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DOES IT TRANSLATE?

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For many of us who surf the web in search of crochet blogs and patterns, we find that many of the most wonderful sites are in languages other than our own (English for me).  Even if we know someone who reads this other language, crochet lingo falls into the ‘technical’ category and the words don’t translate well.  After all, what does a ‘treble crochet’ mean to you if you don’t know how to crochet?  Pretty hard to translate that even into one’s own language!

I found a site that has a wonderful translation tool for us to use – and it’s free!

http://patchworkcrochet.com/foreign.htm

The site has a chart that names the stitch or tool in SIX languages!  The one it doesn’t have that I WANT it to have is Portugese.  The other really helpful language would be Russian.  Maybe some of our readers who know the crochet terms in these languages will enlighten us.

This site is the main sponsor of this book – which I own but didn’t buy from them.  Don’t recall where I got it.

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In fact, if anyone sends me a list of those terms in Portugese and Russian, I’ll post them here so they are permanently available for everyone’s easy reference.

Comments

  1. Thanks for tell us about this site!
    I can’t speak Russian but I speak Portuguese!
    🙂
    I send to you my translation proposal; maybe other Portuguese readers can contribute also!

    Regards,
    Papgena

    AMERICAN BRITISH Português
    crochet hook crochet hook agulha de crochet
    chain chain corrente
    stitch stitch ponto
    slip stitch single crochet
    single crochet double crochet Ponto baixo
    double crochet treble crochet Ponto alto
    triple crochet double-treblecrochet Ponto alto duplo
    loop loop laçada
    yarn over yarn over
    skip skip saltar
    repeat from * repeat from * Repetir desde *

    Note – I am not exactly sure of what is the ‘slip stitch’ and ‘yarn over’ so, I didn’t made a translation.

  2. That’s the first crochet book I ever bought! I saw it at a used book store and had to have it. I didn’t even really know how to crochet then. I think I was in high school. Thanks for the heads-up about the Web site 🙂

  5. You can translate an entire website, as well as words and phrases, through Babelfish.

    http://babelfish.yahoo.com/

    Just paste the website address into the website translation area, select the language of the site, and the language you want it translated into. Note: The Russian word for “doily” translates as “Napkin”.

    Most foreign crochet patterns are presented in image form known as:

    * Chart Crochet
    * Diagram Crochet
    * Symbol Crochet
    * Blueprint Crochet
    * International Symbol/Diagram Crochet

    Enjoy

  6. Anyone know where I can find Portuguese to English (US) translations? Tried Google, but I need the literal equivalent.

  8. i found one translation online for the portugueses terms. i hope this works!! i still need the symbol chart translated.
    thanks shirley

    Crochet Terms in Portuguese by Beatriz Medina
    correntinha – corr – chain stitch – ch

    Ponto baixíssimo – pbs or pbxmo – slip stitch – sl st
    Ponto baixo – pb – single crochet – sc
    Ponto caranquejo – reverse single crochet – Reverse sc
    Meio ponto alto – mpa – half double crochet – hdc
    Ponto alto – pa – double crochet – dc
    Ponto alto duplo – pad – treble crochet – tr
    Ponto alto triplo – pat – double treble crochet – dtr
    Ponto alto quadruplo – paq – triple treble crochet – tr tr
    Ponto alto em relevo (pa pegando pela frente) – front post double
    crochet – FPdc
    Ponto alto em relevo (pa pegando por trás) – back post double crochet – BPdc
    2 ponto alto cruzados – X-Stitch – X-Stitch
    picô de 3 corr – 3-chain picot – 3-ch picot
    2 pontos baixos juntos / diminuição de dois pb / dim – 2-single crochet
    cluster/decrease – 2-sc dec
    3 pontos baixos juntos – 3-single crochet cluster/decrease – 3-sc dec
    2 pontos baixos no mesmo ponto / aumento / aum – 2-single crochet
    increase – 2-sc inc
    3 pontos baixos no mesmo ponto – 3-single crochet increase – 3-sc inc
    3 pontos altos juntos / diminuição / dim – 3-double crochet
    cluster/decrease – 3-dc dec
    3 pontos altos no mesmo ponto / aum 2 pa – 3-double crochet increase -3-dc inc
    Grupo de 3 pontos altos – 3-double crochet puff – 3-dc puff
    Ponto pipoca – grupo de 5 pontos altos – borboto – 5-double crochet
    popcorn – 5-dc pop

    Laçada – YO
    enfiar a agulha /inserir a agulha – insert hook
    agulha / agulha de crochê – crochet hook
    Arrematar – fasten off
    virar / virar o trabalho – turn / turn the work
    fazer – make

  11. Thank you! I am baffled by some words in patterns like coca.CT and Cxema I think they are Russian but can’t find them! Thanks again for the portugeseit will be helpful. Shirley

  13. I’ve some of the links that other’s posted in the comments and am not having any luck at all. I am stuck on what dial 4 VP stands for from a Russian crocheted pattern that has been translated and all. Can someone please help me out.

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