Ga-Tan-Yoo

English translation: be grateful

10:44 Mar 12, 2019

Thai to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Anthropology / Behaviour Codes

Thai term or phrase: Ga-Tan-Yoo

Greetings

Ref. https://www.thairomeo.com/thailand-wife.html

Thai girls (and boys) are taught from an early age that their parents have sacrificed a great deal to bring them safely into the world, and that they owe them a huge debt of gratitude for this. It is a deeply ingrained part of Thai culture and there’s no way that any respectable girl would ever go against it. It has a name, it’s called ‘Ga-Tan-Yoo’.

Please, what would be the best translation of ‘Ga-Tan-Yoo’?

I'd also be grateful if you could write the term in Thai script, please. This will also help me make a satisfactory entry in the glossary.

Best Wishes

Simon

SeiTT KudoZ activity Questions: 3738 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (9 closed without grading) Answers: 1 United Kingdom
Local time: 21:52

English translation:be grateful

Explanation:
Hi Simon,

Ka-tan-yu (กตัญญู) is translated as [V] be grateful; oblige S.รู้คุณ, แสดงความกตัญญู Ex. เด็กๆ จะถูกสอนให้กตัญญูรู้คุณบิดามารดา (source: NECTEC Lexitron 2 TH-EN)

It certainly is a pillar of Thai hierarchical culture, "one must be grateful to their parents, elders, teachers, peers, bosses" etc.

Hope this helps!
DJH

Selected response from:

Dylan J Hartmann
Australia

Grading comment

Many thanks, excellent.

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +1

be grateful

Dylan J Hartmann

5 +1

Filial piety

Theresa Somsri

กตัญญู

Sarah Anderson

Answers

11 mins confidence:

กตัญญู

Explanation:
Reference:

https://dict.longdo.com/search/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%B9

Sarah Anderson
United States
Local time: 16:52
Native speaker of:

English

12 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

กตัญญู

be grateful

Dylan J Hartmann
Australia
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Many thanks, excellent.

18 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

Filial piety

Explanation:
( Thai spelling: กตัญญู )
The term itself means gratitude, but the specific term for the expectation of children returning kindness and care out of gratitude towards elder family members is filial piety.

From the Bangkok Post:
filial piety - respecting your elders; the respect that sons and daughters show to their parents

From the Encyclopaedia Britannica:
The attitude of obedience, devotion, and care toward one’s parents and elder family members that is the basis of individual moral conduct and social harmony. Consists in putting the needs of parents and family elders over self, spouse, and children, deferring to parents’ judgment, and observing toward them the prescribed behavioral proprieties.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/xiao-Confucianism
https://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/meaning/filial+piety

Theresa Somsri
Thailand
Local time: 03:52
Native speaker of:

English

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:

ProZ.com term search

Search millions of term translations

Ga-Tan-Yoo

English translation: be grateful

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

Your current localization setting

Select a language

Ga-Tan-Yoo

English translation: be grateful

Answers

KudoZ™ translation help

You have native languages that can be verified

Your current localization setting

Select a language