Thursday, May 5, 2011

May I take your photograph, please?

Photographing birds and animals are quite often easier than photographing people. Well, at least they don't make faces back at me! I've always been very hesitant to approach others to take their photo, partly because I find myself in adept as a portrait photographer but more because I find it difficult to approach people. Sometimes I have got away with some candid and surreptitious shots, but they are far from satisfactory. Eh bien, no one wants to be approached by an impolite guy with a 'gun'. So I was just learning to approach people and politely ask them for a photograph.


English
May I take your photograph, please?

Afrikaans
mag ek neem jou foto, asseblief?

Albanian
Mund të bëj fotografi juaj, ju lutem?

Arabic
يمكنني التقاط صورة، من فضلك؟

Chinese | S
我可以给你拍照,好吗?

Czech
 Mohu si fotografii, prosím?

Danish
 Må jeg tage dit fotografi, please?

Dutch
Mag ik je foto, alstublieft?

Filipino
 maaaring i kumuha ng iyong mga litrato, please?

Finnish
Saanko kuvasi, kiitos?

French
Puis-je vous prendre en photo, s'il vous plaît?

German
Darf ich Ihr Foto, bitte?

Hebrew
אני יכול לצלם שלך, בבקשה?

Hindi
माई आपकी तस्वीर लेने के लिए, कृपया?

Indonesian
mungkin saya mengambil foto anda, silahkan?

Hungarian
Hadd vegye be a fényképet, kérem?

Irish
Is féidir liom a ghlacadh do ghrianghraf, le do thoil?

Italian
Posso prendere la tua foto, per favore?

Japanese
私がしてください、あなたの写真を撮ることがあります?

Korean
내가하십시오 사진이 걸릴 있습니다?

Malay
mungkin saya mengambil gambar anda, sila?

Norwegian
kan jeg ta bilde, please?

Persian
ممکن است من را عکس خود ، لطفا؟

Polish
Czy mogę wziąć swoje zdjęcie, proszę?

Portuguese
Posso tirar a sua fotografia, por favor?

Russian
Могу ли я считать вашу фотографию, пожалуйста?

Spanish
¿Puedo tomar su fotografía, por favor?

Swahili
inaweza i kuchukua picha yako, tafadhali?

Swedish
Kan jag ta din bild, tack?

Thai
ฉันอาจจะใช้เวลาถ่ายภาพของคุณได้ไหม

Turkish
i, lütfen fotoğraf alabilir?

Vietnamese
có thể tôi đưa bức ảnh của bạn, xin vui lòng?

Welsh
Efallai i gymryd eich llun, os gwelwch yn dda?


But just as a word of caution, people in few parts of the world do not like to photographed even if you approach them politely. Esp. in the Arab culture, its almost taboo to take someone's photo as they believe that the person's soul is also captured in the photo.

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