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Red tape

Translations of "red tape" (17 languages)

Language	Translation	Romanization
Afrikaans	rompslomp(excessive bureaucracy)	—
Chinese Mandarin	官僚習氣 /官僚习气(excessive bureaucracy), 繁文縟禮 /繁文缛礼(excessive bureaucracy), 繁文縟節 /繁文缛节(excessive bureaucracy)	guānliáo xíqì, fánwénrùlǐ, fánwénrùjié
Czech	úřední šiml(excessive bureaucracy)	—
Dutch	paarse krokodil(excessive bureaucracy)	—
Finnish	paperisota(excessive bureaucracy)	—
French	impôt papier(excessive bureaucracy), paperasse f paperasserie(excessive bureaucracy)	—
German	Amtsschimmel(excessive bureaucracy)	—
Hindi	लालफ़ीता(excessive bureaucracy)	lālfītā
Japanese	お役所さんの仕事(excessive bureaucracy), レッドテープ(excessive bureaucracy), 繁文縟礼(excessive bureaucracy)	o-yakusho-san no shigoto, reddo teepu, hanbun jokurei
Korean	레드 테이프(excessive bureaucracy), 번문욕례(excessive bureaucracy)	redeu teipeu, beonmunyongnye
Persian	کاغذبازی(excessive bureaucracy)	kâġaz-bâzi
Polish	biuralizm(excessive bureaucracy), biurokracja(excessive bureaucracy), biurokratyzm(excessive bureaucracy)	—
Portuguese	burocracia(excessive bureaucracy)	—
Russian	бюрократи́зм(excessive bureaucracy), волоки́та(excessive bureaucracy), канцеля́рщина(excessive bureaucracy)	bjurokratízm, volokíta, kanceljárščina
Slovak	úradný šimeľ(excessive bureaucracy)	—
Spanish	burocracia(excessive bureaucracy), cinta roja(excessive bureaucracy), expedienteo(excessive bureaucracy), formalismos(excessive bureaucracy), formulismos(excessive bureaucracy), gestión(excessive bureaucracy), papeleo(excessive bureaucracy), papelerío(excessive bureaucracy), trámites(excessive bureaucracy)	—
Swedish	byråkrati(excessive bureaucracy)	—