| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Хорошо, это весьма прискорбно, но мы должны соблюсти формальности. | Well, I find that rather unfortunate, given we've certain formalities to observe. |
| Я знаю, что надо соблюсти формальности, но я хотела бы начать процесс. | I'm sure there are formalities to observe, but I'd like to start the process. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | guaitar,observar | Dutch | observeren, opmerken |
| English | observe | Esperanto | observadi, observi |
| Estonian | täheldama | Finnish | havainnoida, havaita, observoida |
| French | observer | German | observieren |
| Greek | παρατηρώ | Hungarian | észrevesz |
| Indonesian | amati, mengamati | Italian | osservare |
| Japanese | 監視, 観察, 観測, 見聞, 順守, 觀測 | Latvian | novērot, vērot |
| Lithuanian | stebėti | Macedonian | набљудува, посматра |
| Maori | tiro | Norwegian | observere |
| Polish | obserwować, poobserwować, przestrzegać, zaobserwować | Portuguese | acatar, observar |
| Romanian | observa, zări | Spanish | observar |
| Swedish | iaktta, iakttaga | Thai | สังเกต |
| Turkish | gözlemek, gözlemlemek | Vietnamese | quan sát |