It isn’t translation, it is mistranslation. Cross is NOTHING like the great books. And starting Reacher with 5 ‘7” Tom Cruise then putting in a properly sized and formidable Reacher, but mistranslating the story and cast as an episode of Marvel comics, killed Reacher for me. Read a Reacher book, then binge watch season 2 and you will see what I mean.
I will say this for the first Cruise Reacher movie. At the time the movie came out, I never heard of the Reacher series. The movie piqued my interest and I started reading the series. So, thanks to the first film, I was introduced to the series. In fact, Lee Child has said the same. Many fans of Reacher now was introduced to the character and series because of the Tom Cruise film.