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39degN -

Hi, guys, I got a question, I would like to know how do you speak "Lattitude 39 degrees North" in
different languages such as Spanish, Italian, French, German, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, and so
on...

Thanks in advance!

BTW, long time no see!



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HashiriKata -

北緯三十九度 (Japanese), 北纬三十九度 (Chinese)

(Spot the diferences! )










39degN -

Thank you, HashiriKata!
It's interesting that the Japanese version and the Chinese version are exactly the same...










jannetuukkanen -

In Finnish:

Kolmekymmentäyhdeksän astetta pohjoista leveyttä.

...or preferably: 39 astetta pohjoista leveyttä.


JanneT










芳芳 -

I can help for the French part:

"Latitude trente-neuf (39) degrés Nord". Not very exotic, look a lot like the english version.










39degN -

Thank you Janne, 芳芳,that's very helpful!
Wow, so impressive that the Finnish "39" is such a long word!










trien27 -

The Japanese and Chinese version are the same because they used the Chinese characters, which
Japanese called Kanji (literally "Chinese characters")! Actually the Japanese version = the
Traditional Chinese version, because that's what was taken into Japan from Korea via China.
Simplification of Traditional Chinese characters didn't occur until 1958. Japanese simplified some
Chinese characters and called it their own.










Jose -

Spanish: "Treinta y nueve (39) grados [de] latitud norte"
Catalan: "Trenta-nou (39) graus [de] latitud nord"
Portuguese: "Trinta e nove (39) graus [de] latitude norte"










HashiriKata -

Vietnamese: vĩ bắc ba mươi chín (độ)
(Shorter versions: vĩ bắc 39 / vĩ tuyến 39)



Quote:


Originally Posted by trien27

Japanese simplified some Chinese characters and called it their own.


Where did you learn this? I'm not defending for Japanese but you've got it wrong. If they call
those characters "Kanji" ("Chinese characters"), then they can't be claiming those characters
their own.
(You mixed this up with the so-called 和製漢字, didn't you?)



Quote:

taken into Japan from Korea via China

How do you do that? How can something originally from China be taken from Korea via China? Or do
you mean "from China via Korea" ?










39degN -

Thanks, everybody!
Thank you trien27, and in some points i agree with HK, BTW, I'm a Chinese.












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