How to say “translation” in 34 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Malayalam, where പരിഭാഷ is the 147th most used word.
- Afrikaans vertaling #942
- Albanian përkthimi #1,921
- Arabic ترجمة #261
- Basque itzulpen #2,136
- Bengali অনুবাদ #558
- Bosnian prevod #924
- Bulgarian превод #446
- Catalan traducció #1,911
- Croatian prijevod #1,015
- Czech překlad #765
- Dutch vertaling #855
- Esperanto traduko #397
- Finnish suomennos Finnish translation, a translation into… #831
- French traduction #2,018
- German übersetzung #1,957
- Greek μετάφραση #1,243
- Hebrew תרגום #1,092
- Italian traduzione #440
- Korean 번역 #683
- Macedonian превод #413
- Malay terjemahan #2,108
- Malayalam പരിഭാഷ #147
- Persian ترجمه #453
- Polish tłumaczenie #487
- Portuguese tradução #906
- Romanian traducerea #679
- Serbian prevod #806
- Slovenian prevod #409
- Spanish traducción #2,464
- Swedish översättning #1,398
- Tamil மொழிபெயர்ப்பு #874
- Turkish çeviri #419
- Ukrainian переклад #938
- Urdu ترجمہ translation; interpretation #1,471
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.