| Example in Russian | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| В Риме оно укорачивает жизнь... ещё вернее, чем болезнь. | In Rome, dignity shortens life... even more surely than disease. |
| Знаете, фастфуд укорачивает жизнь. | You know, fast food shortens your life. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | قصر | Danish | forkorte |
| Dutch | korten,verkorten | English | shorten |
| Esperanto | mallongigi | Estonian | kontraheeruma, lühenema |
| Finnish | lyhentyä, lyhentää, lyhetä | French | écourter, raccourcir |
| German | kürzen, verkürzen | Greek | κονταίνω, συμπτύσσω, συντομεύω |
| Hebrew | קיצר | Hungarian | kurtít, rövidít |
| Icelandic | stytta, stýfa | Indonesian | memperpendek, mempersingkat |
| Italian | accorciare, accorciarsi, accorcire, raccorciare, scorciare, scorciarsi, scorcire | Japanese | 縮む, 縮める |
| Lithuanian | patrumpinti, sutrumpėti, sutrumpinti, trumpėti | Macedonian | скрати, скратува, скуси |
| Norwegian | korte | Polish | skracać |
| Portuguese | atalhar, encurtar | Romanian | scurta |
| Spanish | acortarse | Swedish | korta, kortna, kortsluta |
| Thai | ร่น | Turkish | kısalmak, kısaltılmak |
| Vietnamese | rút ngắn |