# Help identifying language, please **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 6, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-language-please/922300 "2020-10-06T02:58:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bicycleguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@bicycleguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bicycleguy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-language-please/922300/1 "2020-10-06T02:58:34Z")
[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50425632331_13b2415605_w.jpg "image2") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/62482350@N04/50425632331/in/dateposted-public/) My brother filled out a form, in English, at the hospital he works at. Somehow, it was translated into another language. We have no idea what language it is, so I’m turning to the SD for help. Does anyone recognize the language? If it helps, I think the second line under the 36.8 on the chart is the word Temperature. This is my first time posting trying to link to a picture. I hope it works. Thanks, in advance, for any help. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-language-please/922300/2 "2020-10-06T03:00:20Z")
Edited: The thing finally loaded. Looks like Englsih written with Greek letters. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-language-please/922300/3 "2020-10-06T03:01:37Z")
This looks pretty decisively like modern Greek to me. Sorry I can’t translate it for you. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-language-please/922300/4 "2020-10-06T03:03:44Z")
One more edit, you’re so close lol ---
**Author:** ![UDS1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47774/32.png) [@UDS1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UDS1)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-language-please/922300/5 "2020-10-06T03:03:50Z")
It hasn’t been translated; it’s still in English, but written using the Greek alphabet. ---
**Author:** ![bicycleguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@bicycleguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bicycleguy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-language-please/922300/6 "2020-10-06T03:20:01Z")
Unbelievably quick responses. You people are amazing. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-language-please/922300/7 "2020-10-06T03:20:06Z")
The letters are Greek. Does anyone here have an app that translates languages in other alphabets? One of my favorite Youtubers does it with MREs from other countries. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/kEV4At138lw/maxresdefault.jpg "🇬🇷GREEK Special Forces 24-hour Ration MRE Unboxing & Taste Test -- pocket stove demo") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEV4At138lw) ---
**Author:** ![blue\_infinity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_infinity/32/2817_2.png) [@blue\_infinity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blue_infinity)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-language-please/922300/8 "2020-10-06T05:46:21Z")
It looks like the font got switched to ‘Symbol’ font. It’s one of the standard fonts in Microsoft office products and uses Greek letters. ---
**Author:** ![half-elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@half-elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/half-elf)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-language-please/922300/9 "2020-10-06T07:48:37Z")
It is indeed English language printed with greek fonts, to clarify, it is as if somebody wanted to type in English but forgot to switch their keyboard from GR to EN. (The 2 alphabets do not correspond 100%). The headline reads: Wital Signs (24 Hrs) - Yes, Wital, whoever wrote it made a typo. Beneath that: (All documented values resulted over … and so on. Let me know if you need more help. ---
**Author:** ![bicycleguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@bicycleguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bicycleguy)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-language-please/922300/10 "2020-10-06T20:53:47Z")
Again, thanks all, for both the language and the explanations how it could have happened. That was a concern, too. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-language-please/922300/11 "2020-10-07T19:05:33Z")
It’s Greek to me.