Romanian Interpreting Guide: Fun Tips and Facts

Romanian interpreting is one of the most challenging as approximately 26 million people, majority of which are in Moldova and Romania, speak the Romanian language. Romanian is known as Moldovan and is officially called 'limba moldoveneasca' in Romanian.

The Romanian language is a descendant of Vulgar Latin, which makes it a descendant of a language that has already gone extinct. This makes learning Romanian or Moldovan a more rewarding experience as you get to revive a part of language that is not being used nowadays.

Just like their Latin language ancestor, the Romanian language follows a gender-neutral approach to language unlike other types of languages that have feminine and masculine terms, which adds a layer of complexity. The neuter gender preserved by the language has become a mixture of both feminine and masculine terms that can be used without worrying about your audience gender differences.

Fun Romanian Interpreting Facts

As a romance language, Romanian is closely related to Italian. However, these two languages only show limited levels of mutual intelligibility as those who speak and understand Romanian get to understand Italian better than the other way around. As you further improve your Romanian language skills, you will then notice some grammatical similarities with the Portuguese, Catalan, French, and Spanish languages. Nevertheless, just like the Italian language, their relation is limited with mutual intelligibility.

'Salut' is an informal way of saying hello in both Romanian and French, and it is also present in other Romance languages. 'Revoir' in French becomes 'Revedere' in Romanian, so if you want to say 'au revoir' in Romanian, you will say 'la revedere.' Slavic languages as well as the English language have also influence modern Romanian language. The Russian word for yes, which is 'da,' is also used as yes in the Romanian language.

The Romanian interpreting becomes a lot easier to learn with the help of the younger generation Romanians who are able to understand and speak English. Learning from them and understanding the various influences available that changes and reshapes the Romanian language will help you speed up your ability to learn the language.

Although it can be quite of a challenge, studying the culture and history of Romania and its neighboring influential countries can become very helpful when it comes to learning additional Romance languages such as Italian, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Being familiar with these Romance languages will also increase your understanding of the complexities of the Romanian language, allowing you to understand and conduct Romanian interpreting Services.

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