Backstory
//ˈbækˌstɔːɹi//
Translations of "backstory" (21 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | agtergrond(previous experiences and life of a person), agtergrondinligting(previous experiences and life of a person), agtergrondverhaal(previous experiences and life of a person) | — | |
| Arabic | خلفية درامية(previous experiences and life of a person) | — | |
| Bengali | পিছনের গল্প(previous experiences and life of a person) | pichoner golpo | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 背景故仔(previous experiences and life of a person) | bui³ ging² gu² zai² | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 背景故事(previous experiences and life of a person) | bèijǐng gùshì | |
| Finnish | peitetarina(fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives), taustatarina(previous experiences and life of a person) | — | |
| French | couverture(fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives), toile de fond(previous experiences and life of a person) | — | |
| German | Backstory(previous experiences and life of a person), Hintergrundgeschichte(previous experiences and life of a person), Vorgeschichte(previous experiences and life of a person) | — | |
| Hungarian | előtörténet(previous experiences and life of a person), háttértörténet(previous experiences and life of a person) | — | |
| Japanese | バックストーリー(previous experiences and life of a person), 背景(previous experiences and life of a person), 裏話(previous experiences and life of a person) | bakkusutōrī, haikei, urabanashi | |
| Korean | 뒷이야기(previous experiences and life of a person) | dwisiyagi | |
| Macedonian | предисто́рија(previous experiences and life of a person) | predistórija | |
| Malay | latar tempat(previous experiences and life of a person) | — | |
| Persian | پیشینه داستان(previous experiences and life of a person) | — | |
| Polish | historia(previous experiences and life of a person), legenda(fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives), przedakcja(previous experiences and life of a person), realia(previous experiences and life of a person) | — | |
| Portuguese | história de fundo(previous experiences and life of a person) | — | |
| Punjabi | ਪਿੱਠ-ਕਹਾਣੀ(previous experiences and life of a person) | piṭṭha-kahāṇī | |
| Russian | леге́нда(fictitious account of a person's history designed to conceal their actual history and motives), предысто́рия(previous experiences and life of a person) | legénda, predystórija | |
| Spanish | historia de fondo(previous experiences and life of a person) | — | |
| Swedish | bakgrundsberättelse(previous experiences and life of a person), bakgrundshistoria(previous experiences and life of a person) | — | |
| Ukrainian | передісто́рія(previous experiences and life of a person) | peredistórija |
agtergrond, agtergrondinligting, agtergrondverhaal
خلفية درامية
peitetarina, taustatarina
couverture, toile de fond
Backstory, Hintergrundgeschichte, Vorgeschichte
előtörténet, háttértörténet
latar tempat
پیشینه داستان
historia, legenda, przedakcja, realia
história de fundo
historia de fondo
bakgrundsberättelse, bakgrundshistoria
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