To make pronouncing of stage titles more accessible around the world, from 2023 Rally Estonia onwards all stage titles shall be translated into English. Safari and Japan have already experimented this with for example the stages Hell’s Gate and Shitara Town Reverse. So far, Rally Estonia and Rally Finland have published their newly translated stage lists.
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Rally Estonia 2023
Rally Estonia director Urmo Aava says “these titles came easily, except for our new shakedown In the Coffin, whose meaning was derived from Lithuanian language”. Aava also has regrets for updating the route for this year. “The Counterpart Manor stage should have been kept for having such a cool name”.
| Original title | New title | |
| Thursday | ||
| Shakedown | In the Coffin 1 | |
| SS1 | Aurochs’ Municipality 1 | |
| Friday | ||
| SS2 | Pipe’s Edge 1 | |
| SS3 | Black Water 1 | |
| SS4 | Knapsack 1 | |
| SS5 | Pipe’s Edge 2 | |
| SS6 | Black Water 2 | |
| SS7 | Knapsack 2 | |
| SS8 | Kidneys | |
| Saturday | ||
| SS9 | Mountain’s Village 1 | |
| SS10 | Bear’s Head 1 | |
| SS11 | Mountain’s Village 2 | |
| SS12 | Bear’s Head 2 | |
| SS13 | Alive 1 | |
| SS14 | Hemp 1 | |
| SS15 | Alive 2 | |
| SS16 | Hemp 2 | |
| SS17 | Aurochs’ Municipality 2 | |
| Sunday | ||
| SS18 | Scone 1 | |
| SS19 | And the Gang 1 | |
| SS20 | Scone 2 | |
| SS21 | And the Gang 2 |
Rally Finland 2023
Clerk of the Course Kai Tarkiainen said some of the translations went quite deep into history books. Especially so for the grim power stage Your Lust – Deceased. “The city of Jämsä has gotten its name from the Northern Sámi language word jápmit, which means ‘to die'”, said Tarkiainen. He also promises to choose stages with better titles for the future “We’ll definitely take back Ace Hill, Pot River, Sonic Rapids and Small Birchbark Hut from the recent years!”
| Original title | New Title | |
| Thursday | ||
| Shakedown | Shore’s Village | |
| SS1 | Ridge 1 | |
| Friday | ||
| SS2 | Meadow 1 | |
| SS3 | Thread Land 1 | |
| SS4 | Rapids’ Head 1 | |
| SS5 | Limp House 1 | |
| SS6 | Meadow 2 | |
| SS7 | Thread Land 2 | |
| SS8 | Rapids’ Head 2 | |
| SS9 | Limp House 2 | |
| SS10 | Ridge 2 | |
| Saturday | ||
| SS11 | Sylvester’s House 1 | |
| SS12 | Thunder God’s House 1 | |
| SS13 | Rap Molten 1 | |
| SS14 | Beggar’s House 1 | |
| SS15 | Sylvester’s House 2 | |
| SS16 | Thunder God’s House 2 | |
| SS17 | Rap Molten 2 | |
| SS18 | Beggar’s House 2 | |
| Sunday | ||
| SS19 | Carry Over Water – Small Island 1 | |
| SS20 | Your Lust – Deceased 1 | |
| SS21 | Carry Over Water – Small Island 2 | |
| SS22 | Your Lust – Deceased 2 |
Later in the season we’ll likely see the stages Bath House and Free Village in Acropolis as well as Spiked and Hairy in Chile. The Central European rally is new but it could have the stages Milestone and Sunbather. However, as for 2024, apparently Monte Carlo’s waiver to use French stage titles is already accepted in FIA!
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