The following is an alphabetical list of works of art that are often called by a non-English name in an English context. (Of course, many such titles are simply the names of people: Don Quixote, Irma la Douce, Madame Bovary, Tosca, Pelléas et Mélisande. These have been omitted, as have examples where the English may easily be inferred: Symphonie fantastique, Les liaisons dangereuses.)
| Title | Transcription | Language | Translation | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 Luftballons | 99 Balloons | song by Nena | ||
| À la recherche du temps perdu | In Search of Lost Time | novel by Marcel Proust | ||
| Aberystwyth Mon Amour | Aberystwyth My Love | novel by Malcolm Pryce | ||
| Aina | آئینہ | Mirror | film directed by Nazr-ul-Islam | |
| Alhambra | الْحَمْرَاء | The Red One | Muslim monument, located near Granada, Spain | |
| Angkor Wat | អង្គរវត្ត | temple complex of the city | Hindu and (later) Buddhist temple site, located in Angkor, Cambodia | |
| Arthashastra | अर्थशास्त्रम् | "science of politics" or "science of material gain" | treatise on statecraft, economic policy and military strategy | |
| Autobahn | Motorway | album and song by Kraftwerk | ||
| Bal | Honey | film by Semih Kaplanoğlu | ||
| Barcarolle | symphonic poem by Camille Saint-Saëns | |||
| Bhagavad Gita | भगवद्गीता | Song of God | philosophical, Hindu book of poems (author contentious) | |
| Carmina Burana | medieval book of poems and a cantata by Carl Orff | |||
| Cavalleria rusticana | Rustic Chivalry | opera by Pietro Mascagni | ||
| Chichen Itza | Mayan monument, located on the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico | |||
| Commentarii de Bello Gallico | Commentaries on the Gallic War | Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars | ||
| Codex Gigas | Giant Book | largest medieval manuscript in the world, the authorship is attributed to Hermann Inanclus (Herman, the Recluse), a monk | ||
| Così fan tutte | That's What They [feminine] All Do | opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| Dai Miao | 岱庙 | Dai Temple | Daoist temple complex, located on Mount Tai, People's Republic of China | |
| Dàin do Eimhir | Scottish Gaelic | Sequence of poems by Sorley MacLean | ||
| Dao De Jing | 道德经/道德經 | Way/Path, Virtue, Guideline | philosophical, Daoist book of poems probably by Laozi | |
| Das Boot | The Boat | film directed by Wolfgang Petersen | ||
| Das Hildebrandslied | Lay/Song of Hildebrand | heroic lay, written in Old High German | ||
| Das Kapital | treatise by Karl Marx | |||
| Das klagende Lied | The Lamentation | cantata by Gustav Mahler | ||
| Das Lied von der Erde | The Song of the Earth | symphony by Gustav Mahler | ||
| De Leeuw van Vlaanderen | The Lion of Flanders | book by Hendrik Conscience | ||
| Déjeuner sur l'herbe | Lunch on the Grass | painting by Édouard Manet | ||
| De re publica | On the State | philosophical hexalogy by Cicero | ||
| De rerum natura | On the Nature of Things | philosophical didactic poem by Lucretius | ||
| De vita Caesarum | About the Life of the Caesars | collection of biographies by Suetonius | ||
| Der Freischütz | The Freeshooter or The Marksman | opera by Carl Maria von Weber | ||
| Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen | Hell's vengeance boils in my heart | aria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| Der Ring des Nibelungen | The Ring of the Nibelung | cycle of four operas by Richard Wagner | ||
| Der Schauspieldirektor | The Impresario | Singspiel by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| Der Wehrwolf | book by Hermann Löns | |||
| Desafinado | Out of Tune | song by Antônio Carlos Jobim | ||
| Deus Ex | God out of | video game-series by Eidos Interactive | ||
| Die Entführung aus dem Serail | The Abduction from the Seraglio | opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| Die Fledermaus | The Bat | operetta by Johann Strauss II | ||
| Die glückliche Hand | The Lucky Hand | musical drama by Arnold Schoenberg | ||
| Die Mensch-Maschine | The Man-Machine | album by Kraftwerk | ||
| Die schöne Müllerin | The Fair Maid of the Mill | song cycle by Franz Schubert | ||
