Turkish
| Example in Turkish | Translation in English |
|---|---|
| Ama geleceği düşünüp modernleşmek de lazım. | But we must also look ahead and modernize. |
| Language | Verb(s) | Language | Verb(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | modernitzar | Dutch | moderniseren |
| English | modernize | Esperanto | modernigi |
| Estonian | tänapäevastama | Finnish | ajanmukaistaa, nykyaikaistaa, uudenaikaistaa |
| French | moderniser | German | modernisieren |
| Hungarian | korszerűsít, modernizál | Italian | ammodernare, modernizzare, riammodernare, rimodernare |
| Japanese | 近代化, 現代化 | Macedonian | осовремени |
| Portuguese | modernizar | Russian | модернизировать |
| Spanish | modernizar, modernizarse | Swedish | modernisera |
| Vietnamese | cách tân |