# Can This Love Be Translated? (2026) — Celluloid TV fact sheet

Source: https://celluloidscore.com/shows/can-this-love-be-translated/
Last reviewed: 2026-07-23

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Celluloid Score | 80% |
| Critic Score | 83% |
| Audience Score | 91% |
| Metascore | 66/100 |
| IMDb | 7.9/10 |
| Fan Score | 79% |
| Creator | Hong Jung-eun & Hong Mi-ran |
| Platform | Netflix |
| Genres | Romance, Comedy, Drama |
| Seasons | 1 (12 episodes) |
| Language | Korean |
| Country | South Korea |

## Quick answer

Can This Love Be Translated? (2026) is a Romance, Comedy, Drama series created by Hong Jung-eun & Hong Mi-ran, streaming on Netflix. It holds a 80% Celluloid Score — Recommended — averaged from critic reviews (83%), audience ratings (91%), Metascore (66/100), IMDb (7.9/10), and fan ratings (79%) across 1 season.

## Critics consensus

A sleek, scenery-drunk showcase for Kim Seon-ho and Go Youn-jung's easy chemistry — critics warmed to its charm even as its late-game melodrama swerves split the fanbase down the middle.

## Synopsis

A gifted multilingual interpreter who lives by precision is hired to shadow a superstar actress who communicates almost entirely in chaos, and their working truce frays into something warmer as a globe-hopping shoot drags them from Seoul to Italy to Canada. The Hong sisters' twelve-episode Netflix rom-com, directed by Yoo Young-eun, trades on the gap between what is said and what is meant — asking whether feelings survive translation when two people keep choosing the wrong words in five languages.

## Cast

Kim Seon-ho, Go Youn-jung, Sota Fukushi, Lee E-dam, Choi Woo-sung

## Critic reviews on Celluloid: 1

## Common questions

**Is Can This Love Be Translated? worth watching?**
Can This Love Be Translated? holds a 80% Celluloid Score. It comes recommended overall. A sleek, scenery-drunk showcase for Kim Seon-ho and Go Youn-jung's easy chemistry — critics warmed to its charm even as its late-game melodrama swerves split the fanbase down the middle.

**Where can I stream Can This Love Be Translated??**
Can This Love Be Translated? streams on Netflix. It ran for 1 season (2026).

**Who created Can This Love Be Translated??**
Can This Love Be Translated? was created by Hong Jung-eun & Hong Mi-ran.

**What is the Celluloid Score of Can This Love Be Translated??**
80% — the average of five public sources: critics 83%, audience 91%, Metascore 66/100, IMDb 7.9/10, and fan score 79%.

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