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Vampires in Postmodern World
Monday, 16 January 2006
How to speak "vampires" in any language
"The vampire superstition is still general in the Levant. The Romaic term is, "Vardoulacha." I recollect a whole family being terrified by the scream of a child, which they imagined must proceed from such a visitation. The Greeks never mention the word without horror."
- Notes to The Giaour, Lord Byron

Below is a list of English words pertaining to vampires and their translations into other languages.
Vampire:
 Vampir (German)
 Vampire (French)
 Vampiro (Italian/Spanish)
 Lamia/Vardoulacha (Greek)
 Vampir (Turkish)
Coffin :
 Sarg (German)
 Cercueil (French)
 Ataud (Spanish)
 Bara (Italian)
 Tabut (Turkish)
Night :
 Nacht (German)
 Nuit (French)
 Noche (Spanish)
 Notte (Italian)
 Wanshan (Mandarin Chinese-Pinyin)
 Gece (Turkish)
Darkness :
 Dunkelheit/ Finstern (German)
 Tenenbres (French)
 Obscuridad (Spanish)
 Obscuro (Italian)
 Hei (Mandarin Chinese-Pinyin)
 Karanlık (Turkish)
Blood :
 Blut (German)
 Sang (French)
 Sangre (Spanish)
 Sangue (Italian)
 Kan (Turkish)

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