Here’s a collection of quotes from the Korean series, Can This Love Be Translated? (2026):
Episode 1
“I would like to keep seeing you. I think the reason every moment of our journey has been beautiful is that you were a part of the scenery.” – Hiro
“You’re the only one who can make sense of my nonsense and interpret it.” – Mr. Kim
“I only pass along the words people say, not judge what kind of person they are.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“It may seem desperate and pathetic, but this is love, too.” – Cha Mu Hee
“Help me end things with a shred of dignity. Please translate my love, too. I beg you.” – Cha Mu Hee
“It may be love gained from misfortune, but I hope you’re happy.” – Cha Mu Hee
“A woman weighed down by a burden of misery? Doesn’t seem that way to me.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“If a man who’s drawn to misfortune has left you, that must mean happiness is all that awaits you.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“You’re good at interpreting, but even better at refraining things.” – Cha Mu Hee
“As I shut my eyes for what I thought would be my last moments, elsewhere, they were busy enjoying a festival of their own. My life had been entirely devoid of fireworks, and here they were exploding in the distant sky.” – Cha Mu Hee
“I had simply closed my eyes for a brief moment, but in the world laid before me when I reopened them, for the first time in my life, a lavish festival was being held just for me.” – Cha Mu Hee
“And my festival ended up shaking his life to the core.” – Cha Mu Hee
Episode 2
“This is Papago. As per the terms of our bet, I followed you. Sorry for the way I left that day. Good luck with filming. I hope your festival begins soon.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“He was just a guy whom I happened to cross paths with. But just the thought of a chance encounter with someone charming while traveling is enough to give me butterflies.” – Cha Mu Hee
“A while ago, I met him briefly in Japan. When I heard his voice behind me, I thought my heart was going to burst.” – Cha Mu Hee
“I thought of him from time to time. I even thought about seeking him out. Meeting him like this gave me butterflies.” – Cha Mu Hee
“He was really good-looking and had a nice voice, too. His eyes creased in a smile, he flashed his dimples, and was all, ‘Ms. Cha Mu Hee’.” – Make Up Artist
“I’m the same person I always was.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I did wonder about you, though we only crossed paths once.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“Why did he have to be so kind? Makes him harder to erase.” – Cha Mu Hee
“If, on that day, we had had that meal together instead of separating at the train tracks, might things have changed between us, too?” – Cha Mu Hee
“To you, that photo may simply have captured the memories you made while on a trip, but to me, it’s a moment no one can find out about.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“After digging on Instagram, I guess I dug up a tearjerker romance movie. And I’m not cast in it.” – Cha Mu Hee
“Look. I will never ask you to go out with me. No matter the threat.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I won’t ask you out, but can I still root for you?” – Joo Hoo Jin
“Your long-awaited festival has finally begun. Congratulations. I’ll watch from afar and cheer you on.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“It’s okay. Once I close my eyes and reopen them, these feelings will go away, too.” – Cha Mu Hee
“Mr. Joo. There’s something wrong with me. I think I’m going crazy. I think my festival is about to end.” – Cha Mu Hee
Episode 3
“Thanks for your help today, Mr. Joo. But I don’t think I can repay you. Because I never want to see you again.” – Cha Mu Hee
“All you did was interpret my words but you’ve heard too much about me. So I don’t even know what face to make when I look at you. Today, I just laughed but I might cry when we meet again.” – Cha Mu Hee
“I wasn’t interpreting. They’re my own words of concern.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“There are as many languages as there are people. Everyone speaks their own language. That’s why people misunderstand, misinterpret, and offend each other.” – Mr Kim
“If my words were sharp, it must’ve hurt to hear them.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“You’re a very spontaneous and capricious person. You say A, argue that you said B, then go back on your word and say C. Add Do Rami, the source of your anxiety, to the mix, and you’ll explode again like last time. No doubt about it.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“Ms Cha Mu Hee, explain so I can understand. Your language, speaking in opposites to hide weakness and lashing out when angry, is too hard for me to interpret.” – Joo Hoo Jin
