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Canadian Travel Essential

30/06/2014 1 Comment

sorryHappy Canada Day! (July 1)

Yes, Canadians will apologize if you bump into them. (But I bet you do too – it’s not limited to Brits and Canadians).

Sorry can mean a lot of things = true apology, preface to uncomfortable information, request for repeating information, and even getting mad. Check the tone when you’ve bumped into someone – their sorry could be suggesting that you apologize.

Because Canadian’s use this word so much, I created a Canadian translation image.

sorry in several languages

Essential Canadian Travel Word

What languages are on the image?

I used the Nice Translator and tried to get as many languages as possible. I translated ‘sorry’ only. I also tried ‘I’m sorry’ but many of the translations were the same. Please take a look and see if the translations are wrong – I’ll fix as soon as possible! And of course, I’ll apologize!

Arabic عذراً Klingon jIQoS
Bulgarian Съжалявам Korean 죄송 합니다
Catalan ho sento Latvian piedodiet
Chinese simple 抱歉 Lithuanian atleisk
Chinese T 抱歉 Malay Maaf
Czech Promiň Maltese sorry
Danish Beklager Norwegian unnskyld
Dutch Sorry Persian متاسفم
Estonian Kahju Polish Przepraszam
Finnish Anteeksi Portugese Sinto muito
French Désolé Pardon Romanian îmi pare rău
German Tut mir Leid Russian Извините
Greek Συγνώμη Slovak prepáč
Haitian m regrèt Slovenian oprosti
Hebrew . מצטער Spanish lo siento
Hindi क्षमा करें Swedish Förlåt
Hmong Daw thov txim Thai ขออภัย
Hungarian bocsánat Turkish Özür dilerim
Indonesian Maaf Ukranian Вибач
Italian Mi dispiace Urdu معاف کیجئے گا
Japanese 申し訳ありませんが Vietnamese Xin lỗi
Welsh mae’n flin gen i

(I’m sort of proud that Klingon was included)

Merchandise available 🙂

To start, I’ve put things on Zazzle but please let me know if you want any other options! I’ve also tried redbubble but I’m not sure it is working correctly.

shirt (available in different colours)

shirt (available in different colours)

 

postcard to remember time in Canada

postcard to remember time in Canada

 

luggage tag

luggage tag

the requisite mug (available as travel mug too)

the requisite mug (available as travel mug too)

sticker

sticker

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Filed Under: Misc, travelgeek Tagged With: apologies, Canada Day, Canadians, graphic, maple leaf, sorry

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