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Title: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: becoin on November 27, 2012, 02:55:03 PM I'm trying to compile a list of how is the word 'bitcoin' written in different languages used all over the world?
This is what we have so far: Latin: bitcoin Japanese: ビットコイン Chinese: 比特币 Hebrew: ביטקוין Cyrillic: биткoйн Hindi, Marathi: बिटकॉइन Arabic: بتكوين Greek: μπίτκoϊν Your input as addition or correction is highly appreciated. Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: greyhawk on November 27, 2012, 03:02:07 PM Code:
Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: MysteryMiner on November 27, 2012, 03:02:28 PM Bitkoini (multiple) - Latvian language.
Bitkoins (single unit) Bitcents (single bitcent) Bitcenti (multiple bitcents) Satoši (satoshi - both single and multiple) Happy Google keyword search results hacking! Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on November 27, 2012, 03:09:46 PM I'm trying to compile a list of how is the word 'bitcoin' written in different languages used all over the world, if it differs from 'bitcoin' of course? Your input is highly appreciated. Most of the time it is Bitcoin. Here's a site that translates Bitcoin into other languages: http://en.translatethings.com/b/i/t/bitcoin.html Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: Variant on November 27, 2012, 03:39:00 PM Portuguese: Moeda de Bits (A coin made of bits). The plural is on me. Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: MemoryDealers on November 27, 2012, 04:04:50 PM In Japanese it is ビットコイン
Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: jim618 on November 27, 2012, 04:07:02 PM If you download MultiBit from multibit.org (http://multibit.org) you can see the word 'bitcoin' translated into a couple of dozen languages.
For instance the tooltip on the 'Send' tab is "Send bitcoin to someone". You can change the language on the 'Preferences' tab. The target translation languages are at translate.multibit.org (http://translate.multibit.org). Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: caveden on November 27, 2012, 04:18:39 PM Portuguese: Moeda de Bits (A coin made of bits). Nobody translates it, though. I always say "bitcoin", in all languages I can speak/write (which happen to be Portuguese, French, and English). Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: Gabi on November 27, 2012, 04:53:40 PM Bitcoin here
Do you guys also translate "computer" and "internet" btw? Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: Nicolai Larsen on November 27, 2012, 05:50:56 PM Doesn't make much sense to translate a name, btw..
Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: Raoul Duke on November 27, 2012, 05:57:12 PM Portuguese: Moeda de Bits (A coin made of bits). The plural is on me. I call it Bitcoin and so does everyone I know. I must say it's a funny translation, though. ;D Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: kokojie on November 27, 2012, 06:03:42 PM Chinese: 比特币
Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: Meni Rosenfeld on November 27, 2012, 06:15:03 PM In Hebrew it is usually simply transliterated as ביטקוין.
There is also a translation of sorts, transliterated as "Matbit", and written מטביט or מטבית. Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: Kettenmonster on November 27, 2012, 06:41:22 PM It's Bitcoin (mind the B) in german whilst being bitcoin (mind the b) in Frisonian.
Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on November 27, 2012, 07:46:46 PM Portuguese: Moeda de Bits (A coin made of bits). The plural is on me. I call it Bitcoin and so does everyone I know. I must say it's a funny translation, though. ;D Estás a meter água... Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: Spekulatius on November 27, 2012, 08:36:58 PM It's Bitcoin (mind the B) in german whilst being bitcoin (mind the b) in Frisonian. Well, although nobody says "Bitmünze" in Germany, it would be the direct translation. But then again, nobody does it because its a proper name and is not translated for that reason (like "McDonalds", "Abraham Lincoln" or "Pizza"). Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: becoin on November 27, 2012, 09:20:09 PM Guys, did I ask you to translate 'bit' and 'coin'? :)
My original question is: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? If there is a popular translation already in use, well, then use it but write it in the corresponding alphabets. Thanks for all relevant inputs so far. Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: bitodmin on November 27, 2012, 11:16:21 PM Spelled in Russian: биткoин
But, yeah, nobody does it since it's a proper name... Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: caveden on November 28, 2012, 07:23:57 AM Do you guys also translate "computer" and "internet" btw? Err, actually, computer is translated to "computador" in Portuguese and "ordinateur" (seriously!) in French. Internet is not translated. Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: Sukrim on November 28, 2012, 12:39:38 PM Computer can be translated to/used as "Rechner" (calculator), internet sometimes gets jokingly called "Internetz" ("Netz" = engl. net) in German.
