writer's block

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21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 作家一時文思不暢 /作家一时文思不畅 (zuòjiā yìshí wénsī búchàng) — the temporary inability to write
• Chinese Mandarin: 腦閉塞 /脑闭塞 (nǎobìsè) — the temporary inability to write
• Chinese Mandarin: 江郎才盡 /江郎才尽 (jiānglángcáijìn) — the temporary inability to write
• Dutch: schrijversblok — the temporary inability to write
• Finnish: valkoisen paperin kammo — the temporary inability to write
• Finnish: tyhjän paperin kammo — the temporary inability to write
• Finnish: luomistuska — the temporary inability to write
• French: angoisse de la page blanche — the temporary inability to write
• French: syndrome de la page blanche — the temporary inability to write
• German: Schreibblockade — the temporary inability to write
• Icelandic: ritstífla — the temporary inability to write
• Japanese: ライターズ・ブロック (raitāzu burokku) — the temporary inability to write
• Norwegian: skrivesperre — the temporary inability to write
• Polish: blokada pisarska — the temporary inability to write
• Portuguese: bloqueio de escritor — the temporary inability to write
• Portuguese: bloqueio criativo — the temporary inability to write
• Russian: тво́рческий кри́зис (tvórčeskij krízis) — the temporary inability to write
• Russian: засто́й (zastój) — the temporary inability to write
• Spanish: quedarse en blanco — the temporary inability to write
• Spanish: bloqueo del escritor — the temporary inability to write
• Swedish: skrivkramp — the temporary inability to write