{"id":2023,"date":"2014-11-20T22:09:47","date_gmt":"2014-11-21T04:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?page_id=2023"},"modified":"2025-05-31T23:10:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T06:10:16","slug":"the-translation-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/?page_id=2023","title":{"rendered":"The Translation Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

This project attempts to translate the English phrase “Space Elevator” (or “Elevator to Space”) into other languages. If you have a translation that I don’t have, or a correction to one I do have, please contact me at ted@spaceelevatorblog.com<\/span>. Thank you!<\/p>\n

For each language, the language name is shown, along with the translation and then, if available, a short pronunciation guide.<\/p>\n

Afrikaans: Ruimtehyser<\/strong> (‘ui’ sounds like ‘ei’, but it is rounded and lengthened. ‘y’ sounds exactly like ‘ei’. Both r’s are rolled.)<\/p>\n

Arabic: \u0645\u0635\u0639\u062f \u0641\u0636\u0627\u0626\u064a<\/strong> (misa’ad fadaey)<\/p>\n

Bengali: \u09ae\u09b9\u09be\u0995\u09be\u09b6 \u09b2\u09bf\u09ab\u099f<\/strong> (Mah\u0101k\u0101\u015ba lipha\u1e6da – “Great Sky Lift” or “Space Lift”<\/p>\n

Chinese: \u5b87\u5b99\u7535\u68af<\/strong> (Y\u01d4zhu di\u00e0nt\u012b)<\/p>\n

Croatian: Nebesko Dizalo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Czech: vesm\u00edrn\u00fd v\u00fdtah<\/strong><\/p>\n

Danish: Rumelevator<\/strong> (The first r is glottal or alveolar, as in French. ‘Rum’ sounds like ‘room’, but the oo is very short as in ‘put’. ‘Elevator’ is pronounced fairly similarly to English, but the stress is on ‘va’.)<\/p>\n

Dutch: Ruimtelift<\/strong> Esperanto: Spac Lift<\/strong><\/p>\n

Estonian: Kosmoselift<\/strong> (KOSmoselift is proper announciation. And ‘o’-s pronounce like ‘aw’-s in English.<\/p>\n

Finnish: Avaruushissi<\/strong> French: Ascenseur Spatial<\/strong><\/p>\n

German: Weltraumaufzug<\/strong><\/p>\n

Greek: \u0394\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03c4\u03b7\u03bc\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 \u0391\u03bd\u03b5\u03bb\u03ba\u03c5\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03c1\u03b1\u03c2<\/strong> (THEE-A-SSTEEM-EEK-OSS AN-ELK-EESS-TEER-ASS) **Double S means, pronounce it as a clear S as in Super, Stimulating, or Science rather than S as in “The Blues” or “Barrows”. Again try to focus to the primary sounds of the letters rather than letting accent take over. AN as in “ANarchy”, ELK like the animal but a simple raw E…like “Ebony”, double S as above, TEER as in “LanTIRn”, ASS as in “Carcass”.<\/p>\n

Hebrew: \u05de\u05e2\u05dc\u05d9\u05ea \u05d7\u05dc\u05dc<\/strong> (ma’alit khalal)<\/p>\n

Hindi: \u0905\u0902\u0924\u0930\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937 \u090f\u0932\u0947\u0935\u0947\u091f\u0930<\/strong> (Anthariksh elevator)<\/p>\n

Hungarian: \u0170rfelvon\u00f3<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia): lift antariksa<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0elevator antariksa<\/strong><\/p>\n

Italian: Ascensore Spaziale<\/strong><\/p>\n

Japanese: \u5b87\u5b99\u30a8\u30ec\u30d9\u30fc\u30bf<\/strong> (uchoo elevator – u is pronounced like the ‘oo’ in ‘wood’)<\/p>\n

Kalaallisut (Greenlandic) \u2013 Qilaksioqqut<\/strong>\u00a0(pronounced KEE-lack-see-OK-coot)<\/p>\n

Korean: \uc6b0\uc8fc \uc5d8\ub9ac\ubca0\uc774\ud130<\/strong><\/p>\n

Latin: Elev\u0101tor spatialis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leet: 5P4(3 3L3\\\/470R<\/strong><\/p>\n

Norwegian: Romheis<\/strong> or Romelevator<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pig Latin: Acespay Elevatorway<\/strong><\/p>\n

Polish: Winda Kosmiczna<\/strong><\/p>\n

Portuguese: Elevador Espacial<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quechua: Hanan pampa chuklla\u00a0<\/strong>(A conceptual approximation: \u201cskyward lifting platform\u201d)<\/p>\n

Romanian: Ascensor Spa\u0163ial<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Russian: \u041a\u043e\u0441\u043c\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u041b\u0438\u0444\u0442<\/strong> (stress is on the second syllable: CosMEECHeski Leeft)<\/p>\n

Serbian: Svemirsko Dizalo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Slovenian: Vesoljsko Dvigalo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Spanish: Ascensor Espacial<\/strong><\/p>\n

Swahili: Lifti ya Anga<\/strong> (“elevator of space”, pronounced “LEE-f-tee yah AH-ng-ah” – Tips: Emphasize the “LEE” and “AH” sounds, and keep the “ng” soft, like in “sing,” not “finger.”<\/p>\n

Swedish: Rymdhiss<\/strong><\/p>\n

Telugu: \u0c05\u0c02\u0c24\u0c30\u0c3f\u0c15\u0c4d\u0c37 \u0c0e\u0c32\u0c3f\u0c35\u0c47\u0c1f\u0c30\u0c4d<\/strong> (Antariksha elev\u0113\u1e6dar – “Space Elevator” or “Cosmos Elevator”<\/p>\n

Welsh: Lifft Ofod<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This project attempts to translate the English phrase “Space Elevator” (or “Elevator to Space”) into other languages. If you have a translation that I don’t have, or a correction to one I do have, please contact me at ted@spaceelevatorblog.com. Thank you! For each language, the language name is shown, along with the translation and then, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2023","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2023"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2678,"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2023\/revisions\/2678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spaceelevatorblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}