Steven Universe Translations in Foreign Countries

Steven Universe has aired in numerous countries worldwide and has been translated into many different languages. This is an incomplete list of these adaptations.

Latin America
The Latin American version of Steven Universe aired on April 7, 2014. Pearl and Amethyst's names were translated into Spanish as Perla and Amatista.

Theme song


English translation:

"We are the Crystal Gems / We have to save the world / And although you don't think that / We will find the way / That's why the people of this world believe in / Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl, and Steven!"

Brazil
The Brazilian version of Steven Universe (or "Steven Universo") aired on April 7, 2014.

The characters names translated into Brazilian

 * Pérola(Pearl)
 * Ametista (Amethyst)

Theme song


English translation:

"We are the Crystal Gems / We always save the day / Don't think that we can't / Down with cowardice / And that's why everyone always believes / In Garnet, in Amethyst, in Pearl, and in Steven!"

Asia
Steven Universe aired in Asia on January 6, 2014. The animation is unchanged from the English version of Steven Universe but with Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Korean and Malay dubs.

Malay
Steven Universe aired in Malaysia on 6 January 2014, Monday with the support of Cartoon Network Southeast Asia. It stopped airing for a while in 2014 at the last of episode Season 1A, "Ocean Gem". It continued airing the episodes on July 6, 2015, with the episode "House Guest", the first episode of Season 1B.

There are two episodes that were not dubbed into Malay, "So Many Birthdays" and "Joking Victim". It was replaced with Indonesian dubs. It is unusual because there are no dubs for Indonesian in Indonesia.

The characters names translated into Malay
After Season 1B aired, Lion's name is left in English. After Season 2A aired, Pearl's name is left in English.
 * Mutiara (Pearl)
 * Baiduri (Opal)
 * Kuarza Mawar (Rose Quartz)
 * Ametis (Amethyst)
 * Singa (Lion)
 * Delima (Ruby)
 * Nilam (Sapphire)
 * Kuarza Pelangi (Rainbow Quartz)
 * Lipan Kumbang (Centipeetle)

Theme Song


English translation:

"Oh, Crystal Gems / The savior of The World / And we are ready/ No matter where / The entire of the world believes in / Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Steven!"

Japan
Steven Universe aired in Japan on June 1, 2014. In addition to the inclusion of on-screen lyrics during the theme song, the hard cuts that end the intro and begin the episode title in the English version are replaced with fades, and the end credits sequence is extended slightly to include credits for the Japanese dubbing cast and staff. The title card has been changed to just "Steven" at the beginning.

The names are unchanged. In the Japanese katakana script, they are written:
 * スティーブン (Sutiibun): Steven
 * ガーネット (Gaanetto): Garnet
 * アメジスト (Amejisuto): Amethyst
 * パール (Paaru): Pearl

If the Gems' names were translated into the Japanese language, they would be:
 * 柘榴石 (Romaji Zakuroishi): Garnet
 * 紫水晶 (Romaji: Murasakizuishou): Amethyst
 * 真珠 (Romaji: Shinju): Pearl

Theme song




Romaji version
English translation:

"Tada! / We are the Crystal Gems! / We protect this world! / No matter the time! / We'll definitely save you! / So... don't worry about anything!/ Leave it to.../ Garnet! Amethyst! Pearl... and me, Steven!"

Thailand
Steven Universe aired in Thailand in 2014.

The characters names Thai transliteration

 * การ์เน็ต (Kār̒nĕt)
 * แอเมทิสต์ (Xæmethis̄t̒)
 * เพิร์ล (Pheir̒l)
 * สตีเว่น (S̄tīwèn)Steven Universe - Second Intro (Thai)

India
Steven Universe also has a translation in three languages in India. Currently confirmed are Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi. Down below is the Hindi intro.

Theme song


English translation:

We are the Crystal Gems''! / We are saviors of the world / If we can't! / We'll find a way / That's why the people believe [in]... / Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl, and Steven!''

Vietnam
In Vietnam, the intro is not dubbed, except for a small part at the end. But, the show is "lector dubbed".

Link to the Vietnamese intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dsv6QoYXsFI

Theme song
English translation:

"The Crystal Gems / Help you if you're in trouble * / And there is no complication / That has no solution!/ That's why all the world, today, trusts in / Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, and Steven!"

