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]
(..) But this book, does not burn. It does not fucking burn. Tell me what's going on here. This book, using some... ancient alphabet. Here's some translations, but it's just a scattered written notes. They all refer to some... "evil entity"... A taker of souls. A demon. (..)2013 Evil Dead