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FIFA World Cup Translation

As the football craze is heating up, more and more national flags are now

exhibited outside of balconies, pubs, as well as on top of vehicles to showsupport for national football teams. Although we are still experiencing sluggish

economic conditions, the 2010 FIFA World Cup is definitely a welcomed

distraction for us for the coming four to five weeks.

The 2010 FIFA World Cup is the largest sporting event in the world and millions

of viewers will be watching the games. The World Cup takes place every four

years and is hosted by a different country every time. The championship has

been competed since 1930 apart for 1942 and 1946 when World War II broke

out. Although the World Cup has been running for 80 years, it has always been

won by only a handful of countries Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Uruguay,

France and England. Hopefully, the 2010 World Cup will have different surprisesfor all of us.

South Africa will be the proud nation host for the coming competitions between

11th June and 11th July 2010. This is without a doubt going to be the craziest

month for many loyal football fans and many will not get much sleep because

they are watching the matches in different time zones. It is even more difficult

for those who are also working. We certainly hope their employers are watching

it too!

As football unites us all, we would like to take the opportunity to provide the

football fans with a list of how the phrase FIFA World Cup is written in different

languages all over the world.

1. Afrikaans: Sokker-Wreldbeker

2. Arabic:

3. Bulgarian:

4. Catalan: Copa del Mn de Futbol

5. Cantonese: FIFA

6. Chinese: FIFA (for short)

7. Czech: Mistrovstv svta ve fotbale

8. Danish: Verdensmesterskabet i fodbold (for short: VM i fodbold)

9. Dutch: Wereldkampioenschap voetbal

10.Finnish: Jalkapallon maailmanmestaruuskilpailut

11.French: Coupe du monde de football

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12.Galician: Copa do Mundo de Ftbol

13.German: Fuball-Weltmeisterschaft

14.Greek:

15.Hebrew:

16.Hungarian: Labdarg-vilgbajnoksg

17.Icelandic: Heimsmeistarakeppnin knattspyrnu

18.Indonesian: Piala Dunia FIFA

19.Irish: Corn Sacair an Domhain

20.Italian: Campionato mondiale di calcio

21.Javanese language: Piala Donya FIFA

22.Japanese: FIFA

23.Korean: FIFA

24.Lithuanian: FIFA Pasaulio taur

25.Malay: Piala Dunia FIFA

26.Maltese: Tazza tad-Dinja tal-Futbol

27.Portuguese: Copa do Mundo FIFA

28.Romanian: Campionatul Mondial de Fotbal

29.Polish: Campionatul Mondial de Fotbal

30.Russian: (for short )

31.Serbian:

32.Slovakian: Majstrovstv sveta vo futbale

33.Slovenian: Svetovno prvenstvo v nogometu

34.Spanish: Copa Mundial de Ftbol

35.Swedish: Vrldsmsterskapet i fotboll

36.Turkish: FIFA Dnya Kupas

37.Ukrainian:

38.Venetian: Canpionato mondiae de baon

39.Vietnamese: Gii v ch bng th gii

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40.Welsh: Cwpan y Byd Pl-droed