Episode 4
“If she lives up there, as you say, that means you’re your own hater.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“If the messenger misinterprets a message based on personal bias, it can lead to a ridiculous misunderstanding.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“So hearts are universal?” – Cha Mu Hee
“That’s not why. I didn’t feel like interpreting. It upset me for some reason.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“It’s a heart. You ruined the last one, so take good care of this one.” – Cha Mu Hee
“If I grow to like Cha Mu Hee, I won’t hide it. I’ll confess my feelings.” – Hiro
“The heart of a zombie. Have I been affected?” – Hiro
Episode 5
“I’ve never really liked sunsets because they make me feel a little sad. But today, I like it. It’s beautiful.” – Cha Mu Hee
“I guess being alone made me feel lonely. Maybe I like it now because we’re together.” – Cha Mu Hee
“Out of all the sunsets I’ve seen, I think today’s the most beautiful.” – Cha Mu Hee
“Strictly speaking, I don’t waste energy worrying about what might happen.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“It’s only natural to feel anxious when things might not work out. Still, though, you go in with an inkling of hope that they just might.” – Cha Mu Hee
“I’m going to find all seven and show you the Northern Lights, so have faith and look forward to it.” – Cha Mu Hee
“I really wanted to see the Northern Lights with the guy I like. But the woman he likes is here now. If I collect all this good luck and the aurora appears, I bet he’ll go see it with the woman he likes. So now, I hope the aurora isn’t visible.” – Cha Mu Hee
“You once asked if I was in some passionate romance movie. But my romance isn’t passionate. It’s more terrifying. If I had to pick a genre, it’d be horror.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I saw how hard you worked to find them. How could I just throw it out?” – Joo Hoo Jin
“We’re seeing the aurora now because I wished for it. So from now on, Mr. Joo, every time you see an aurora, you’ll think of Cha Mu Hee. Don’t be scared. Auroras don’t show up in Korea. Isn’t that a relief?” – Cha Mu Hee
“Oh boy. I think one just might.” – Joo Hoo Jin
Episode 6
“Auroras are the light created when Earth, forever unable to reach the Sun, draws in minute traces of solar plasma with the pull of its magnetic field. Perhaps this dazzling, mesmerizing light is but a tragic, fleeting illusion born from the Earth’s yearning for the Sun, fooling it into believing that a mere brush with the Sun has brought the two closer.” – Cha Mu Hee
“On that night, for the first time ever, I desperately hoped my delusion would become a reality. But Earth can never reach the Sun, and auroras do not appear in the skies above Seoul.” – Cha Mu Hee
“We may not speak the same language, but things that feel warm or taste sweet are surely universal.” – Cha Mu Hee
“You know the answer has already been decided, so why are you acting like this? Cha Mu Hee is a girl who can never be loved. That was decided long ago.” – Cha Mu Hee
“I didn’t sleep too well. I couldn’t sleep because it felt so unfair. How could you threaten me like that, act as though it never happened and then leave just like that?” – Joo Hoo Jin
“Don’t run this time. Because I’m giving it serious thought. I’m the type who needs to gather their thoughts before saying something, especially if it’s important. Which is why I’m going to do something I vowed I never would.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I know you blurt things out when you’re flustered. Just stop and say what you want to say, instead of running away.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“Seeing you wear your heart on your sleeve, crying, laughing, changing, I was baffled but also fascinated. I care to worry about you, to want to go along with what you wanted and I wanted to take care of you. But now that I think about it, I was just being swayed by your emotions. It’s best to end things here.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“Don’t try to brush this off like it was nothing. I feel very wronged. I was getting ready to cross the street to the person I like.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I ruined everything.” – Cha Mu Hee
