How to speak "vampirese" 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 Okay, I'm a linguist...I study and learn languages...it's my "thing".   Mix that love of languages with a love of vampires and you have the origens behind this page.   Maybe you like to travel and want to know how to speak "vampire" with the natives, and make new friends...or maybe you want to see some translations of popular vampire novels, poems, etc.   Whatever case...this page satisfies your international vampire needs.

Vampire

• Vampir (German)
• Vampire (French)
• Vampiro (Italian/Spanish)
• Lamia/Vardoulacha (Greek)

Coffin

• Sarg (German)
• Cercueil (French)
• Ataud (Spanish)
• Bara (Italian)


Blood

• Blut (German)
• Sang (French)
• Sangre (Spanish)
• Sangue (Italian)
• Xie (Mandarin Chinese - Pinyin)


Night

• Nacht (German)
• Nuit (French)
• Noche (Spanish)
• Notte (Italian)
• Wanshàn (Mandarin Chinese - Pinyin)


Darkness

• Dunkelheit/ Finstern (German)
• Tenenbres (French)
• Obscuridad (Spanish)
• Obscuro (Italian)
• Hei (Mandarin Chinese - pinyin)

Handy Travel phrases for vampires
You're stuck in Paris, all you want is a nearby blood bank, but sadly you don't speak French!  Oh no, what to do?!  Fear not...here's a handy pocket reference for those "essential" vampire phrases you may need!
• English: "Excuse me, may I drink your blood?"

German: "Entschuldigung, erlauben Sie mir Ihren Blut zu trinken?"
French: "Pardonnez-moi, puis-je boire votre sang?"
Spanish: "Perdoname, puedo beber su sangre?"
• English: "Where is the nearest blood bank, please?"

German: "Wo ist die naeheste Blutbank, bitte?"
French: "Ou est la banque de sang la plus proche, s'il vous plait ?"
Spanish: "Donde estat el cercano banco de sangre, por favor?"
 
• English: "What time does the sun rise tonight?"

German: "Um wieviel Uhr geht die Sonne auf heute Abend?"
French: "A quelle heure est le lever du soleil cette nuit ?"
Spanish: "A que hora es la salida del sol esta noche?"
 

Texts and Poems from around the World
• An Excerpt of the German version of Anne Rice's "Interview with the Vampire"

This is the part where Lestat is in the process of killing a whore and trying to get Louis to overcome his conciounse
 
"Du bist tot, Liebste", sagte er; und sie schrie wieder und wand sich im Sarg wie ein Fisch, als könne sie an den Seiten order durch den Boden entkommen."Das ist ein Sarg, Das ist ein Sarg!" schrie sie, "Lassen Sie mich raus!"

"Wir müssen alle eines Tages in einem Sarg liegen," sagte Lestat ruhig,"Lieg still, mein Schatz. Das ist ein Sarg. Die meisten Menschen wissen nicht, wie es ist, im Sarg zu liegen. Du weisst es jetzt," Ich glaube nicht, dass sie ihm zuhoerte, denn sie sah mich in der Tür stehen und rief :"Helfen Sie mir!"...


 
 
 
• The German Translation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner"

 
In English:
Her lips were red,her looks were free,
Her locks were yellow as gold:
Her skin was as white as leprosy,
The Nightmare, LIFE-IN-DEATH was she,
Who thicks man's blood with cold.

In German:
Sie war so hold,die Lippen rot,
Wie Aussatz ihre Haut so weiss,
Der lebed' Tod,
Der Hauch der Pest,
Der Menschenblut gefrieren laesst,
Zu dickem, kaltem Eis.
 
 

• The French Translation of Charles Nodier's "Le Vampire (The Vampire)"

 
In English:
When the sun deserted mountain
Peaks no longer bathed in light,
And the angels of the underworld
Their victim come to blight,
Fear their sweet hypnotic voices.
Flee their icy hands and Breath.
Save yourself, young bride, from evil.
Flee the love that brings you death.

In French:
Quand le soleil de ces déserts,
Des monts de dore plus le cime,
Alors les anges des enfers,
Viennent caresser leur victime.
Si leur douce voix vous endort,
Reculez!...leur main est glacée!...
Gardez-vous, jeune fiancée,
De l'amour qui donne la morte.

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