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Anastasia Nuskhaeva

Russian Federation

World walk

Russian to English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters

Can I say "World walk" in the meaning of "walking around the world"? Does it sound English? Please help.

Anastasia Nuskhaeva (asker) Mar 9, 2011: Thank you GaryG, I've posted my question to English section. Thank you Nicky for your explanation.
GaryG Mar 9, 2011: You'd get more response in the English-only pair if you're looking for multiple opinions; as posed, this is not really a translation question
Nicky Brown Mar 9, 2011: What's the context? World walk is understandable in English but it's not a common phrase/word collocation. If it was for the title of something or for advertising, ie you wanted it to stand out ("World walk for charity", something like that) then "world walk is good". If it's in the middle of a text, ie "He completed a world walk" then it would be better/less unusual (marked) to say "He walked around the world"