_film)
5 hrs
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| agree |
Phong Le
6 hrs
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| agree |
Alp Berker
8 hrs
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| agree |
Sabine Akabayov, PhD
8 hrs
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Discussion
The English source text is full of deliberate (sometimes humorous) references to actual names of movies (e.g. "Ben-Fur"), tv series, actors ("Marlon Brandy") etc. The English text is not a translation.