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.

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

Theme song


The literal translation:

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

Cast
Leisha Medina as Steven Cuarzo Universe

Rocío Mallo as Garnet

Stefany Villaroel as Amatista

María José Estevez as Perla

Henrique Palacios as Greg Universe and Lion (Gestures)

Yasmil López as Connie

Brazil
The Brazilian version of Steven Universe (or "Steven Universo") aired on April 7, 2014. Pearl's and Amethyst's names were translated to Brazilian Portuguese as Pérola and Ametista.

Theme song


The literal translation is:

"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!"

Cast
André Marcondes as Steven Quartz Universo (speaking voice)

João Victor Granja as Steven Quartz Universo (singing voice)

Márcia Coutinho as Garnet

Flávia Fontenelle (dubbing director) as Ametista (speaking voice)

Mariana Féo as Ametista (singing voice)

Sylvia Salustti as Pérola

Milton Parisi as Greg Universo

Christiane Monteiro as Connie

Charles Emmanuel as Peedee, Jamie and Barbara

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 weird because there is no dubs for Indonesian in Indonesia.

The characters' names were translated into Malay: After Season 1B aired, Lion's name was called Lion.
 * Mutiara (Pearl)
 * Baiduri (Opal)
 * Kuarza Mawar (Rose Quartz)
 * Ametis (Amethyst)
 * Singa (Lion)
 * Lipan Kumbang (Centipeetle)

Theme Song
The literal translation is:

"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

Romaji version
The literal translation is:

"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 names are unchanged. In Thai script, they are transliterated as:
 * การ์เน็ต (Kār̒nĕt)
 * แอเมทิสต์ (Xæmethis̄t̒)
 * เพิร์ล (Pheir̒l)
 * สตีเว่น (S̄tīwèn)

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

Theme song


Literal 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
Possible translation:

"The Crystal Gems/ Help you if you're in peril*/ And there is no problem/ 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 "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.

France
The French version of Steven Universe airs on Cartoon Network France / Belgique / Suisse every Sunday with a rerun every Saturday.

Theme song
Literal translation:

"We, the Crystal Gems/ We save the whole world / You need to trust us / We'll do anything to succeed in that! / That's why here everyone* believes in us / Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl, and Steven!"

* Literally "all the world".

Theme song
The literal translation is:

"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
Literal 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!"

Second Theme song
Literal 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!"

Theme song
Literal Translation:

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

Cast
Riccardo Suarez as Steven Quarzo Universe

Valentina Favazza as Garnet

Francesca Manicone as Perla

Eva Padoan as Ametista

Francesco Mannella as Greg Universe

Theme song
Literal 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
Literal 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 in, in Garnet, in Amethyst, in Pearl, and in Steven!

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

Theme song
Literal Translation:

"We are 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, it was "Macierzysty Świat", but now it is left in English.

The characters names were translated into Polish:


 * Granat (Garnet)
 * Perła (Pearl)
 * Ametyst (Amethyst)
 * Perydot (Peridot)
 * Jaspis (Jasper)
 * Rubin/Rubi (Ruby)
 * Szafir
 * Stogonożuk (Centipeetle)
 * Aleksandryt (Alexandrite)
 * Lew/Lewek (Lion)
 * Kwaśnia Śmietana (Sour Cream)

Theme song
The literal translation is:

"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!"

Cast
Maciej Falana (episodes 1-13) | Jan Rotowski (episodes 14+) as Steven Universe

Agnieszka Kudelska as Garnet

Katarzyna Łaska as Pearl

Brygida Turowska as Amethyst

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

Theme song
Literal 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)

Romanized version
Literal 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
Literal 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!

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
Literal translation:

"We, the Crystal Gems/we'll be by your side/and even you don't believe us/we'll find the solution/that's why the whole world believe in Steven/Garnet and, Amethyst, and Pearl, and Steven"

Cast
Răzvan Dinu as Steven Univers

Anda Tămăşanu as Granat

Ana Maria Georgescu as Ametist

Ioana Dagău as Perlă (episodes 1-26)

Mihaela Gherdan as Perlă (episosdes 27+)

Richard Balint as Greg

Iulia Tohotan as Connie

Florian Silaghi - Lars

Alina Leonte as Lapis Lazuli and Sadie (episodes 30+)

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

 * Steven Universe - Arabic Intro (HD Remake) (ستيفن البطل)

Romanized version
Literal 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!"

Cast
Selina Choueiry as Steven Quartz Universe

Sylvana Felfeleh as Garnet - Sadie

Rana Alrifai as Amethyst

Aya Kâkati as Pearl

Saad Hamdan as Greg Universe - Lars - Mr Smiley

Fadi Alrifai as Fryman - Peedee

Nada Elhadj as Connie

Turkey
Steven Universe aired in Turkey on June 2, 2014. Garnet's, Pearl's and Amethyst's names were translated to Turkish as Lal (mobile games, originally Garnet), İnci and Ametist.

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

The names in the Hebrew dub appear to be not changed but copying phonetically from English.
 * גארנט (Garnet)
 * אמטיסט (Amethyst)
 * פרל (Pearl)
 * סטיבן (Steven)

Theme song


Translated, the Hebrew dubbed intro has a very unnoticeable difference from the original:

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 many 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 and "まかせて. . . " ("Makasete...") in the Japanese 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).
 * Season 1, Episode 20, Coach Steven, aired in Korea, Canada, Latin America and Brazil, before it aired in the U.S.
 * Cartoon Network Arabic will be 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, however.