The quote loses something 'in translation'. [=the quote does not have the same meaning or effectiveness when it is translated into another language]
Something must have gotten 'lost in translation' [=lost when changed from one language into another] because the joke isn't funny in English.
I have only read Dostoevsky 'in translation'. [=in translated form]
(..) I can tell you that it's impossible to translate from an audio file. I would need to be there to interact with them. You didn't need that for the Farsi translation. I didn't need it because I already knew the language, but this is... I know what you're doing. - Tell me what I'm doing. (..)2016 Arrival
(..) and already the public expects us to know the answers. I'm Colonel G.T. Weber. We never formally met, but two years ago, you did some Farsi translation for Army Intellenge? - Oh. You made quick work of those insurgent videos. You made quick work of those insurgents. (..)2016 Arrival