Bictionary - how to say "A-person" and "B-person" in different languages
Arabic: مُبَكِّرا
Chinese (Simplified): 早起早(晚起者)
Chinese (Traditional): 早起早晚起者
Czech: ranní ptáče, vyspávač
Danish: morgenmand; syvsover
Dutch: vroege, late opstaander
Estonian: varane, hiline ärkaja
Finnish: aamuvirkku, aamutorkku
French: lèvetôt; lèvetard
German: der, die FrühSpätaufsteherin
Greek: άνθρωπος που σηκώνεται νωρίς, αργά
Hungarian: korán, későn kelő ember
Icelandic: sem fer snemma, seint á fætur; árrisull; morgunsvæfur
Indonesian: orang yang bangun pagi, lambat
Italian: mattiniero; dormiglione
Japanese: 早起き
Latvian: cilvēks, kas agri, vēlu ceļas
Lithuanian: kas anksti, vėlai keliasi
Norwegian: en som står opp tidlig, seint
Polish: ranny ptaszek — śpioch
Portuguese (Brazil): pessoa que se levanta cedo, tarde
Portuguese (Portugal): nada madrugador
Romanian: persoană care se trezeşte devreme, târziu
Russian: тот, кто встаёт рано, поздно
Slovak: ranné vtáča, spachtoš
Slovenian: zgodni, pozni vstajalec
Spanish: madrugador, dormilón
Swedish: morgontidig, sjusovare
Turkish: erken, geç kalkan
If I am missing the translation in your language, let me know.
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The word "dormilon" in Spanish
The word "dormilon" in Spanish has a very negative connotation. I do not think is the best to describe a "B Person" as it is the intent here. I will do some reserch an make a suggestion soon.
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Better translation in Finnish
there is:
aamutorkku = morning drowse
aamuvirkku = morning spry
Let's just put this upside down and say
iltatorkku = evening drowse
iltavirkku = evening spry
It's more positive this way :)
translations
I used kaannos.com service to translate. Pretty good service.
When I searched for "torkku" which is "drowsy" in english one of results was this phrase:
"early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise"
What a BS. Sure makes you more wealthy except in a fascist society where the working hours are set to 16:00-0:00.
It sure doesn't make you healthy, but the opposite. It was about time to someone bring this subject up because sleeping out of your rythm will make you sick and definitely will not make you wise. Everyone should actively wake up people from their misbeliefs about rythms.
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