* The closest to a literal translation is "Help you if you are bad", meaning "if you are in a bad situation" or "if you are feeling bad". The linking verb "estás" is translated as "to be", but relates to a current, recent and short term status, not the chronic status led by the translation.

Also there is a version with "cree en" (believe in) instead of "confia en" (trusts in). This intro only showed up in "Watermelon Steven" only the first time the episode aired. The reason for this change is yet unknown.

A link to the original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NnmcMLoYv0

The characters names translated into French

 * Grenat (Garnet)
 * Perle (Pearl)
 * Améthyste (Amethyst)
 * Ognion (Onion)
 * Crème fraiche (Sour Cream)
 * Quartz Arc-en-ciel (Rainbow Quartz)
 * Rubie (Ruby)
 * Saphir (Sapphire)

The French version of Steven Universe airs on Cartoon Network France / Belgique / Suisse every Sunday with a rerun every Saturday since the 5th of May 2014. Season 2 airs since February 2016. A hiatus has been marked since "Back to the barn" has aired. This pause will end on May 2016.

Theme song
English translation:

"We, the Crystal Gems / We save the entire world / You have to trust us / We'll do everything to succeed in that! / That's why here everbody believes in us / Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl, and Steven!"

* Literally "all the world".

Theme song
English translation:

We are the Crystal Gems / the saviors in distress / Even if you don't believe us, / we bring it into balance / So everyone in the world might love us / Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl and Steven!"

Theme song (Season 1)
English translation:

"We are the magical guardians / We save the world every now and then / It isn't always easy / We'll figure out a way / That's why the people on our Earth believe in / Garnet, and Amethyst, and Pearl, and Steven!"

Theme song (Season 2)
English translation:

"We are the crystals! / We save everyone all the time / and if you think we can't / we'll see it as a joke! / That's why the people in this world, they belive in / Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl, and Steven!"

Italy
The dubbing of the show is handled by Studio Emme in Rome. Episodes 42 through 52 appear to have utilized a different translation team, as some terminology and names were changed before reverting by Season 2:


 * Crystal Gems became Gemme di cristallo, but sometimes they are still called by their original name
 * In the Italian dubbing, the Kindergarten is named with both its translated name (Giardino d'infanzia) and the original one
 * For almost the entire Season 1, Rose Quartz's name and diminutive were translated respectively as Quarzo Rosa and Rosa, but in later dubbing they were reverted to the original for unknown reasons
 * Jasper and Peridot were not translated with their Italian names (Diaspro and Olivina)

Cast

 * Perla (Pearl)
 * Ametista (Amethyst)
 * Quarzo Rosa (Rose Quartz)


 * Peridoto (Peridot)
 * Rubino (Ruby)
 * Zaffiro (Sapphiere)
 * Sardonicev (Sardonyx)
 * Alessandrite (Alexandrite)
 * Leone (Lion)
 * Panna Acida (Sour Cream)
 * Diamante Giallo (Yellow Diamond)
 * Quarzo Arcobaleno (Rainbow Quartz)
 * Grappolo (Cluster)
 * Cipollo (Onion)
 * Diamante Blu (Blue Diamond﻿)

Theme song
English translation:

"We are the Crystal Gems, / We have the solution / Against every ill, / With determination / We'll defend the world, who already believes/ in Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl, and Steven!"

Theme song
English translation:

"We are the Crystal Gems! / We're here to help. / And if you think we're not.../ You will be amazed! / The people of this world, believe.../ in Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl, and in Steven!"

A better literal translation is "surprised".

Literally "the residents".

Theme song
English translation:

"Look! Those, who never leave you, / the big diamond team, / we didn't lose yet, / and we'll always be there, / The people believe in like, they believe so, in Garnet, in Amethyst, in Pearl, and in Steven!

*There will be some problems with yellow diamond...