Bitcoin(s) however are probably never going to be translated as "Bitmünze" - sounds weird to my ears and not "sexy" at all. I don't really get the OP: Do you want "Bitcoin" written in different alphabets (you already had hebrew, latin, japanese, cyrillic...) or "translations" (mostly the "coin" part in local language) or simply if we'd write Bitcoin with a capital B (if there are capital letters in that alphabet that is...), because I guess besides using a "k" in "coin" there's not much room for alternate spellings... Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: auzaar on November 28, 2012, 07:47:23 PM बिटकॉइन
in hindi, marathi any language which uses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: Spekulatius on November 28, 2012, 10:12:55 PM Computer can be translated to/used as "Rechner" (calculator), internet sometimes gets jokingly called "Internetz" ("Netz" = engl. net) in German. Bitcoin(s) however are probably never going to be translated as "Bitmünze" - sounds weird to my ears and not "sexy" at all. Actually, one could even dig deeper into the matter and try to dissect every part of the term "Bitcoin". "coin" is being translated alright into "Münze", which is the commonly used translation in German. "Bit" however is an actual portmanteau consisting of "binary" for "binär, dual, dyadisch or zweistellig" and "digit" for "Zahl, Ziffer or Stelle". Possible translations for it would be: - Binärzahl(en)münze - Binärziffer(n)münze - Binärstelle(n)münze - Dualzahl(en)münze - Dualziffer(n)münze - Dualstelle(n)münze - Dyadzahl(en)münze - Dyadziffer(n)münze - Dyadstelle(n)münze - Zweistellenzahl(en)münze - Zweistellenziffer(n)münze - Zweistelle(n)münze or "Münze" with the corresponding attribute, like: duale Zahlenmünze or dyadische Zahlenmünze Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: meowmeowbrowncow on November 28, 2012, 10:24:08 PM ... - Dualziffer(n)münze ... Dualziffer. Gotta love German. Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: almwaysa on November 29, 2012, 07:48:12 AM Arabic: بتكوين
Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: casascius on November 29, 2012, 07:54:35 AM Greek is a transliteration of "bitcoin" and I don't anticipate it being changed to "bit-kerma" or anything else: μπίτκoϊν
Do you guys also translate "computer" and "internet" btw? "Computer" is a word that existed before the invention of the machine we commonly call a computer as a derivative of "compute", sort of a synonym for "calculate". So for Greek for example, the word for "computer" doesn't sound like the English word, but sounds more like the word suggesting something that calculates. But "computer" would be well-understood as well. Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: casascius on November 29, 2012, 07:57:12 AM "Bit" however is an actual portmanteau consisting of "binary" for "binär, dual, dyadisch or zweistellig" and "digit" for "Zahl, Ziffer or Stelle". I always considered the "Bit" in Bitcoin to be an invocation of "BitTorrent" rather than an actual reference to a bit. I suspect that if BitTorrent were invented and originally had become popular under the name "ZitTorrent" instead of its actual known name, then Bitcoin would have been named Zitcoin. Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: deepceleron on November 29, 2012, 12:49:34 PM In Japanese it is ビットコイン Pronounced BEE-TTO-KOI-N, this is the Japanese Katakana alphabet for phonetically writing foreign words, not quite as interesting as Chinese where you can choose characters of different root meanings that together sound like Bitcoin. Most non-roman language writers still tend to write Bitcoin in English (random example: https://btcchina.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=152), but less so in Arabic due to right-to-left writing making inserting English words awkward (http://www.ed3s.com/%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86-bitcoin/) Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: becoin on November 29, 2012, 05:51:03 PM Spelled in Russian: биткoин биткoин or биткoйн?Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: becoin on December 04, 2012, 02:35:26 PM This is what we have so far:
Latin: bitcoin Japanese: ビットコイン Chinese: 比特币 Hebrew: ביטקוין Cyrillic: биткoйн Hindi, Marathi: बिटकॉइन Arabic: بتكوين Greek: μπίτκoϊν There are a lot more alphabet sets actively used on this Planet. What else? Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: John (John K.) on December 04, 2012, 07:09:50 PM I suppose it should be still called as bitcoin in the Malay/Indonesian language due to its frequent borrowing of foreign words in its dictionary. I could be wrong, though.
Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: becoin on December 04, 2012, 07:46:07 PM I suppose it should be still called as bitcoin in the Malay/Indonesian language I'm not interested so much in how it is called, but how it is written? How it is written in بهاس ملايو ?Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: deepceleron on December 05, 2012, 03:36:55 AM "Bit" however is an actual portmanteau consisting of "binary" for "binär, dual, dyadisch or zweistellig" and "digit" for "Zahl, Ziffer or Stelle". I always considered the "Bit" in Bitcoin to be an invocation of "BitTorrent" rather than an actual reference to a bit. I suspect that if BitTorrent were invented and originally had become popular under the name "ZitTorrent" instead of its actual known name, then Bitcoin would have been named Zitcoin. Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: John (John K.) on December 05, 2012, 10:23:57 AM I suppose it should be still called as bitcoin in the Malay/Indonesian language I'm not interested so much in how it is called, but how it is written? How it is written in بهاس ملايو ?Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: EskimoBob on December 05, 2012, 12:50:50 PM Do not forget Farsi! Be warned, this can cause loads of drama: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=128532.msg1368808#msg1368808 LOL
Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: becoin on December 05, 2012, 01:55:13 PM It should be still written as bitcoin (the Malay language uses the alphabet too). Okay, in Malayan bitcoin is the same as in Latin.Do not forget Farsi! Be warned, this can cause loads of drama: I know. How is it written in Farsi? Don't be shy! :)Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: arlumba on May 17, 2013, 08:00:04 AM correct: БиткoИн, not БиткoЙн.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=10.0 Title: Re: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? Post by: bitkoyun on August 28, 2013, 02:52:25 PM Latin: bitcoin Japanese: ビットコイン Chinese: 比特币 Hebrew: ביטקוין Cyrillic: биткoйн Hindi, Marathi: बिटकॉइन Arabic: بتكوين Greek: μπίτκoϊν Turkish: bitkoyun |