Topic: How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages? (Read 4096 times)
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
correct: БиткoИн, not БиткoЙн.
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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! 
Do not forget Farsi! Be warned, this can cause loads of drama: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1368808 LOL
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 ?
"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.
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 ?
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.
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?
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?
Spelled in Russian: биткoин
биткoин or биткoйн? 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/)
"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.
Greek is a transliteration of "bitcoin" and I don't anticipate it being changed to "bit-kerma" or anything else: μπίτκoϊν
"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.
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.
Arabic: بتكوين
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- Dualziffer(n)münze
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Dualziffer. Gotta love German.
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.
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
बिटकॉइन
in hindi, marathi any language which uses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari
in hindi, marathi any language which uses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari
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...
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...
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.
Spelled in Russian: биткoин
But, yeah, nobody does it since it's a proper name...
But, yeah, nobody does it since it's a proper name...
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