“But a certain someone started shaking up my world. I tried pushing her away, afraid the world I’d protected would break and shatter, but light shine in through the cracks she made.” – Joo Hoo Jin
Episode 7
“Not expressing my feelings doesn’t mean they’re not there. Or that they’re easy to get over.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I’m laid out, all damp like wet laundry, but he’s nice and dry, put back together neatly.” – Cha Mu Hee
“Just like us. We’re like broth with nothing but kelp. Not even started yet.” – Cha Mu Hee
“I need that confidence to be able to sway you again. You see, rather than walk away with dignity, I’ve decided to be the crazy bitch who sways you. Because I’m placing my hope in the last thing you said to me that day. You said you were going to cross. So we did see a waterfall together!” – Cha Mu Hee
“You once told me that every person speaks their own language. I don’t think I understand her language very well.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“Is she interested in me again, or does she feel bad for turning me down? I can’t really tell.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“It must be frustrating not being able to understand her. But are you fine with not understanding her? Aren’t you an interpreter? If it’s a language you don’t know, you should study it. The vocabulary, syntax, and punctuation will all differ from those of the language you speak. Look closely and try your best to understand.” – Mr. Kim
“You really have a knack for driving me insane.” – Joo Hoo Jin
Episodes 8-9
“Perhaps you didn’t emerge due to a rapid change in her environment, but from a much deeper and darker past.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“What if the desire to die when someone shows kindness goes up against the desire to kill in the face of kindness? What should kindness do?” – Do Rami
“Maybe I’ve been infected with a zombie virus.” – Hiro
“I’m doing my best to be kind, since that’s the only way you’ll leave.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“The kindness you wanted. Just accept it. We’ll done.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“Kindness is scary. There is nothing more terrifying than kindness that you believe will come to an end.” – Mr. Kim
“I’ve been keeping an eye on you this whole time.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“Delusions like these need to disappear for her to get a happy ending in real life.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I kept coming to see you because she wanted to see you. She still likes you a lot.” – Do Rami
“Joo Hoo Jin really is kind. With that kind heart of yours, leave this girl. So that I can disappear. Once you leave her and this painful delusion vanishes, she’ll be happy. That’ll be our happy ending.” – Do Rami
“Love me, Mr. Joo Hoo Jin, as much as I love you. Goodbye.” – Cha Mu Hee
Episode 10
“Your delusions are sad because they’re too beautiful.” – Do Rami
“It was the only way for me to apologize without saying words.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I’m not in so much pain that I need something that strong. I was just calmly finding closure.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“Thank you for not hating me too much.” – Cha Mu Hee
“Hearing your voice, it felt like we were traveling together, and knowing this is the end, I feel a bit sad.” – Cha Mu Hee
“I barely managed to calm my heart so why shake me up again? You feel sorry grateful, and sad but this is the end? Then, since this is the end, shall I let you sweep me away?” – Joo Hoo Jin
“There’s no need. Instead, be happy. Since this is the end.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“The thought that no one could ever love you is only a delusion. And that delusion will disappear. I truly hope that you, Ms Cha Mu Hee, are happy.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I would like to keep seeing you. I think the reason every moment of our journey has been beautiful is that you were a part of the scenery.” – Hiro
“I really like you, Ms Cha Mu Hee.” – Hiro
“He asked me to tell you, ‘I really like you, Cha Mu Hee’. Did you hear that? Did the message get through?” – Joo Hoo Jin
“He told me to be happy, so I’ll be happy. That’s it. Run away just like that and hide where no one can find you. So you can be happy.” – Cha Mu Hee
“The safest way for an unlovable child to become happy is for her to abandon everything she might ever love. So the skies can never be painted with colorful auroras again.”
“All you need to do is leave this room and be happy.”
