| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| - Я хотела воодушевить тебя. | - I was trying to inspire you. |
| Большая история ускорила бы этот процесс Объявления о похоронах и свадьбах не воодушевят блестящего журналиста | a big story certainly would accelerate the process. not that, um... obituaries and wedding announcements don't inspire scintillating journalism. |
| Уничтожение Осиракского реактора воодушевило Саддама на вторую попытку. | Osirak’s destruction inspired Saddam to try again. |
| Но вы меня воодушевили. | You two have inspired me. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azeri | ruhlandırmaq | Catalan | inspirar |
| Dutch | begeesteren,bezielen, bezien, inspireren | English | inspire |
| Esperanto | inspiri | Estonian | inspireerima |
| Finnish | henkevöidä, henkevöittää, innoittaa, inspiroida | French | inspirer |
| German | inspirieren | Greek | εμπνέυω, εμπνέω |
| Hungarian | ihlet | Indonesian | mengilhami |
| Italian | ispirare | Japanese | 触発 |
| Lithuanian | įkvėpti, inspiruoti | Macedonian | вдахне, вдахнува, инспирира |
| Norwegian | inspirere | Polish | inspirować, natchnąć, owiać, zainspirować |
| Portuguese | inspirar | Spanish | animar, inspirar |
| Swedish | inspirera | Turkish | esinlemek, esinlenmek |
| Vietnamese | kêu gợi |