Translate Czech to English
Czech text appears in business correspondence from Prague, product documentation from Skoda and other manufacturers, government forms, university materials, and messages from Czech-speaking friends and family. The haceks and carons above letters may look unfamiliar, but the translator handles them perfectly. Paste your text above.
Common Czech to English translations
| Czech | English | Pronunciation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahoj | Hello | AH-hoy | ||
| Dobré ráno | Good morning | DOB-reh RAH-no | ||
| Děkuji | Thank you | DYEH-koo-yee | ||
| Prosím | Please | PRO-seem | ||
| Kolik to stojí? | How much is this? | KO-lik toh STOY-ee | ||
| Kde je toaleta? | Where is the bathroom? | gdeh yeh TOH-ah-leh-tah | ||
| Nerozumím | I do not understand | NEH-roh-zoo-meem | ||
| Můžete mi pomoci? | Can you help me? | MOO-zheh-teh mee PO-mo-tsee | ||
| Dál bych si pivo | I would like a beer | dahl bikh see PEE-vo | ||
| Účet, prosím | The bill, please | OO-chet PRO-seem | ||
| Těší mě | Nice to meet you | TYEH-shee myeh | ||
| Na shledanou | Goodbye | nah SKLEH-dah-noh | ||
| Potřebuji lékaře | I need a doctor | POT-rzheh-boo-yee LEH-kah-rzheh | ||
| Promiňte | Excuse me | PRO-min-teh |
Tips for Czech to English translation
Czech diacritical marks (haceks and acute accents) are essential for correct reading. If the source text is missing these marks, translation accuracy may suffer because many Czech words become ambiguous without them. Byt (apartment) vs. být (to be), prace (nothing standard) vs. práce (work) are just two examples.
Czech word order is highly flexible, which means the same meaning can be expressed in several arrangements. Translators typically produce standard English SVO order. If a translated sentence seems to have odd emphasis, the original Czech may have placed a word in an unusual position for rhetorical effect.
Czech uses diminutives extensively, adding suffixes like -ek, -ka, -čko, -ička to express smallness or affection. Dům (house) becomes domeček (little house), kníha (book) becomes knížka (booklet). English sometimes lacks one-word equivalents, so these nuances may be lost in translation.
Czech formal writing uses longer sentences with subordinate clauses, similar to German. When translating to English, it often reads better to break one Czech sentence into two or three shorter English sentences. If the output feels dense or hard to follow, this sentence-splitting approach usually helps.
About the Czech language
Czech is a West Slavic language closely related to Slovak (speakers of the two languages can largely understand each other), and more distantly to Polish. It uses the Latin alphabet with diacritical marks added by Jan Hus in the 15th century, making Czech one of the first languages to develop a systematic diacritical system. Today the Czech Republic has about 10.7 million people, nearly all of whom speak Czech as their first language.
Prague, the Czech capital, has been a center of European culture, science, and education for centuries. Charles University, founded in 1348, is one of the oldest universities in the world. Czech literature, including works by Franz Kafka (who wrote in German but lived in Prague), Milan Kundera, and Vaclav Havel, has had a significant impact on world letters. The Czech film industry and animation tradition are also internationally recognized.
Frequently asked questions
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Accuracy drops because many Czech words become ambiguous. Try to use properly marked text.
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Both are Slavic, but Czech is West Slavic while Russian is East Slavic. They are not mutually intelligible.
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Czech has 7 grammatical cases. Word endings change based on grammatical role, similar to German but with more variations.
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