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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 | Bon voyage (Have a good journey) |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Veilige reis! Voorspoedige reis! |
| Albanian | Rrugë të mbarë (Tosk) Udhë të mbarë (Gheg) |
| Arabic (Egyptian) | (tirooh wa tigi bis salaama!) تروح و تيجي بالسّلامة! response - (allah yisallimak/yisallimik) الله يسلّمك |
| Arabic (Modern Standard) | happy journey
(riḥlah saʿīdah)
رحلة سعيدة 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 | শ্তভযাত্রা (śhubho jātrā) |
| Bhojpuri | शुभ यात्रा (shubh yatra) |
| Bulgarian | На добър път! (Na dobãr pãt) Приятно пътуване! (Prijatno pãtuvane) Приятен път! (Prijaten pãt) Лек път! (Lek pãt) |
| Breton | Beaj vat! |
| Catalan | Bon viatge! |
| Chamorro | Buen biåhe |
| Chechen | Neq dika khiila! |
| Chinese (Cantonese) |
一路順風
(yāt louh seuhn fùng) 一路平安 (yāt louh pìhng ngòn) |
| Chinese (Mandarin) |
一路順風
[一路顺风] (yī lù shùn fēng) 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 |
| Faroese | Góða ferð |
| Fijian | Vanuinui vinaka e nomu volau |
| Finnish | Hyvää matkaa! |
| French | Bon voyage ! |
| Friulian | Bon viağ |
| Galician | Boa viaxe! |
| Georgian | კეთილ მგზავრობას გისურვებთ (kethil mgzavrobas gisurveb(th)) |
| German | Gute Reise! Gute fahrt! |
| Greek | Καλό ταξίδι! (Kaló taksídi!) |
| Greenlandic | Angalalluarina |
| Haitian Creole | Bon vwayaj |
| Hausa | Sauka lafiya (arrive safely) |
| Hebrew | (nesi'á tová) נסיעה טובה (derekh tzleha) דרך צלחה |
| Hindi | शुभ यात्रा (śubh yātrā) आप की यात्रा सुखद हो (āp kī yātrā sukhad ho) |
| Hungarian | Jó utat kívánok! |
| Icelandic | Góða ferð |
| Indonesian | Selamat jalan / Semoga selamat sampai tujuan |
| Inuktitut | ᓈᒻᒪᒃᑦᓯᐊᕆᑦ (Naammaktsiarit) |
| Irish (Gaelic) | Go dté tú slán (May you go safely) Slán abhaile (Safe home) |
| Italian | Buon viaggio! |
| Japanese | よい旅行を (yoi ryōko o) ごきげんよう！ (gokigen yō - Goodbye / Good luck) 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! |
| Kannada | ಪ್ರಯಾಣ ಸುಖಕರವಾಗಿರಲಿ ಹೋಗಿ ಬನ್ನಿ (prayana sukhakaravaagirali hogi banni) |
| 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! |
| Malayalam | യാത്ര ശുഭമാകട്ടെ! (yathra shubhamakatte!) |
| Maltese | Il-vjaġġ it-tajjeb! |
| Manx | Cair Vie! (Fair winds) |
| Māri | Kia pai te haere |
| Mongolian | Сайн яваарай!
(Sain yavaarai!) Сайн сууж байгаарай (Sain suuj baigaarai!) - reply |
| Ndebele | Ube nekhambo eliphephileko! |
| Norwegian | God reise! God tur! |
| Occitan | Bon viatge! |
| Pashto | (kha safer walare) ښه سفر ولری |
| Persian | (safar khosh) سفر خوش
(safar be kheir) سفر به خير (be salamat) به سلامت |
| Polish | Szczęśliwej drogi!
Szerokiej drogi!
Szczęśliwej podróży! Miłej podróży! (Szerokiej drogi! is said to car drivers) |
| Portuguese | Boa viagem! |
| Punjabi | ਸੁਖੀ ਜਾ / سکھی جا (sukhi ja) |
| Romanian | Călătorie plăcută! Drum bun! |
| Russian | Счастливого пути (Sčastlivovo puti) |
| Samoan | Ia 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 |
| Siswati | Ube neluhambo loluphephile! (singular) Nibe neluhambo loluphephile! (plural) |
| Slovak | Šťastnú cestu! |
| Slovenian | Srečno / Srečno pot |
| Somali | Safar wanaagsan |
| Spanish | ¡Buen viaje! |
| Stellingwarfs | Goeie reize! |
| Swahili | Safari njema! |
| Swedish | Trevlig resa! Lycklig resa! |
| Tagalog | Maligayang paglalakbáy! |
| Tamil | இனிய பயணம் தொடரட்டும் (iniya paya num thodaratum) |
| Tatar | Xäyerle yul |
| Telugu | శుభ ప్రయాణం ! – (shubha prayaanaṅ!) |
| Tetum | Lao didiak / Boa Viajem |
| Thai | ขอให้เดินทางโดยสวัสดิภาพ
(kŏr hâi dern taang doi sà-wàt-dì-pâap) เดินทางโดยสวัสดิภาพ (dern taang doi sà-wàt-dì-pâap) เที่ยวให้สนุก (tîeow hâi sà-nùk) |
| Tigrinya | ብደሕን እቶ (bdeHn əto) |
| Tsez | Гьуни региролI! (Huni regiroƛ!) |
| Tsonga | Famba hi ku rhula! |
| Turkish | İyi yolculuklar! Güle, güle! |
| Ukrainian | Щасливої подорожі (Ščaslyvoji podoroži) |
| Urdu | (ap ka safr acha guzrae) آپ کا سفر اچھا گزرے |
| Uzbek | Oq yo'l!
(Happy Journey) Safaringiz behatar bo'lsin! (Have a nice trip) |
| Venda | Vha vhe na lwendo lwavhuḓi! |
| Venetian | Bon viaxo! |
| Vietnamese | Lên đường bình an |
| Welsh | Siwrne dda! Siwrne saff! |
| Xhosa | Uhambe kakuhle |
| Yiddish | (A gliklekhe rayze!) אַ גליקלעכע רײַזע! |
| Yorùbá | O da abọ / Ka sọ layọ o |
| Zulu | Ube nohambo oluhle! |
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