# How to translate 'item'

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In several languages ‘item’ is translated as ‘item’ or similar. In German there is no term like item.

I can translate ‘item’ as  
an object like a physical object (a painting, a book, a document). German: Objekt  
or  
an entry like an entre in a database. German: Eintrag.

’entry’ sounds best for me because ‘object is used a s seperate term. What do you think?

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Again that is a good question… I’ll give some ideas;

In Portuguese we do have the word “Objeto” for “objects”. In some earlier documentation about Tainacan we described Items as “the digital objects”.

In Portuguese we use “Item” for elements in a list so I guess it is closer to “entry”? The word should be really generic considering that you may create a collection of anything. In a collection of Authors, the items are people. In a collection of Places, the items are locations, etc.

For example, when using the Gutenberg block “List”, the child blocks are translated as “Item da lista” in Portuguese:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/tainacan/original/2X/9/93dfade8315c003b19694275b58a7252b45a95e0.png)

That said, in Spanish they are translating as “Elemento”. We do have “Elemento” in Portuguese but it reminds me more of some chemistry or physics conversation…

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Thanks. I will use ‘entry’.