Eli5: Why do some languages get lost in translation?

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I get that ofcourse no languages will be exactly identical but as a bilingual, whenever i watch a show with my native language and the subtitles are set on to my second language, so many of the meanings get lost in translation even when the translation is pretty accurate? How could this be

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A lot of meaning in communication also relies on common idioms shared among the people who use it as their native language. Sometimes while the words translate, getting the meaning across can be difficult without providing a lot of detail…but that’s not conducive to trying to match the pacing of the movie.

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