| Die Verbannten Kinder Evas | The Banished Children of Eve | album from the Austrian band of the same name | ||
| Dies irae | Day of Wrath | hymn by Thomas of Celano and part of the Requiem | ||
| Don Quichotte à Dulcinée | song cycle by Maurice Ravel | |||
| Dorvyzhy | Дорвыжы | "homeland roots" or "homeland generation" | Udmurt literary national epic | |
| Edda | Óðr | Poetry | Eddur (plural of Edda) are the Poetic Edda (author unknown) and Prose Edda (by Snorri Sturluson), are two Icelandic ancient books | |
| Eine kleine Nachtmusik | German | A Little Night-Music | serenade by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
| El amor brujo | Love, the Magician | ballet by Manuel de Falla | ||
| El Cielo | The sky/heaven | album by dredg | ||
| El cóndor pasa | The Condor Passes | song by Daniel Alomía Robles and Julio Baudouin | ||
| El Shaddai | אל שדי | "God Almighty" (loosely translated) | video game by Ignition Entertainment | |
| Elfen Lied | Elf Song | manga and anime-series by Lynn Okamoto | ||
| Eroica | Heroic | symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven | ||
| Erlkönig | "The Alder King" or "The King of the Elves" | poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | ||
| Erwartung | Expectation | opera by Arnold Schoenberg | ||
| Fātata te Miti | By the Sea | painting by Paul Gauguin | ||
| Fetih 1453 | Conquest 1453 | film by Faruk Aksoy | ||
| Feuer frei! | "free to fire!" (German military language for "fire at will") | song by Rammstein | ||
| Gesta Danorum | series of books by Saxo Grammaticus | |||
| Gitanjali | গীতাঞ্জলি | "An offering of songs" or "prayer offering of songs" | collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore | |
| Giv'at Halfon Eina Ona | גבעת חלפון אינה עונה | Halfon Hill Doesn't Answer | film by Assi Dayan | |
| Götterdämmerung | Twilight of the Gods | opera by Richard Wagner | ||
| Gurrelieder | Songs of Gurre | oratorio by Arnold Schoenberg | ||
| Hagia Sophia | Ἅγια Σοφία | Divine Wisdom | Byzantine dome-church (now a mosque), located in Istanbul, Turkey | |
| Harakiri | 腹切り | Harakiri/cutting the belly | film by Masaki Kobayashi | |
| Häxan | Witches | film by Benjamin Christensen | ||
| Heimskringla | The World-Circle | Kings' saga by Snorri Sturluson | ||
| Hiroshima mon amour | Hiroshima My Love | film directed by Alain Resnais | ||
| Huis clos | In Camera | play by Jean-Paul Sartre | ||
| Ich will | I want | song by Rammstein | ||
| Ikiru | 生きる | To Live | film directed by Akira Kurosawa | |
| Il trovatore | The Troubadour | opera by Giuseppe Verdi | ||
| Ilias | Ἰλιάς | "Trojan" or "Troas" | epic poem, attributed to Homer | |
| Jeux d'enfants | Children's Games | symphonic suite by Georges Bizet | ||
| Jewang Ungi | 제왕운기 | Rhymed Chronicles of Sovereigns | poem by Yi Seung-hyu | |
| Kaaba | الكعبة | The Cube | most sacred site in Islam, located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia | |
| Kagemusha | 影武者 | Shadow Warrior | film directed by Akira Kurosawa | |
| Kalevala | Lands of Kaleva | epic poem by Elias Lönnrot | ||
| Kalevipoeg | Kalev's Son | epic poem by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald | ||
| Kama Sutra | कामसूत्र | Verses of Desire | ancient book about human sexual behavior by Vātsyāyana | |
| Katamari Damacy | 塊魂 | Clump Soul | video game by Namco | |
| Kebra Nagast | ክብረ ነገሥት | Glory of Kings | Ethiopian's national epic | |
| Keine Lust | No Desire (German idiom for "I don't feel like it.") | song by Rammstein | ||
| Kindertotenlieder | Songs of Dead Children | song cycle by Gustav Mahler | ||
| Kraftwerk | Power Station | debut album by Kraftwerk | ||
| Kremlin | Кремль | Fortress | historic fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, Russia | |
| Kundun | སྐུ་མདུན་ | The Presence | film directed by Martin Scorsese | |
| La Bohème | The Bohemian | opera by Giacomo Puccini | ||
| La création du monde | The Creation of the World | ballet by Darius Milhaud | ||
| La cucaracha | traditional song | |||
| La dame aux camélias | The Lady of the Camellias | novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils | ||
| La Damoiselle élue | cantata by Claude Debussy after poem by Dante Gabriel Rossetti | |||