“May auroras light up the entire world.” – Cha Mu Hee
“I couldn’t let them disappear because you were in those memories.” – Cha Mu Hee
“Mr Joo Hoo Jin, I really like you. But you know everything about me and I hate that. I was afraid that the more my feelings grew, the harder the fall would be. So I thought I’d stopped myself. But before I knew it, I found myself liking you even more. Mr Joo Hoo Jin, what should I do now?” – Cha Mu Hee
“You say you’re afraid of falling, yet you made this wish? What, so we could die together?” – Joo Hoo Jin
“If you see auroras everywhere you go, you’ve lost it.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“You called me here only to push me away? I won’t let you do that to me again.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“We won’t get a happy ending because we’re destined to break up. An eternal love, a happy future, I won’t promise you those things. You wouldn’t believe me, anyway.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I’m saying there’s no reason to panic and run away because we will break up.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I’m coming up with a plan so that you don’t reject me again because you get all anxious.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“Out of the two of us, I tried to keep my sanity to the very end but I’ve gone mad. I keep seeing auroras. For quite some time now, actually. This is me confessing.” – Joo Hoo Jin
Episode 11
“If I said I was fine with it all and that I understand you, would you believe me?” – Joo Hoo Jin
“To me, your words are more difficult than Chalcatongo Mixtec.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I want to stay with you.” – Cha Mu Hee
“I know who you like. I’ve known for a long time now that you like someone else. Go. Goodbye, zombie.” – Hiro
“If she and I spoke the same language, and if we could understand everything I had said and my feelings toward her, do you think I could have won her over before you did?” – Hiro
“To be honest, I also had trouble understanding her words. I came close to giving up many times, but, luckily enough, a wonderful interpreter appeared who helped me understand her.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I don’t want to. There’s nothing to dig up that I’d be ashamed of, and I won’t be swayed or hurt by such unfounded, inflated rumors.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“Why worry about what happens later? Well be breaking up anyway. So, for now, we won’t break up over something like that.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I really liked you.” – Hiro
“Did you, by any chance, like me?” – Shin Ji Sun
Episode 12
“Seeing how comfortable I feel telling you, it seems the zombie movie I thought would never end has finally come to an end, once and for all.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I’m not stupid. I’m crazy. Just think of me as a madwoman like Do Rami.” – Cha Mu Hee
“You were the prince from my dreams I longed to meet as an escape from my reality.” – Cha Mu Hee
“I like you so much that I would come see you even after three sleepless nights. But not four. I might drop dead.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“There would be no one left in this world to love you. You could never be happy.” – Do Rami / Muhee’s mom
“That day, I never fully managed to get away from my mom. Her words that I’d never be happy kept coming back to me, no matter how hard I tried to erase them, and haunted me my entire life. So this time, I must use all I have to try once more to truly break free from this delusion.” – Cha Mu Hee
“Ms Cha Mu Hee, I love you.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“If I don’t fight for something that I really want, I’d be left with nothing but regrets. This time, I will not run away from the fight.” – Hiro
“I don’t want us to definitely break up. So let’s break up right here this time. I’ll come back and threaten you into dating me again. When I do, please give in so we can be happy together for a very long time.” – Cha Mu Hee
“I’m not one to give into threats. You’d better come prepared and bring your worst.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“I’ve missed you. I guess English doesn’t work on him. Let’s try Japanese. I really missed you. Does he still not understand me? I missed you so much. So much that it almost killed me. Why aren’t you reacting? You understood everything. Why aren’t you saying anything back? Are you really mad at me?” – Cha Mu Hee
“I was having trouble finding the right words to reply with.” – Joo Hoo Jin
“Finally, we’ve reached our happy ending.” – Cha Mu Hee
“Wait. Let’s change the music. Because our ending will be a perfectly happy one.” – Joo Hoo Jin
Genre: Romantic comedy
Also known as: Can You Translate This Love?; Love in Translation
Synopsis: The emotions of a celebrity and her interpreter get lost in translation as they travel the world filming a TV show. Will love find its own language?
No. of episodes: 12
Cast: Kim Seonho, Go Youn Jung
Screenwriters: Hong Jung Eun, Hong Mi Ran
Director: Yoo Young Eun
Network: Netflix
Date: January 16, 2026
English subtitle translation / Images: Netflix
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