My hovercraft is full of eels in many languages

This phrase is used in a sketch about a badly translated English-Hungarian phrasebook from the British TV comedy show, Monty Python's Flying Circus. There's a video of the sketch on youtube and a transcript on this site.

Language	My hovercraft is full of eels
Afrikaans	My skeertuig is vol palings
Albanian	Hoverkrafti im është plot me ngjala
Arabic (Modern Standard)	حَوّامتي مُمْتِلئة بِأَنْقَلَيْسون (ḥawwāmtī mumtilah biānqalaysūn)
Armenian (Eastern)	Իմ օդաթիռը լի է օձաձկերով (Im odatirry li e odzadz.kerov)
Armenian (Western)	Իմ սաւառնակս օձաձկներով լեցուն է: (Eem savarrnaguhs otsatsknerov letsoon e)
Aromanian	Pãmporea-a mea-i ãmplinã di uhelji
Avallaen	(ägloinniyüvoih pōvlen üevs erüs)
Basque	Nire aerolabangailua aingiraz beteta dago
Belarusian	Мой паветраны човен поўны вуграмі (Moj pavetrany čoven pouny vugramі)
Bulgarian	Корабът ми на въздушна възглавница е пълен със змиорки (Korabãt mi na v'zdyšna vãzglavnica e pãlen sãs zmiorki)
Catalan	El meu aerolliscador està ple d'anguiles
Cebuano	Puno ug kasili ang akong hoberkrap/hovercraft
Chamorro	Bula hasuli gi halom hovercraft-hu
Chinese (Cantonese)	我隻氣墊船裝滿晒鱔 (ngóh jek heijínsyùhn jòngmúhn saaisíhn)
Chinese (Mandarin)	我的氣墊船裝滿了鱔魚 [我的气垫船充满了鳝鱼] (Wǒ de qìdiànchuán zhuāngmǎn le shànyú)
Croatian	Moja je lebdjelica puna jegulja
Czech	Moje vznášedlo je plné úhořů
Danish	Mit luftpudefartøj er fyldt med ål
Dutch	Mijn hovercraft zit vol palingen
Esperanto	Mia kusenveturilo estas plena je angiloj
Estonian	Mu hõljuk on angerjaid täis
Finnish	Ilmatyynyalukseni on täynnä ankeriaita
French	Mon aéroglisseur est plein d'anguilles
Gaelic (Irish)	Tá m'árthach foluaineach lán d'eascainn
Gaelic (Manx)	Ta my haagh crowal lane dy astan
Gaelic (Scottish)	Tha mo bhàta-foluaimein loma-làn easgannan
German	Mein Luftkissenfahrzeug ist voller Aale Mein Hovercraft ist voller Aale
German (Swiss)	Miss Luftchüssiboot isch voll Aal
Greek	Τὸ χόβερκράφτ μου εἶναι γεμᾶτο χέλια (To hoverkráft mou íne gemáto hélia)
Hebrew	הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים (Harahefet sh'eli mele'ah betzlofahim)
Hindi	मेरी मँडराने वाली नाव सर्पमीनों से भरी ह (merī ṃḍarāne vālī nāv sarpamīnoṁ se bharī hai)
Hungarian	A légpárnás hajóm tele van angolnákkal
Icelandic	Svifnökkvinn minn er fullur af álum
Indonesian	Hovercraft saya penuh dengan belut
Interlingua	Mi hydroaeroplano es plen de anguillas
Inuktitut	ᐅᒥᐊᕐᔫᑉ ᐳᓪᓕᓕᒫᐸᒐ ᑕᑦᑕᕐᓂᖅ ᐊᒻᒪᔭᖅ (Umiaryuap Publimaaqpaga tattaurniq ammayaq / Umiarjuap Pullimmaqpaga tattaurniq nimiraq)
Italian	Il mio hovercraft/aeroscivolante è pieno di anguille
Japanese	私のホバークラフトは鰻でいっぱいです (Watashi no hobākurafuto wa unagi de ippai desu.)
Klingon	DujwIj naQ ghargh
Korean	내 호버크라프트는 장어로 가득 차 있어요 (Nae hoebuhkeurapeuteuneun changuhro kadeuk cha itseyo)
Latin	Mea navis aëricumbens anguillis abundat
Latvian	Mans gliseris ir pilns ar zušiem
Lithuanian	Mano amfibija su oro pagalve pilna ungurių
Lojban	le mi varkiclaflo'i cu culno lo angila
Luxembourgish	Mäi Loftkësseboot ass voller Éilen Mäin Hovercraft ass voller Éilen
Macedonian	Моето летачко возило е полно со јагули (Moeto letačko vozilo e polno so jaguli)
Malay	Hoverkraf saya penuh dengan belut
Malayalam	എന്റെ പറക്കും-പേടകം നിറയെ വ്ളാങ്കുകളാണു (ente prrakkum-paetakam niraye vlankukalanu)
Maltese	Il-hovercraft tiegħi hu mimli sallur
Marathi	माझी होडी मासळयांनी भरली आहे (Majhī hoḍi māsaḷyaṅni bharlī āhe)
Norwegian	Luftputefartøyet mitt er fullt av ål
Occitan	Mon aerolisador es plen d'anguilas
Persian	هواناو من پر مارماهى است (havā-nāv-eh man por-eh mār-māhi ast)
Polish	Mój poduszkowiec jest pełen węgorzy
Portuguese	Meu hovercraft está cheio de enguias
Proto-Indo-European	Dihskolmos-to-h1me hxVnghel plh1nos h1esti
Romanian	Vehicolul meu pe pernă de aer e plin cu ţipari
Russian	Моё судно на воздушной подушке полно угрей (Moio sudno na vozdušnoy poduške polno ugrey)
Serbian	Моја лебдилица је пуна јегуља (Moja lebdilica je puna jegulja)
Shona	Hovercraft yangu yakazara nemikunga
Slovak	Moje vznášadlo je plné úhorov
Slovenian	Moje vozilo na zračni blazini je polno jegulj
Spanish	Mi aerodeslizador está lleno de anguilas
Swedish	Min svävare är full med ål Min svävare är full med ålar
Tagalog	Puno ng palos ang aking hoberkrap/hovercraft
Thai	โฮเวอร์คราฟท์ของผมเต็มไปด้วยปลาไหล (hō woe khrāp kong phom tem pai duay pla lhai)
Toki Pona	tomo tawa lon sewi supa telo mi li jo e kala linja lon insa ale
Tok Pisin	Bilong me hangamapim bot stap pulap maleo
Turkish	Hoverkraftimin ici yılan balıǧı dolu
Ukrainian	Моє судно на повітряній подушці повно вуграми (Moye sudno na povitryaniy podushtsi povno vuhramy)
Vietnamese	Tàu cánh ngầm của tôi đầy lươn
Volapük	Lutakujababot oba binon fulik senkafitas
Welsh	Mae fy hofrenfad yn llawn o lyswennod

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