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| naomi94 Newbie United States thepolyglotexperienc Joined 4657 days ago 17 posts - 15 votes Studies: Swedish, French | Message 9 of 17 29 October 2012 at 5:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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you guys are awesome! thanks so much!
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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4842 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian | Message 10 of 17 29 October 2012 at 6:38pm | IP Logged | ||
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Here's the German version. Halloween isn't really a German custom, although Halloween parties have become more and more popular since the 1990s. Traditionally, the Protestants celebrate 'Reformationstag' (Reformation Day) on October 31, while the Catholics celebrate 'Allerheiligen' (All Saints' Day) on November 1.
spider - die Spinne fall, autumn - der Herbst broom - der Besen candy - die Süßigkeit candle - die Kerze cemetery - der Friedhof black cat - die schwarze Katze bat - die Fledermaus pumpkin - der Kürbis costume - das Kostüm/die Verkleidung devil - der Teufel scarecrow - die Vogelscheuche ghost - der Geist/das Gespenst jack-o'-lantern - (doesn't exist in German, a description would be: die Kürbislaterne) leaf - das Blatt Halloween - das Halloween to haunt - spuken, umgehen to play a trick (on someone) - (jemandem) einen Streich spielen goblin - der Kobold mask - die Maske mummy - die Mumie monster - das Monster/das Ungeheuer October - der Oktober witch - die Hexe skeleton - das Skelett All Saints' Day - das Allerheiligen the thirty-first - der Einunddreißigste vampire - der Vampir Edited by Josquin on 29 October 2012 at 7:08pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| vonPeterhof Tetraglot Senior Member Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4770 days ago 715 posts - 1527 votes Speaks: Russian*, EnglishC2, Japanese, German Studies: Kazakh, Korean, Norwegian, Turkish | Message 11 of 17 29 October 2012 at 6:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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If y'all don't mind I'll make lists for two languages, Russian and Japanese. In the Japanese square brackets I added the kanji for words that are more commonly written in kana (or Hindu-Arabic numerals, in the case of dates).
spider паук クモ「蜘蛛」 autumn осень 秋 broom метла ほうき「帚/箒」 candy конфета お菓子/あめ「飴」 candle свеча ろうそく「蝋燭/蠟燭」 cemetery кладбище 墓地 black cat черная кошка 黒猫 bat летучая мышь コウモリ「蝙蝠」 pumpkin тыква カボチャ「南瓜」/パンプキン costume костюм コスチューム devil черт/дьявол 悪魔 scarecrow пугало かかし「案山子/鹿驚」 ghost привидение/призрак 幽霊/亡霊 Jack-o'-lantern Светильник Джека [If the Russian Wikipedia is to be believed; personally I've never heard this term translated into Russian] ジャックランタン leaf лист 葉 Halloween Хэллоуин ハロウィーン/ハロウィン to haunt преследовать (кого-то) [a person]; обитать (где-то), появляться (где-то) [a place] 出没する to play a trick (on someone) разыгрывать (кого-то) （誰かに）いたずら「悪戯」をする goblin гоблин ゴブリン mask маска 仮面 mummy мумия ミイラ「木乃伊」 monster монстр 化け物/モンスター october октябрь １０月「十月」 witch ведьма 魔女 skeleton скелет 骸骨 All Saints' day День всех святых [Catholic]; Неделя всех святых [Orthodox; the word "Неделя" in this case doesn't mean "week", it's just the archaic word for "Sunday"] 諸聖人の祝日 the thirty-first тридцать первое ３１日「三十一日」 vampire вампир 吸血鬼/バンパイア/ヴァンパイア 5 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| naomi94 Newbie United States thepolyglotexperienc Joined 4657 days ago 17 posts - 15 votes Studies: Swedish, French | Message 12 of 17 29 October 2012 at 9:22pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you everybody. I created the first list of words for my blog. There were so many
responses that I am going to make a second image. This was a LOT of work. I tried to post the image here but it did not work. If you cannot see it, then go to my blog, I am uploading it there now.http://thepolyglotexperience.blogspot.com/ If any of you would like a direct link back to any of your personal websites or blogs, let me know and I will give you a link as a contributor. Edited by naomi94 on 29 October 2012 at 9:25pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| FireViN Diglot Senior Member Brazil missaoitaliano.wordpRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5227 days ago 196 posts - 292 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2 Studies: Italian | Message 13 of 17 30 October 2012 at 1:41pm | IP Logged | ||