| La Dolce Vita | The Sweet Life | film directed by Federico Fellini | ||
| La finta giardiniera | The Pretend Garden-Girl | opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | ||
| La mer | The Sea | three symphonic sketches for orchestra by Claude Debussy | ||
| La notte | The Night | film by Michelangelo Antonioni | ||
| La strada | The Road | film by Federico Fellini | ||
| La traviata | The Fallen Woman | opera by Giuseppe Verdi | ||
| La Vie en rose | Rose-Tinted Life | song by Louis Guglielmi and Édith Piaf | ||
| Lāčplēsis | Bear-slayer | epic poem by Andrejs Pumpurs | ||
| Lacrimosa | "weeping" or "tearful" | part of Dies Irae | ||
| Lahuta e Malcís | The Highland Lute | Albanian national epic poem | ||
| Le bœuf sur le toit | The Ox on the Roof | ballet by Darius Milhaud | ||
| Le chasseur maudit | The Cursed Huntsman | symphonic poem by César Franck | ||
| L'eclisse | The Eclipse | film by Michelangelo Antonioni | ||
| L'enfant et les sortilèges | The Child and the Spells | opera by Maurice Ravel | ||
| Le Grand Meaulnes | The Great Meaulnes | novel by Alain-Fournier | ||
| Les noces | The Wedding | dance cantata by Igor Stravinsky | ||
| Le tombeau de Couperin | Couperin's Tomb | suite by Maurice Ravel | ||
| L'étranger | The Outsider | novel by Albert Camus | ||
| L'heure espagnole | The Spanish Hour/The Time in Spain | opera by Maurice Ravel | ||
| Liebestod | Love's Death | final scene from the opera Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner | ||
| Longmen Shiku | 龙门石窟/龍門石窟 | Dragon's Gate Grottoes/Caves | artificial, Buddhist grottoes, located south of Luoyang | |
| L'Isle joyeuse | The Joyful Isle | piano piece by Claude Debussy | ||
| Má vlast | My Fatherland | cycle of symphonic poems by Bedřich Smetana | ||
| Machu Picchu | Old Peaks | Inca site, located above Urubamba Valley, Peru | ||
| Madadayo | まあだだよ | Not Yet | film by Akira Kurosawa | |
| Mahabharata | महाभारत | The Great History/Story of the Bharatas | epic of ancient India | |
| Mahabodhi Temple | महाबोधि मंदिर | Great Awakening Temple | Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, India | |
| Masjid Al-Haram | المسجد الحرام | largest mosque in the world, located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia | ||
| Mein Kampf | My Struggle | autobiography and political treatise by Adolf Hitler | ||
| Memento | Recall | film by Christopher Nolan | ||
| Mo Ghile Mear | My Gallant Darling | song by Seán Clárach Mac Domhnaill | ||
| Moai | Figurine | monolithic human figures on the Polynesian island of Easter Island | ||
| Namárië | Be Well | poem by J. R. R. Tolkien | ||
| Narn i Chîn Húrin | The Tale of the Children of Húrin | unfinished story by J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
| Nayakan | நாயகன் | The Hero | film by Mani Ratnam | |
| Nessun dorma | No-one Shall Sleep | aria from Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot | ||
| Ni no Kuni | 二ノ国 | Second Country | video game by Level-5 and Studio Ghibli | |
| Nibelungenlied | Lay/Song of the Nibelungs | German national epic | ||
| Nobilissima Visione | Italian | The Noblest Vision | ballet by Paul Hindemith | |
| Notre Dame | Our Lady | cathedral in Paris, France | ||
| Obaltan | 오발탄 | Maybe a Miss | film by Yu Hyun-mok | |
| Ōkami | 大神, 狼 or 大紙 | "Great God" if written as 大神, "Wolf" if written as 狼 or "Great Paper" if written as 大紙 | video game published by Capcom | |
| Ōkamiden | 大神伝, 狼伝 or 大紙伝 | "Chronicles of a/the Great God" if written as 大神伝, "Chronicles of a/the Wolf" if written as 狼伝 or "Chronicles of a/the Great Paper" if written as 大紙伝 | sequel to Ōkami | |
| Ombra mai fu | Never was a shade | aria by Georg Friedrich Händel | ||
| Orgelbüchlein | Little Organ Book | collection of chorale preludes and pedagogical treatise on composition by Johann Sebastian Bach | ||
| Pappa Ante Portas | Daddy in front of the Gates | film by Loriot | ||
| Pavane pour une infante défunte | piano/orchestral piece by Maurice Ravel | |||
| Petite Fleur | Little Flower | instrumental by Sidney Bechet | ||
| Petra | πέτρα | Stone | city in the Jordanian governorate of Ma'an, famous for its rock cut architecture | |
| Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica | Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy | three books by Sir Isaac Newton | ||
| Pierrot lunaire | song cycle by Arnold Schoenberg | |||
| Popol Vuh | Book of the People | corpus of mytho-historical narratives of the K'iche' kingdom in Guatemala | ||
| Porco Rosso | Red Pig | film by Hayao Miyazaki | ||
| Potiche | Trophy Wife | film by François Ozon | ||
| Praan | প্রাণ | Stream of Life | poem by Rabindranath Tagore | |
| Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune | Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun | symphonic poem by Claude Debussy | ||
| Princess Mononoke | もののけ姫 (Mononoke-hime) | Princess of the demons/monsters (only the hime was translated to English) | film by Hayao Miyazaki | |
| Qur'an (or Koran) | القرآن | The Recitation | religious text of Islam by Muhammad | |
| Raag Darbari | रागदरबारी | A raga of bureaucracy | Novel by Shrilal Shukla | |
| Ramakien | รามเกียรติ์ | Thailand's national epic | ||
| Ramayana | रामायण | Rama's Path | ancient Indian epic | |
| Ran | 乱 | "Chaos" or "Revolt" | film by Akira Kurosawa | |
| Rashōmon | 羅城門 | Gate of the Fortress | former Japanese monuments, were located in Heijō-kyō and Heian-kyō, Japan | |
| Rashomon | 羅生門 | Gate of the Fortress | film by Akira Kurosawa | |
| Ratatouille | film by Pixar | |||
| Selva morale e spirituale | Moral and Spiritual Forest | collection of sacred music by Claudio Monteverdi | ||
| Serse | opera by Georg Friedrich Händel | |||
| Shahnameh | شاهنامه | The Book of Kings | enormous poetic opus written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi | |
| Shiri/Swiri | 쉬리 | Korean Splendid Dace | film by Kang Je-gyu | |
| Shoah | השואה | Calamity | film by Claude Lanzmann | |
| Silmarillion | From the Radiance of Pure Light | collection of J. R. R. Tolkien's mythopoeic works | ||
| Skáldskaparmál | Language of Poetry | poem by Snorri Sturluson, consisting of around 50,000 words | ||
| Skeireins | Explanation | commentary on the Gospel of John by an unknown Gothic author | ||
| Stalag 17 | a German abbreviation for "Stammlager" (base/main camp) | film by Billy Wilder | ||
| Suzakumon | 朱雀門 | former Japanese monuments, were located in Fujiwara-kyō, Heijō-kyō and Heian-kyō, Japan | ||
| Taegukgi | 태극기 | South Korean Flag | film by Kang Je-gyu | |
| Taj Mahal | تاج محل or ताज महल | Crown of Buildings | Indian monument, located in Agra, India | |
| Te Deum | You, God | Christian hymn of praise | ||
| Tekken | 鉄拳 | Iron Fist | video game series by Namco | |
| Tiananmen | 天安门/天安門 | Gate of Heavenly Peace | Chinese Monument, located in Beijing, People's Republic of China | |
| Titash Ekti Nadir Naam | তিতাস একটি নদীর নাম | A River Named Titash | film by Ritwik Ghatak | |
| Todesfuge | poem by Paul Celan | |||
| Torah | תּוֹרָה | Instruction | Judaism's founding legal and ethical religious texts, probably by Moses | |
| Tristan und Isolde | Tristan and Iseult | opera by Richard Wagner | ||
| (Tsubaki) Sanjūrō | 椿三十郎 or 三十郎 | Thirty-year-old Camellia Tree or Thirty-year-old | film by Akira Kurosawa | |
| Turandot | توراندختر | Turan's Daughter | opera by Giacomo Puccini | |
| Vers la flamme | Towards the Flame | piano piece by Alexander Scriabin | ||
| Verklärte Nacht | Transfigured Night | string sextet by Arnold Schoenberg | ||
| Vespro della Beata Vergine | Vespers for the Blessed Virgin, 1610 | musical composition by Claudio Monteverdi | ||
| Volver | To Return | film by Pedro Almodóvar | ||
| Vom Kriege | On War | book by Carl von Clausewitz | ||
| Weiß Kreuz | White Cross (accurately "weißes Kreuz" in German) | anime by Ken'ichi Kanemaki | ||
| Winterreise | Winter Journey | song cycle by Franz Schubert | ||
| Yeelen | Brightness | film by Souleymane Cissé | ||
| Yojimbo | 用心棒 | Bodyguard | film by Akira Kurosawa | |
| Yungang Shiku | 云冈石窟/雲岡石窟 | Cloud Ridge Grottoes/Caves | artificial, buddhist grottoes, located by Datong | |
| Zaveshchanie russkogo fashista | Завещание русского фашиста | The Last Will of a Russian fascist | book by Konstantin Rodzaevsky | |
| Zemlya | Земля | Soil/Earth | film by Alexander Dovzhenko | |