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One thing about writing this blog is I get sent some odd messages from fairly random PR people about fairly odd and random subjects and events. Some dull; some interesting.
Some subjects are more interesting than others…
I got an email this morning telling me:
In 2017 it was reported that the word ‘beautiful’ was, monthly, the most translated word around the world. Espresso Translations wanted to find out if that had changed and to some surprise it has.
Analysing Google search terms such as ‘how to say’ in ten countries, along with the most searched for results using Google, we can now reveal the below findings:
| Search term | Average Monthly searches |
| How to say Chocolate in Italian | 18,000 |
| How to say Chocolate in French | 18,000 |
| How to say Chocolate in Spanish | 17,459 |
| How to say Chocolate in Portuguese | 17,378 |
| How to say Chocolate in Japanese | 12,154 |
| How to say Chocolate in Dutch | 18,000 |
| How to say Chocolate in Polish | 14,744 |
| How to say Chocolate in German | 15,654 |
| How to say Chocolate in Turkish | 13,364 |
How to say beautiful is still not far behind those numbers:
| Search term | Average Monthly searches |
| How to say Beautiful in Italian | 18,000 |
| How to say Beautiful in French | 14,000 |
| How to say Beautiful in Spanish | 14,459 |
| How to say Beautiful in Portuguese | 11,378 |
| How to say Beautiful in Japanese | 12,154 |
| How to say Beautiful in Dutch | 18,000 |
| How to say Beautiful in Polish | 13,744 |
| How to say Beautiful in German | 11,654 |
| How to say Beautiful in Turkish | 13,364 |
‘Pizza’ and ‘What is your name?’ were amongst the world’s most popular searches:
| Search term | Average Monthly searches |
| How to say Beautiful in Italian | 18,000 |
| How to say Pizza in French | 16,000 |
| How to say Doctor in Spanish | 11,959 |
| How to say Beautiful in Portuguese | 11,378 |
| How to say Hello in Japanese | 9,674 |
| How to say you are welcome in Dutch | 8,000 |
| How to say cheers in Polish | 13,744 |
| How to say what is your name in German | 7,125 |
| How to say Beautiful in Turkish | 13,364 |
No payment was received for posting this blog, but I wouldn’t say No to some chocolate.
I jest, of course.
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