French translation is spot on 👍
this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2025
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Italian is wrong, it's in the infinite form and it should be in the second person. Also, I think "comprare" would fit better as a verb.
So, in Italian it should be "Compra europeo"
In Spanish from Spain “Compra europeo” fits better. In Catalan/Valencian it would be “Compra europeu”. In Euskera it would likely be “Europako erosi” but I’m not a native speaker there.
- Lithuanian is wrong. The correction 5 is right.
In German a slightly better one would be "Kaufe Europäisch" which is imperative and more emotionally direct.
Polish is so wrong it couldn't get worse.
Kupuj Europejskie Produkty would be the correct translation. The LLM garbage means nothing, but is composed of "nabyj" (like in 'I'm ordering you to buy it') and "europejski" which is an adjective that must be connected to a male gendered noun.
In Estonian, "Osta euroopa" means "to buy Europe", the closest translation I can give in Estonian means more "buy from Europe", which is "Osta euroopast".
The bulgarian is okay-ish but it would be more "Купувайте" if you are telling it to multiple people and "Купувай" if you are telling it to a single person.
Luxembourgish: Kaaft Europäesch!
Looks a lot like the German one!
Italian: "compra europeo" sounds better. Two reasons:
- wrong verb - "acquistare" is more like "to acquire, to get"; "comprare" is closer to what you want.
- wrong conjugation - you're telling someone what they should do, that requires the imperative, not the infinitive.
The Portuguese one sounds okay. For the dialects spoken in Europe "compra" would probably sound a wee bit more casual, but "compre" is still 100% fine.
The romanian one kinda works, but is too formal, impersonal and also sounds someehat strange imho.
I think "Cumpără din Europa", or "Cumpără european" are both better. These use the second person singular, which is more personal and friendly. The former would literally translate to "Buy from Europe", which I think sounds a lot closer to how people actually use the language. The latter also works and is very much understandable, but to me at least, it also sounds a bit off.
Lol love to see an llm shit itself when it comes to translating into other languages
Yeah. Why use an LLM for this. There are so many free translation services that are way way better. Sure you need to copy paste the result of each language but it still takes less than 5 min.
Maltese/🇲🇹 is incorrect, should be "Ixtri Ewropej".
In Spanish "Compre" its ok but like a bit too formal. "Compra europeo" its more direct and sounds more natural.
Norwegian/🇳🇴
"Kjøp europeisk"
Kjøp = buy European = europeisk
"Buy European" becomes "Kjøp europeisk"
"Купувай европейско" would be the Bulgarian translation, meaning "Buy" (as in in general) "европейско" (European)
Is "buy" adressing one person directly or a group of people?
Some of the translations seem like order / suggestion for the formal singular "you".
Czech: Koupit evropsky (Koupit evropsky)
I don't think that's quite right. This means more like "buy (how?) european (style)" While we want to rather say "buy (what?) european (product), right? Because if it's the "how" well you can buy like european but that doesn't mean you buy european products. So I would translate it like Kupovat evropské (produkty)
Yes. Czech is ridiculous, How about "Kupujte v Evrope" / "Nakupujte v Evrope" - that literally means "Buy in Europe" not "Buy European products", yet Its short I believe has pretty much the same meaning.
Yes, I agree, your version is the best. Kupujte v Evropě 😊
In Portuguese seems good, “compre” is the formal way, informal would be “compra”, but I think both ways are ok.
In the Netherlands I notice that small companies tend to use the formal way a bit more often, whereas large companies prefer the informal way, probably to make it feel more modern and less stiff. Is that similar in Portugal?
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