to be continued

English

Phrase

to be continued

1. (writing, television) Used at the end of an episode of a serial publication or program to indicate that the story continues in the next episode.
2. (colloquial) Used to indicate that a story under discussion has not concluded, either in narration or in reality.
   • 1998, Star Trek: Voyager (TV series), "Night" (episode)

     EMH: Computer, freeze programme.
     PARIS: Doc, this is the final chapter. Satan's Robot Conquers the World. We can't stop now.
     EMH: Does the phrase to be continued mean anything to you?
     PARIS: Your opera can wait.
     EMH: This programme is a waste of photonic energy.

Translations

story continues in next episode

• Arabic: يُتْبَعُ m (yutbaʕu)
• Armenian: շարունակելի (hy) (šarunakeli)
• Basque: jarraitako du
• Bulgarian: сле́два продълже́ние (slédva prodǎlžénie)
• Catalan: continuarà (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 未完成 (zh) (wèiwánchéng), 待续 (zh) (dàixù)

• Czech: pokračování příště
• Danish: fortsættes
• Dutch: wordt vervolgd
• Esperanto: daŭrigonte
• Estonian: jätkub
• Finnish: jatkoa seuraa, jatkuu (fi)
• French: à suivre (fr)
• German: Fortsetzung folgt
• Greek: συνεχίζεται (synechízetai)
• Hebrew: המשך יבוא (hemshékh yavó)
• Hindi: जारी (hi) f (jārī)
• Hungarian: folytatása következik (hu), folytatjuk
• Ido: pluso sequos, duronta (io)
• Indonesian: bersambung (id)
• Japanese: 続く (ja) (つづく, tsuzuku)
• Kazakh: жалғасы бар (jalğasy bar)
• Korean: 계속될 (gyesokdoel)
• Ladino: a kontinuar
• Malay: bersambung
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fortsettelse følger

• Polish: ciąg dalszy nastąpi (pl), cdn. (pl)
• Portuguese: continua (pt)
• Russian: продолже́ние сле́дует (ru) (prodolžénije slédujet)
• Spanish: continuará (es)
• Swedish: fortsättning följer
• Tagalog: abangan
• Thai: โปรดติดตามตอนต่อไป (bpròot-dtìt-dtaam-dtɔɔn-dtɔ̀ɔ-bpai)
• Turkish: devam edecek
• Ukrainian: далі буде (dali bude)
• Welsh: i'w barhau m, i'w pharhau f, i'w parhau m pl or f pl