The characters names translated into Dutch

 * Granaat (Garnet)
 * Amethist (Amethyst)
 * Parel (Pearl)
 * Sugiliet (Sugilite)
 * Leeuwtje (Lion)
 * Roos (Rose, abbreviation of Rose Quartz)
 * Fred (Greg)
 * Alexandriet (Alexandrite)
 * Opaal (Opal)
 * Peridoot (Peridot)Steven Universe - Intro 2 (Dutch Nederlands)
 * Jaspis (Jasper)
 * Lazuur (Lapis)
 * Robijn (Ruby)
 * Saphier (Sapphire)
 * Malachiet (Malachite)
 * Ui-knul (Onion)
 * Zure crème (Sour Cream)
 * Maarten (Marty)

Theme song
English translation:

"We are made of gem / hardened by adventure / and if it's necessary / we go through the fire / And that's why everyone can trust / on Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl, and Steven!"

Poland
Episodes 1-42 were dubbed in Studio Sonica, while 43+ were dubbed in SDI Media Poland. The second studio changed some of the voices, for example, Lapis Lazuli, Connie's parents, Sadie, Peridot, Ronaldo, and Mayor Dewey. They also changed Homeworld translation, which was "Macierzysty Świat", but now it is left in English.

The characters names translated into Polish

 * Granat (Garnet)
 * Perła (Pearl)
 * Ametyst (Amethyst)
 * Perydot (Peridot)
 * Jaspis (Jasper)
 * Rubin (Ruby)
 * Szafir (Sapphire)
 * Stogonożuk (Centipeetle)
 * Sardonyks (Sardonyx)
 * Sugilit (Sugilite)
 * Aleksandryt (Alexandrite)
 * Lew/Lewek (Lion)
 * Kwaśna Śmietana (Sour Cream)
 * Rose Kwarc (Rose Quartz)
 * Malachit (Malachite)
 * Żółty Diament (Yellow Diamond)
 * Tęczowy Kwarc (Rainbow Quartz)
 * Zlepek (Cluster)
 * Cebula (Onion)

Theme song (Season 1)
English translation:

"We are the shine of gems / When the battle time comes / Then even if you doubt us / We won't give evil a chance / That's why the whole world will believe / In Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl and Steven!"

Theme song (Season 2)
English translation:

"Each one of us has a gem / We are saving this world / Who doesn't appreciate / Will be very surprised / Today the world already knows that it's earnestly protected / (by) Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Steven!"

Norway
The names of the main characters were all literally translated into Norwegian. The dub confuses the names of all characters, meaning Steven goes from calling himself the Norwegian "Steven Univers" to the English "Steven Universe" and calling the other main characters by their original names and sometimes their translated names. Norwegian dubs of cartoons normally don't translate all names and just pronounce them the English way, maybe explaining the inconsistency in the Norwegian Steven Universe dub.

The characters names translated into Norwegian

 * Steven Univers (Steven Universe)
 * Granat (Garnet)
 * Perle (Pearl)
 * Ametyst (Amethyst)

Theme song
English translation:

"We, the crystal stones / Can always save you / And if you're in doubt we'll / Always find a way / And that's why the world trusts / To be saved by / Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl, and Steven!"

Russian
In Russian, the name of the show, Вселенная Стивена (Vselenaya Steevena), literally translates to Steven's Universe (as opposed to his name).

The characters names translated into Russian

 * Granat (Garnet)
 * Zhemchug (Pearl)
 * Ametist (Amethyst)

Romanized version
English translation:

''We, Gems we, / Always save the world. / You think we can't, / But we, of course, we can! / And people believe in us, we find fear disgusting. / Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, and Steven.''

Theme song
English translation:

Hey, crystal gems chin up / We always save the day/ You may think it's a lie / But we always solve the case / That's why anyone knows that they can believe in / Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl and Steven!

Bulgaria
Steven Universe in Bulgaria is called Стивън Вселенски(Stivun Vselenski). Episodes are dubbed in Alexandra Audio.

Romanized version
English translation:

''You are before the gems, remember we are heroes. We save the world in complete beauty. And all the people of this world believe in: Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl, and Steven!''

