Do you know how to say I love you in different languages? In the modern world of today, where more than 7000 languages are spoken, it often becomes different to understand and translate love in different languages. Also, not every individual on this earth can speak or understand all the languages. Hardly, 60% (an approximate figure) of the people could be able to speak, write or understand at least one of the top 10 languages spoken in the world.

Henceforth, people search for ‘translation of i love you in different languages’ through online resources. Different search trends, show that people really like to know about what is ‘love’ called in different Indian languages, and foreign languages as well. Thus, they keep using the online resources and translation tools to get their answers. However, they seldom fail to realize that there exists a huge difference between human translation and machine translation.

Before doing deep into this, first of all, let’s see what is love in different language and how is the word love written in different languages –

• English- love
• Spanish- amor
• Hindi- मोहब्बत, or mohabbat
• Japanese-愛, or Ai
• Mandarin Chinese -爱, or Ài
• Bengali- ভালবাসা, or Bhālabāsā
• Punjabi-ਪਸੰਦ ਹੈ, or Pasada hai
• Arabic- حب
• Marathi- प्रेम, or prēma
• Italian – amore
• Tamil – அன்பு, or Anpu
• Oriya – ପ୍ରେମ, or prēma
• Portuguese- amor
• Urdu – محبت
• Malayalam – സ്നേഹം, or snēhaṁ
• Vietnamese- yêu
• German- liebe
• Russian- люблю, or lyublyu
• Guajarati- પ્રેમ, or prēma
• Kannada- ಪ್ರೀತಿ, or Prīti
• Korean – 애정, or aejeong
• Burmese- ချစ်ခြင်းမေတ္တာ, or hkyithkyinnmayttar
• Telugu – ప్రేమ, or prēma
• French- amour
• Turkish- Aşk
• Javanese- tresna
• Thai- ความรัก, or Khwām rạk
• Polish- miłość
• Ukrainian- любов, or lyubov
• Persian- عشق

These are the most popular languages, which are generally searched by people to find the meaning of love in different languages. This is based on how the native communicators (including the second language speakers and third language speakers) speak the word ‘love’ in their languages.

If you observe it correctly, you may find that the word “prēma” is used to refer to love in Oriya, Marathi, Telugu and Guajarati languages. But, they are written differently in different languages. This is something which humans can understand, but the auto-translation tools cannot. So, it clearly implies that human translation is more effective and has an upper hand over automatic translation.

The Problem with Auto Translation

The online resources and translation tools that you use generally have a problem of understanding the semantics, i.e. the meaning and gist of the context. The machine or application finds it very difficult to use a specific phrase or term into someone’s point of view or proper perspective.

Cultural sensitivity is also one of the major problems found with machine translation. Different words have different meanings in different languages. A human translator can very well understand this fact; But, not a machine. The word selection is often poor. For instance, a Spanish native may speak te amo instead of te quiero to say I love you or express his/ her love. This is because the former has a deeper meaning and is the actual appropriate word.

Another issue that you may find is with the word order. Use of translation software is inapt in many cases and languages, where the pair of adjective-noun is changed and switched to noun-adjective. The software will make you lost in translation.

So, if you ever want to know what something turns out to be in different languages, you must definitely oft for a human hand. Love is beautiful and to know more about what it is called in global languages try to take the help of translators, language learners or some books. They are much better than what you call as the online translation tools.

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