Translations of bon voyage in many languages 11/8/10 6:43 PM

Bon voyage / have a good journey in many languages

How to wish people a good or safe journey. The phrase, bon voyage, is used in English
without change, though the pronunciation is quite like the French.

Language Phrase
Afrikaans Veilige reis! Voorspoedige reis!
Albanian Rrugë të mbarë (Tosk) Udhë të mbarë (Gheg)
(tirooh wa tigi bis salaama!) !‫ﺗﺮﻭﺡ ﻭ ﺗﻴﺠﻲ ﺑﺎﻟﺴّﻼﻣﺔ‬
Arabic (Egyptian)
response - (allah yisallimak/yisallimik) ‫ﺍﷲ ﻳﺴﻠّﻤﻚ‬
Arabic (Modern happy journey (riḥlah saʿīdah) ‫ﺭﺣﻠﺔ ﺳﻌﻴﺪﺓ‬
Standard) successful journey (riḥlah muwaffaqah) ‫ﺭﺣﻠﺔ ﻣﻮﻓﻖ‬
Arabic (Moroccan) Have a peaceful trip (ṭṭreq ssalama) ‫ﻃﺮﻳﻖ ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻣﺔ‬
Azerbaijani Yaxşı səfərlər! (frm) Gülə Gülə (inf)
Basque Ondo ibili!
Belarusian Добрай дарогi! (Dobraj darohi)
Bengali ৺৺৺৺৺৺৺৺৺৺ (śtabho jātrā)
Bhojpuri श"भ या&ा (shubh yatra)
На добър път! (Na dobãr pãt)
Приятно пътуване! (Prijatno pãtuvane)
Bulgarian
Приятен път! (Prijaten pãt)
Лек път! (Lek pãt)
Breton Beaj vat!
Catalan Bon viatge!
Chamorro Buen biåhe
Chechen Neq dika khiila!
一路順風 (yāt louh seuhn fùng)
Chinese (Cantonese)
一路平安 (yāt louh pìhng ngòn)
一路順風 [一路顺风] (yī lù shùn fēng)
Chinese (Mandarin)
一路平安 [一路平安] (yī lù píng ān)
Cornish Hens diyogel
Croatian Sretan put!
Czech Šťastnou cestu!
Danish God rejse!
Dutch Goede reis!
Esperanto Bonan vojaĝon!
Estonian Head reisi

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Faroese Góða ferð

Finnish Hyvää matkaa!
French Bon voyage !
Friulian Bon viağ
კეთილ მგზავრობას გისურვებთ
Georgian
(kethil mgzavrobas gisurveb(th))
German Gute Reise! Gute fahrt!
Greek Καλό ταξίδι! (Kaló taksídi!)
Hebrew (nesi'á tová) ‫( נסיעה טובה‬derekh tzleha) ‫דרך צלחה‬
Hindi श"भ या&ा (Śubh yātrā)
Hungarian Jó utat kívánok!
Icelandic Góða ferð
Indonesian Selamat jalan / Semoga selamat sampai tujuan
Inuktitut ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑦᓯᐊᕆᑦ (Naammaktsiarit)
Go dté tú slán (May you go safely)
Irish (Gaelic)
Slán abhaile (Safe home)
Italian Buon viaggio!
よい旅行を (yoi ryōko o)
ごきげんよう！ (gokigen yō - Goodbye / Good luck)
Japanese 行っていらっしゃい！ (itte irasshai - Go and come back)
一路平安を祈る (ichiroheian o inoru)
- I wish you a smooth road (old fashioned)
Jèrriais Bouan viage!
Kazakh Жолыңыз болсын! (Jolıñız bolsın!)
Korean 잘다녀오십시오! (jalda nyeoo sip sio!)
Latin Bonum cursum!
Latvian Laimīgu ceļu!
Lithuanian Laimingos kelionės! Geros kelionės!
Luxembourgish Gutt Rees
Macedonian Среќен пат (Sreken pat)
Malay Selamat jalan!
Maltese Il-vjaġġ it-tajjeb!
Manx Cair Vie! (Fair winds)
Māri Kia pai te haere
Сайн яваарай! (Sain yavaarai!)
Mongolian
Сайн сууж байгаарай (Sain suuj baigaarai!) - reply

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Ndebele Ube nekhambo eliphephileko!

Norwegian God reise! God tur!
Occitan Bon viatge!
(safar khosh) ‫( ﺳﻔﺮ ﺧﻮﺵ‬safar be kheir) ‫ﺳﻔﺮ ﺑﻪ ﺧﻴﺮ‬
Persian
(be salamat) ‫ﺑﻪ ﺳﻼﻣﺖ‬
Szczęśliwej drogi! / Szerokiej drogi! / Szczęśliwej podróży!
Polish
Miłej podróży!
Portuguese Boa viagem!
Romanian Călătorie plăcută! Drum bun!
Russian Счастливого пути (Sčastlivovo puti)
Samoan Manuia le malaga
Scottish Gaelic Turas math dhut/dhuibh!
Sepedi O be le leeto le le bolokegilego!
Serbian Срећан пут (Srećan put!)
Sesotho O tsamaye hantle / Tsela tsweu (white road)
Shona Ufambe zvakanaka (sg) Mufambe zvakanaka (pl)
Sinhala Suba gaman
Ube neluhambo loluphephile! (singular)
Siswati
Nibe neluhambo loluphephile! (plural)
Slovak Šťastnú cestu!
Slovenian Srečno (pot)!
Spanish ¡Buen viaje!
Stellingwarfs Goeie reize!
Swahili Safari njema!
Swedish Trevlig resa! Lycklig resa!
Tagalog Maligayang paglalakbáy!
இ"ய பயண& 'டர*+&
Tamil
(iniya paya num thodaratum)
Telugu ౯౯౯ ౯౯౯౯౯౯౯ ! – (shubha prayaanaṅ!)
Tetum Lao didiak / Boa Viajem
ขอให้เดินทางโดยสวัสดิภาพ (kŏr hâi dern taang doi sà-wàt-dì-
pâap)
Thai
เดินทางโดยสวัสดิภาพ (dern taang doi sà-wàt-dì-pâap)
เที่ยวให้สนุก (tîeow hâi sà-nùk)
Tigrinya (bdeHn əto)
Tsez Гьуни региролI! (Huni regiroƛ!)
Tsonga Famba hi ku rhula!

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Turkish İyi yolculuklar! Güle, güle!

Ukrainian Щасливої подорожі (Ščaslyvoji podoroži)
Urdu (ap ka safr acha guzrae) ‫ﺎ ﮔﺰﺭﮮ‬H‫ﺎ ﺳﻔﺮ ﺍﭼ‬J ‫ﺁﭖ‬
Oq yo'l! (Happy Journey)
Uzbek
Safaringiz behatar bo'lsin! (Have a nice trip)
Venda Vha vhe na lwendo lwavhud i!
Vietnamese Lên đường bình an
Welsh Siwrne dda! Siwrne saff!
Xhosa Uhambe kakuhle
Yiddish (A gliklekhe rayze!) !‫אַ גליקלעכע רַײזע‬
Yorùbá O da abọ / Ka sọ layọ o
Zulu Ube nohambo oluhle!

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