通天塔（The Tower of Babel）是2002年在日本上映的，富士电视台制片的，由高桥伸之导演，柏原崇、井上纯一主演的电视剧。
麦洛：他们的语言一定基于方言，就像通天塔。
Milo: Their language must be based on a root dialect It's just like Tower of Babel.
从译学研究的思维方式看，“通天塔”与“巴别塔”就不仅是个译名问题了。
The two names can be seen as metaphors of two approaches to translation studies.
这可能是由于直子的扮演者是主演过《通天塔》(2006)的菊地凛子的缘故，但冗长的疗养院的悲伤场景却没法打动观众。
This may be due to the casting of Kikuchi – the poster girl for troubled Japanese youth following her performance in Babel (2006) – but the lengthy sanatorium scenes are mournful rather than moving.
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