Chocolate, does not need to be translated. In almost any country, if you say anything along the lines of “chocolate” or “coco,” people are going to know what you’re talking about.
It’s the universal language, such as the language of love can be universal on a day like today.
Here are 10 different languages and how to say chocolate:
- Spanish—chocolate
- French—chocolat
- Italian—cioccolato
- German—schokolade
- Dutch—chocolade
- Russian—шоколадом (chocoladom)
- Icelandic—súkkulaði
- Arabic—الشوكولاته (sho-co-la)
- Japanese—チョコレート (cho-ko-let-oh)
- Polish—czekolada
Throughout my travels I have sampled Russian, German, Arab, British and American chocolates. Each separate country “knows” their chocolate is the best. This statement would be false. I am no chocolatier, however I believe I know my way around the coco bean.
Also most of the chocolate in other countries comes in many different varieties, such as caramel, nuts and fruits, white mixed with black, dark, etc. If you buy the standard Hershey bar in the U.S., you’re likely to get the standard milk chocolate, nuts in an extra occasion, dark in rare occasions but I have yet to see fruit in a Hershey bar.
Some of the popular brands have been The Saint Petersburger in Russia, Milka in Germany (also sold in many other other countries, such as the U.K.), Cadbury in the U.K., and many other brands sold internationally, but not in the U.S.
So far, for all it’s hype, The Saint Petersburger has not met my standards. In Russia it is considered the darker the better, and in the U.S., I don’t believe we’re raised in the same fashion.
I hope everyone has their fair share of chocolate on this holiday, and can one day test the taste buds outside the U.S. border.
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