How to say “translation” in 34 different 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.
- traducción/tɾaduɡˈθjon/ Spanish
- ترجمة/tar.d͡ʒa.ma/ Arabic
- 번역[pʌ̹ɲʌ̹k̚] Korean
- μετάφραση[mɛˈtafɾasi] Greek
- תרגום/taʁˈɡum/ Hebrew
- অনুবাদ/onubad̪/ Bengali
“translation” in Spanish: traducción · French: traduction · German: übersetzung · Italian: traduzione · Portuguese: tradução · Korean: 번역 · Arabic: ترجمة · Turkish: çeviri
It is commonest in Malayalam, where പരിഭാഷ is the 147th most used word.
Translation in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans vertaling/fərˈtɑːləŋ/ #942
- Albanian përkthimi/pəɾkθimi/ #1,921
- Arabic ترجمة/tar.d͡ʒa.ma/ #261
- Basque itzulpen/it͡s̻ulpen/ #2,136
- Bengali অনুবাদ/onubad̪/ #558
- Bosnian prevod/prěːʋod/ #924
- Bulgarian превод[ˈprɛvot] #446
- Catalan traducció[tɾə.ðuk.siˈo] #1,911
- Croatian prijevod/prjěːʋod/ #1,015
- Czech překlad[ˈpr̝̊ɛklat] #765
- Dutch vertaling/vərˈtaː.lɪŋ/ #855
- Esperanto traduko/traˈduko/ #397
- Finnish suomennos/ˈsuo̯menːos/ Finnish translation, a translation into… #831
- French traduction/tʁa.dyk.sjɔ̃/ #2,018
- German übersetzung/ˌyːbɐˈzɛtsʊŋ(k)/ #1,957
- Greek μετάφραση[mɛˈtafɾasi] #1,243
- Hebrew תרגום/taʁˈɡum/ #1,092
- Italian traduzione/tra.du(t)ˈt͡sjo.ne/ #440
- Korean 번역[pʌ̹ɲʌ̹k̚] #683
- Macedonian превод[ˈprɛvɔt] #413
- Malay terjemahan/tərd͡ʒəmahan/ #2,108
- Malayalam പരിഭാഷ/pɐɾib(ʱ)aːʂɐ/ #147
- Persian ترجمه[t̪ʰæɹ.d͡ʒo.me] #453
- Polish tłumaczenie/twu.maˈt͡ʂɛ.ɲɛ/ #487
- Portuguese tradução/tɾa.duˈsɐ̃w̃/ #906
- Romanian traducerea/traˈdutʃeˌɾea/ #679
- Serbian prevod/prěːʋod/ #806
- Slovenian prevod/prɛʋɔ́t/ #409
- Spanish traducción/tɾaduɡˈθjon/ #2,464
- Swedish översättning/²øːvɛʂɛtːnɪŋ/ #1,398
- Tamil மொழிபெயர்ப்பு/moɻɪbɛjɐɾpːɯ/ #874
- Turkish çeviri/t͡ʃeviˈɾi/ #419
- Ukrainian переклад[peˈrɛkɫɐd] #938
- Urdu ترجمہ/t̪əɾ.d͡ʒə.mɑ(ː)/ translation; interpretation #1,471
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
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