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Netflix’s ‘Can This Love Be Translated?’ Premieres Friday, Pairing Hong Sisters With Kim Seon-ho and Go Youn-jung

The series marks the writers’ return to rom-com with a multilingual premise spanning Korea, Japan, Canada, Italy.

Overview

  • Netflix sets Jan. 16 global launch for the 12-episode romantic comedy.
  • The plot pairs a multilingual interpreter with a newly global actress to explore how people speak, listen and misread love.
  • Director Yoo Young-eun highlights contrasting “straight lines” and “curves” in the leads’ communication styles and treats each location as a character.
  • Production filmed across South Korea, Japan, Canada and Italy, with a dating-show setup that brings the leads together and features Japanese star Sota Fukushi.
  • Reports differ on how many languages the interpreter speaks, though coverage agrees on his polyglot role and the cast’s intensive language work.