| Example in Arabic | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| :ربما يقول البعض" "يجب أنّ أبذل جهدّ أكبر" | ♪ people might say that I should strive for more ♪ |
| .وعلى الأخص، تجهد لتكون خفية | And above all, a Beresford maid strives to be invisible. |
| نتيجة لذلك,نظن ان عمليات القتل ستستمر بالتصعيد بينما يجهد الجاني ليحقق المثالية | Consequently, we believe that the killings will continue to escalate as the unsub strives to achieve his perfection. |
| أعنى مالذى أُجاهد لتحقيقه على كلّ حال؟ | I mean, just what am l striving to create anyway? |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch | ijveren | English | strive |
| Esperanto | strebi | Finnish | kilvoitella,pyrkiä |
| French | s’efforcer, s’effranger, s’effrayer, s’effriter, s’évertuer, s’évulser, s’habiller, s’habituer | German | eifern, streben, trachten |
| Greek | πασχίζω, πατσίζω | Hungarian | igyekezik, igyekszik, törekszik |
| Icelandic | þreyta | Italian | arrabattarsi |
| Japanese | 励む, 邁進 | Lithuanian | veržtis |
| Norwegian | streve | Polish | krzątać |
| Portuguese | pugnar | Spanish | esforzarse |
| Swedish | sträva, ävlas |