In these times of COVID-19 when traveling is scarce for whatever reason and wherever we are, it’s great to have access to the simple pleasures of Google’s Street View. Walking down the streets, driving through areas, watching what we might find behind a corner - even if some maps do need some updating too. And planning perhaps some future trip.

So let’s explore a bit. À la Language Day. Let’s see how the word map translates in different languages. Also, after the word follows the sentence “Where is it on the map?” Feel free to suggest additional languages!

Chinese: ditú 地图 (pronunciation)
Croatian: karta - Gdje je na karti?
Danish: kort - Hvor er det på kortet?
English: map - Where is it on the map?
Estonian: kaart - Kus see kaardil on?
Finnish: kartta - Missä se on kartalla?
French: carte - Où est-il sur la carte?
Gaelic: mhapa - Càite a bheil e air a ’mhapa?
German: Karte - Wo ist es auf der Karte?
Greek: χάρτης (pronunciation) - Poú vrísketai ston chárti? Πού βρίσκεται στον χάρτη;
Hawaiian: palapala ʻāina - Aia ma hea ka palapala ʻāina?
Hindi: naksha नक्शा - yah maanachitr par kahaan hai? यह मानचित्र पर कहां है?
Icelandic: kort - Hvar er það á kortinu?
Irish: léarscáil - Cá bhfuil sé ar an léarscáil?
Italian: carta/mappa - Dov´è sulla mappa?
Japanese: chizu 地図 - Chizu no dokoni arimasu ka? 地図のどこにありますか？
Norwegian: kart - Hvor er det på kartet?
Polish: mapa (pronunciation) - Gdzie to jest na mapie?
Portuguese: mapa - Onde está no mapa?
Russian: ка́рта - Gde eta na karte? Где это на карте?
Spanish: mapa - Donde está en el mapa?
Swahili: ramani - Iko wapi kwenye ramani?
Swedish: karta - Var finns det på kartan?
Welsh: map - Ble mae ar y map?

Screen capture of Indian Rocks Road, Largo FL

Updated 29.11.2020