Esperanto

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Esperanto was developed by L. L. Zamenhof in the late nineteenth century as a universal second-language. His idea was that everyone would benefit if Esperanto were to be adopted by all as a second language so that people who did not speak each other's national language could communicate easily with each other. In this way, scientists, artists, diplomats and merchants could make their ideas and needs known to each other without the aid of translators.

Esperanto is easier to learn than a national language and efforts are made to keep it from changing much so that users can communicate well regardless of their own cultures. As to the number of fluent Esperantists, estimates vary widely from about 250,000 to 2 million. There has been some energy devoted to getting the United Nations assembly to adopt Esperanto so as to save millions of dollars on translations. Some interest has been shown by the U.N. but people think highly of their own languages and don't want to go international, even though they belong to an international organization.
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Sumer

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Sumer: Middle English = Spring. Best known from the song Sumer is icumen in. The word is often translated as Summer, but as far as I can tell, it is properly Spring. Spring makes a lot more sense to the rest of the song than Summer would. I translated the song into Esperanto.-

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Pithy quote: "If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all." -Michelangelo Buonarroti
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Sneeze

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Sneeze: Sudden expulsion of air and particles from the lungs.
In Spanish: Estornudo. Also in Spanish it is "atchís" (pronounced "a" as in "hat", and the rest as in "cheess", and "atchús" (pronounced "a" as in "hat", and the rest as in "chooss").
In Esperanto: Terno (pronounced "tare-noh).
In French: Éternuement. Also in French it is "atchoum" (pronounced "a" as in "hat", and the rest as in "choom").
In German: Niesen, Also in German it is "hatschi" (pronounced "ha" as in "harp", and the rest as "chee" as in "cheese").
In Polish: Kichanie
In Chinese: 打喷嚏 , In Chinese it is "penti" (喷嚏).
In Italian: Starnutire
In Russian: чихать, In Russian it is "hapchkhi" ("апчхи").
In Kannada it is "seenu".
In Arabic" عطسة" (atsa).
In Persian it is "atseh"
In Bulgarian it is "апчих"("upchikh" pronounced "up" as the word "up", "chi" as in "children", and "kh" as "ch" in "Loch").
In Welsh it is "achw" (pronounced "a" as in "hat" and "choo" as in "choose")
In Portuguese it is "atchim" (pronounced "at" as in "matte", and "chim" like in "chin").
In Danish it is "atjuu" (pronounced "a" as in "hat", "tj" as "ch" in "rich", and "uu" as "oo" in "Boo!").
In Dutch it is "hatsjoe" (pronounced "ha" as in "harp", "tsj" as "ch" in "rich", and "oe" as "oo" in "Boo!"),
and "hatsjie" (pronounced "ha" as in "harp", and the rest as "chee" as in "cheese").
In Hebrew it is "apchee" (pronounced "a" as in "up", and the rest as "chee" as in "cheese").
In Hindi it is "chheenk".
In Indonesia it is "'hatchi'".
In Japanese it is "hakushon" or "kushami". Written as はくしょん or 嚏（くしゃみ).
In Cantonese it is "hut-chi" (乞嚏) .
In Latvian it is "apčī", (pronounced "ap" as in "up" and the rest is "chee").
In Marathi it is "shheenka".
In Polish it is "apsik" (pronounced "apsheek").
In Slovene is "apćiha".
In Turkish it is "hapşuu" (pronounced as "hupshoo").
In Romanian it is "hapciu" (pronounced as "hupchue").
In Urdu it is "chheenk" (pronounced as chheenk with stress on chh).
In Norwegian it is "atsjo".
In Tagalog it is "hatsing" (pronounced as "haching").
In Thai it is "Hutchew or Hutchei" (ฮัดชิ่ว or ฮัดเช่ย) (pronounced hut as "hut" and chew as "chiu" or and chei as "chei").
In Tamil it is "Thummal".
In Malayalam it is "Thummal".
In Telugu it is "Thummu".
In Icelandic it is "Atsjú" (pronounced "achoo").
In somali it is "Hindis"
In Gimerish language\gimerish it is "Gimer" (pronounced "loogee").

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Translations

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Below is a list of stories, poems and songs I have translated into Esperanto:

Araby by James Joyce
This is Just to Say by William Carlos Williams
Eveline by James Joyce
The Open Door by Saki
Haiku by Jack Wilson
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert Frost
Sing a Song of Sixpence - Anonymous
The Plot Against the Giant by Wallace Stevens
Mary Had a Little Lamb - Anonymous
The Mouse by Saki
Fog by Carl Sandburg
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Jerome Kern
P is for Peas by MFK Fisher
Pardon Me O God by Robert Frost
Turn Right by Jack Wilson
About Moore’s Visit to the Circus by Elizabeth Bishop
Sumer is a cumin in - Anonymous
The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams
The Witness by Jorge Luis Borges
You Will Know that I Love You by Teddy Fregoso
Girl from Ipanema by Antonio Carlos Jobim et al

These translations can be found by clicking on the title of this article.
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