International names for Village Pump

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The Village Pump is the original English language Wikipedia general discussion area. Here are the literal translations of the names in other languages:

Albanian - (Kuvendi) - Convention or Council
Arabic - (الميدان) - The Square
Azeri - (Kənd meydanı) - Village square
Catalan - (Discussió)
Cebuano - (Tubaan) - Place for Tuba (a kind of liquor)
Czech - (Pod lípou) - Under the linden tree
Welsh - (Y Caffi) - The Cafe
Danish - (Landsbybrønden)
German (Fragen zur Wikipedia) - Questions about Wikipedia
Greek (Αγορά) - Agora
Esperanto - (Babilejo)
Spanish - (Café) - The Cafe
Estonian - (Üldine arutelu) - General discussion
Euskara - (Txoko) - Place for friend's reunion around a good wine and better food (in others wikis only drinking?)
- Provisional, decided by the only user of eu:wikipedia: 100% votes pro - no against ... as the finnish one :)
Finnish - (Kahvihuone) - Coffee room (as in break space)
- notable for the fact that in the vote over a long list of names, this one received support from all voters, illustrating how copacetic a group the Finns are.
French (Le Bistro) - The Bar
Georgian - (ყავახანა) - Coffee Shop
Croatian - (Kafić) - The Café
- although we did have quite a discussion about it and had several different suggestions, like Pijaca, which is just the town place, methinks, or tribina or forum or konoba.
Indonesian - (Warung kopi) - Coffee shop
Interlingua - (Taverna) - The Tavern
Interlingue - (Li Trincatoria)
Italian - (Bar) - Bar
Japanese - (井戸端) - Around a Well
Latin - (Taberna) - The Tavern
Lingála - (Bísó na bísó) - Between us (literally: we to we)
Lombard - (Grott) - The Tavern
Korean - (사랑방) - The living room (for guests)
Lower Saxon - Dutch - Praotkefee
Lower Saxon - Germany - (Ik bruuk Hülp) - I need help
Malayalam - (Panchayat) - Village council
Malay - (Kedai kopi) - Coffee shop
mzn:Wikipedia:کومه - (Kuma) - A room situated in the middle of the fields to having rest & talk (specially for agriculturalists).
Mongolian - (Хурал) - Meeting Place
Maltese - ("Pjazza") - Square
Neapolitan - (Circolo) - Club
Nepal Bhasa - (सतः फल्चा satah falcha) - Nearest translation: The terrace/tier of a multipurpose public building called "satah".
Novial - (Li komun chambre) - The Common Room
Dutch - (De kroeg) - The cafe
Occitan - (Occitan) - La Tavèrna
Ossetic - (Ныхас) - meeting and discussion place.
Polish - (Kawiarenka pod Wesołym Encyklopedystą) - The Jolly Encyclopedist Coffee Bar
Portuguese - (Esplanada) - Square
Romanian - (Unde întreb) - Where do I ask?
Russian - (Форум) - Forum
- Is periodically discussed name «Завалинка» (Zavalinka) ...
Serbian - (Википедија:Пијаца) -
Simple - Simple talk
Slovenian - (Pod lipo)
Sundanese - (Sawala) - Discussion
Swedish - (Bybrunnen) - The Village well
Tamil - (ālamarattaṭi) - Beneath the Banyan Tree
Tagalog - (Kapihan) - Coffee house
Tatarish - (Tartışma) - Discussion
Turkish - (Köy çeşmesi) - Village Pump
Ukrainian - (Кнайпа) - Kneipe
Venetian - (Ciàcołe) - Chitchat
Vietnamese – (Thảo luận) – Discussion
Volapük - (Kafetar) - Coffee Shop
Walloon - (li Cåbaret) - The Cafe
Winaray (Waray-Waray) - (Harampangan) - Discussion Place
Yiddish - (Kave Shtibl) - Coffee House
Zeêuws - (Durpsuus) - Primary House of a Village
Chinese - (互助客栈) - Hostel of Mutuality