World Cup 2010 Blog: How to Say “World Cup” in 36 Languages

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How to Say “World Cup” in 36 Languages Posted: 04 Mar 2010 06:00 PM PST The World Cup is a global event. Every nation on earth watches, and talks about. Even if your nation isn’t one of the lucky 32 that gets to compete, you’re still oddly involved (speaking from personal experience there, unfortunately). Even non-football fans watch. Which is insane when you think about it. But not everyone speaks English, so not everyone calls this tournament the World Cup. In French it’s the Coupe du Monde. In German the Weltmeisterschaft. In Spanish the Copa do Mundo La Copa Mundial and in Italian the Coppa del Mondo Il Mondiale. And in Hindi it’s विश्व कप, which I have no idea how to pronounce. Below is a list of every translation I could find, from Afrikaans to Hebrew to Welsh… Afrikaans: Wêreldbeker Arabic: كأس العالم Belarusian: Кубак свету Bulgarian: Световно първенство Catalan: Copa del Món Chinese: 世界杯 Czech: Světový pohár Finnish: Maailmancup French: Coupe du Monde Galician: Campionato do Mundo German: Weltmeisterschaft Greek: Παγκόσμιο Κύπελλο Hebrew: גביע העולם Hindi: विश्व कप Hungarian: Világ Kupa Icelandic: Heimsmeistarakeppnin Indonesian: Piala Dunia Irish: Corn an Domhain Italian: Coppa del Mondo Il Mondiale Japanese: W杯 Korean: 세계 축구 Lithuanian: Pasaulio čempionatas Malay: Piala Dunia Maltese: Tazza tad-Dinja Persian: جام جهانی Portuguese: Copa do Mundo Romanian: Cupa Mondială Russian: Кубок мира Serbian: Светско првенство Slovakian: Svetový pohár Spanish: Copa do Mundo La Copa Mundial Swedish: Världscupen (aka VM) Thai: ฟุตบอลโลก Turkish: Dünya Kupası Ukrainian: Кубок світу Vietnamese: Cúp bóng đá thế giới Welsh: Cwpan y Byd Since this list was mostly put together using Google Translate and internet forums, it’s very very possible that some of the above is incorrect. Maybe some of the above are the words “World” and “Cup” correctly translated, but the tournament is actually called something else in that language. So any corrections or additions are welcomed in the comments. Phonetic pronunciations for the more unfamiliar looking languages also welcome.

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