Canadian English→English
Translate Canadian English to English the way locals mean it.
Canadian English often softens statements, uses local words for everyday things, and adds tags that signal agreement rather than changing the basic meaning.
Going the other way? English to Canadian English
474 local dialects
What locals actually say
I’m just going to the washroom, eh?
I’m going to the bathroom, okay?
Hydro’s out again.
The power is out again.
Grab your toque, it’s a bit nippy out.
Get your winter hat, it’s a little cold outside.
Can you lend me a loonie till payday?
Could you lend me a loonie, a one-dollar Canadian coin, until payday?
The arena’s behind the parkade, just past the lights.
The arena is behind the parkade, or parking garage, just past the traffic lights.
I’ll grab a double-double on the way in.
I’ll pick up a double-double, a coffee with two creams and two sugars, on the way in.
The deadline’s today, so we’d better give’r.
The deadline is today, so we’d better give’r, meaning work hard and get it finished.
We’re heading to the cottage for the long weekend.
We’re going to the cottage, the Canadian term for a vacation cabin, for the long weekend.
Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.
How Canadian English differs
Canadian English. Mixed spelling (colour, centre but organize), Canadian vocabulary (toque, hydro for electricity, washroom), metric units, polite friendly register.
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