The characters names translated into Bulgarian

 * Гранат/Granat ( Garnet)


 * Аметист/Ametist ( Amethyst)


 * Перла/Perla ( Pearl)


 * Яспис/Iaspis ( Jasper)


 * Малахит/Malahit ( Malachite)


 * Киселяка/Kiselyaka[The sour one] ( Sour Cream)


 * Лукчо/Lukcho ( Onion)


 * Рубин/Rubin ( Ruby)


 * Сапфир/Sapfir ( Sapphire)


 * Перидот/Peridot (Peridot)


 * Лъвчо/Lavcho (Lion)


 * Роуз Кварц/Rouz Kvartz (Rose Quartz)


 * Жълт Диамант/Zhalt Diamant (Yellow Diamond)


 * Грозд/Grozd (Cluster)


 * Сугилит/Sugilit (Sugilite)


 * Александрит/Aleksandrit (Alexandrite)


 * Стоношкобръмбар/Stonoshkobrumbar (Centipeetle)


 * Дъга Кварц/Duga Kvartz ( Rainbow Quartz)


 * Сардоникс/Sardoniks ( Sardonyx)
 * Син Диамант/Sin Diamant (Blue Diamond)
 * Синя Перла/Sinya Perla (Blue Pearl)
 * Жълта Перла/Zhulta Perla (Yellow Pearl)

Romania
The Romanian version of Steven Universe was supposed to air in Romania on August 18, 2014, but it was moved on October 6, 2014.

Theme song
English translation:

We, the Gems / We'll be by your side / And even if you don't believe us / We'll find the solution / That's why the whole world trusts / Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl, and Steven.

Arabic
The Arabic version of Steven Universe started airing on August 4, 2014 on Cartoon Network Arabic.

The Arabic title ستيفن البطل ("Steven the Hero") was chosen by CN Arabic Studios. An Arabic subtitled version uses عالم ستيفن ("Steven Universe").

The episodes were dubbed by IPH (Image Production House), a Lebanese dub studio.

Theme song (Season 1)


Romanized version

English translation:

"We are the team Crystal Gems / We'll always be victorious / And if you doubt us, be with the knowledge that if there was something scary / you have Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl, and Steven!"

Theme song (Season 2)
Romanized version

English translation:

""We are the Crystal Gems heroes / We'll always be united / and if you doubt us, be with the knowledge that if there was something scary / you have Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl, and Steven!""

Turkey
Steven Universe aired in Turkey on June 2, 2014.

The characters names translated into Turkish

 * Lal (Garnet)
 * Ametist (Amethyst)
 * İnci(Pearl)

Israel
Steven Universe airs on the cable and satellite channel "The Kids' Channel" (ערוץ הילדים) in Israel on the Cartoon Network Block.

The characters names in Hebrew are left in English

 * גארנט (Garnet)
 * אמטיסט (Amethyst)
 * פרל (Pearl)
 * סטיבן (Steven)

Theme song


English translation:

We, we're the Crystal Gems / We save the situation / And if you think we aren't able to / We always find the way / That's why all the people believe in / Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl, and Steven.

The fact that the intro was translated almost literally down to every word from the original is very unbearable for most Israelis or fluent Hebrew speakers, since it grammatically wrong to say it the way it is attributed here.

Trivia

 * Greg Universe sings a part of the intro in several translations of Steven Universe. He sings "Cree en" in the Latin American Spanish version, "già crede" in the Italian version, "tror på" in the Swedish version, "kan tro på" in the Danish version, "Gorliwie" in the Polish version, "まかせて. . . " ("Makasete...") in the Japanese version and "مخيف" ("moukhyfon") in the second Arabic version. This seems to have been reflected in We are the Crystal Gems.
 * Some English texts are accompanied by subtitles in the Italian localization (e.g. "We're Closed" in "Laser Light Cannon"), or replaced with Italian ones altogether (The Lonely Blade IV subtitles in Steven the Sword Fighter).
 * Some English texts are replaced in Korea with Korean ones or they are just deleted altogether (Do or Do Nut text in Joking Victim is in Korean, Lonely Blade IV subtitles in Steven the Sword Fighter are deleted).
 * Season 1, Episode 20, "Coach Steven", aired in Korea, Canada, Latin America and Brazil, before it aired in the U.S.
 * Cartoon Network Arabic is the first free to air channel to air Steven Universe.
 * Beginning with Episode 27, "House Guest" (or Season 1B), all dubs handled by Turner EMEA in PAL territories began using pitch corrected M&E tracks to compensate for the change in framerate. Many dubs still used the 4% higher pitched intro for the remainder of Season 1B, then changed in Season 2, but some of European countries are aring season 2 and 3 with first intro.
 * Although in Latin American version Garnet's name remains untranslated, Spanish version translates Garnet's name as Granate.