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Well, halloween is not celebrated in Brazil either, but here are the translations to (brazilian) Portuguese:
spider - aranha fall, autumn - outono broom - vassoura candy - doce candle - vela cemetery - cemitério black cat – gato preto bat - morcego pumpkin - abóbora costume – fantasia devil - diabo scarecrow - espantalho ghost - fantasma jack-o'-lantern – There’s no word for that in Portuguese, I guess. “Lanterna de abóbora” (?) leaf - folha Halloween – Dia das buxas to haunt - assombrar to play a trick (on someone) – pregar uma peça / fazer uma pegadinha goblin – gnomo/duende mask - máscara mummy - múmia monster - monstro October - outubro witch - bruxa skeleton - esqueleto All Saints' Day – dia de Todos os Santos the thirty-first – If you mean “the thirty-first of october”, the most accurate translation would be “o trigésimo primeiro dia de outubro”, but in Brazil we simply say “dia trinta e um de outubro", so I guess "dia trinta e um" will do. vampire - vampiro 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| bela_lugosi Hexaglot Senior Member Finland Joined 6452 days ago 272 posts - 376 votes Speaks: English, Finnish*, Italian, Spanish, German, Swedish Studies: Russian, Estonian, Smi, Latin | Message 14 of 17 31 October 2012 at 3:01pm | IP Logged | ||
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Finnish:
spider hämähäkki autumn syksy broom luuta candy karkki candle kynttilä cemetery hautausmaa black cat musta kissa bat lepakko pumpkin kurpitsa costume asu devil paholainen scarecrow linnunpelätin ghost haamu / aave / kummitus jack-o'-lantern kurpitsalyhty leaf lehti Halloween Halloween to haunt kummitella to play a trick (on someone) tehdä kepponen (jollekulle) goblin peikko mask naamio / naamari mummy muumio monster hirviö October lokakuu pumpkin kurpitsa witch noita skeleton luuranko All Saints' Day Pyhäinmiesten päivä the thirty-first kolmaskymmenesensimmäinen vampire vampyyri Most Finns do not celebrate Halloween. We have our own holy feast to celebrate the end of harvesting called kekri or köyri. :) It's an old tradition that is still alive in many places but I guess most younger Finns have never even heard about it, which is a shame... Most traditions related to kekri are now being followed at Christmas that is originally a pre-Christian feast, too. Edited by bela_lugosi on 31 October 2012 at 3:05pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Arekkusu Hexaglot Senior Member Canada bit.ly/qc_10_lec Joined 5379 days ago 3971 posts - 7747 votes Speaks: English, French*, GermanC1, Spanish, Japanese, Esperanto Studies: Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Estonian | Message 15 of 17 31 October 2012 at 5:21pm | IP Logged | ||
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If I may just adjust the list for Québec French:
une chandelle candle une citrouille pumpkin 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| maxval Pentaglot Senior Member Bulgaria maxval.co.nr Joined 5071 days ago 852 posts - 1577 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, Bulgarian, English, Spanish, Russian Studies: Latin, Modern Hebrew | Message 16 of 17 01 November 2012 at 6:01pm | IP Logged | ||
Here are the Hungarian and Bulgarian versions. The 1st one is the English, the 2nd is the Hungarian, and the 3rd one is the Bulgarian version. It should be noted that neither in Hungary, nor in Bulgaria there is a Halloween feast in the American sense. In Hungary there is an All Saints Day on November 1, however there are no Halloween traditions linked to it, it is a day of mourning and going to the cementery to the graves of relativs. In Bulgaria All Saints Day is in May or June, it is the 1st Sunday after Pentecost. spider pók паяк fall, autumn ősz есен broom seprű метла candy cukorka бонбон candle gyertya свещ cemetery temető гробище black cat fekete macska черна котка bat denevér прилеп pumpkin tök тиква costume jelmez костюм devil ördög дявол scarecrow madárijesztő плашило ghost szellem дух jack-o'-lantern töklámpás фенер от тиква leaf levél лист Halloween Halloween Хелоуин to haunt (sorry, I dont understand this word) to play a trick (on someone) (there is no translation, as there is no such tradition in Hungary and Bulgaria, this can be only paraphrased) goblin manó гоблин mask álarc маска mummy múmia мумия monster szörnyeteg чудовище October október октомври pumpkin tök тиква witch boszorkány вещица skeleton csontváz скелет All Saints' Day Mindszentek Napja Вси светии the thirty-first a harmincegyedik тридесет и първият vampire vámpir вампир 1 person has voted this message useful |
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