So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish is the title of the fourth book in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy of six books by Douglas Adams. In the book, it is the message left by the dolphins when they left the Earth just before it was demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass, as described in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Language	So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Arabic (Modern Standard)	وداعا وشكرا على السمك (wadaean washukran ealaa alsama) الوداع وشكراً على كل السمك (al wadaa, wa shukran aala kul)
Breton	Kenavo, ha mersi bras evit tout ar pesked
Catalan	Adeu, i gràcies per tot el peix
Cornish	Duw genes hag meur ras rag oll an pysk
Croatian	Do vidjenja, i hvala na svim ribama
Czech	Sbohem, a díky za ryby Sbohem a díky za všechny ryby Nashledanou, a díky za všechny ryby
Danish	Farvel, og tak for alle fiskene
Dutch	Tot ziens en bedankt voor de vis
French	Salut, et encore merci pour le poisson Salut, et merci pour tous les poissons
Frisian (West)	Farwol, en betanke foar alle fisk
German	Macht’s gut, und danke für den Fisch Tschüss, und danke für all die Fische
Greek (Modern)	Αντίο σας, και ευχαριστώ για τα ψάρια (Antío sas, kai efcharistó gia ta psária)
Hebrew	היו שלום ותודה על הדגים (Hav shlum vetuda al hadagim) להתראות ותורה עבור כל הרגים (Lehitrahot vetoda avur kol hadagim)
Hungarian	Viszlát, és kösz a halakat! Viszontlátásra, és köszönöm a halakat.
Icelandic	Verið þið sæl. og takk fyrir allann fiskinn
Indonesian	Sampai jumpa, terima kasih di ikan
Irish (Gaelic)	Slán go fóill, agus míle bhuíochas duit as ucht na h-éisc go léir
Italian	Addio, e grazie per tutto il pesce
Jèrriais	À bi, et mèrcie pouor touos les paîssons
Latin	Vale, et pro piscibus omnibus gratias ago
Manx (Gaelic)	Slane lhiat as gura mie ayd son ooilley ny iasgyn
Norwegian	Ha det bra, og takk for all fisken
Portuguese	Até mais, e Obrigado pelos Peixes Tchau, e obrigado pelo peixe
Romanian	La revedere, şi mulţumesc pentru toţi peştii
Romansh	Tgau, ed engraziel per tut ils pèschs
Russian	Всего хорошего, и спасибо за рыбу! (Vsego khoroshego, i spasibo za rybu!) Пока, и сасибо за (всю) рыбу (Poka, i spasibo za (vsiu) rybu)
Scottish Gaelic	Slàn leat, agus móran taing airson na h-iasgan uile
Serbian	До виђења и хвала на свим рибама (Do viđenja i hvala na svim ribama)
Slovenian	Zbogom in hvala za vse ribe
Spanish	Hasta luego, y gracias por el pescado Adios, y gracias por el pescado
Swedish	Ajöss och tack för fisken Adjö, och tack för fisken
Ukrainian	Бувайте, та дякуємо за рибу (Buvayte, ta dyakuyemo za rybu)
Welsh	Hwyl, a diolch am yr holl bysgod Da bo ti, a diolch am yr holl bysgod
Yiddish	Zay gezunt, un dank far di fisch

Some translations provided by Hanspeter Schmid
https://freude.li/fish/index.html.

Some of the translations are versions of the title of Douglas Adam's book from Wikipedia.

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