The following responses are the real-or-hypothetical anecdotes or literal translations of how an airport and its employees, within several different countries, would handle this.
Translations are literal and word-for-word. Some are hypothetical but they are to the point.
GERMANY: Please wait here. Please to go Ticket Counter, for they the money handle. Nein. Wait here please. Nein. Please go to this office. Nein. Welcome to the Lost and Found. Let's fill a claim out. You had a claim yesterday done? Nein. Please go upstairs to Hall B, through miles of people and shops go (and we are still waiting).
FRANCE: Please excuse my cigarette smoke, but have a croissant while you wait.
ITALY: (By the way - no line - just a big mob of people). We will charm the pants off of you but will only pretend to be able to find anything. You might as well kiss your belongings goodbye. In the meantime, this incredibly handsome and well-dressed gentleman will serve you an espresso and take you to visit the Prada store.
SWITZERLAND: Please have some chocolate while you wait. Someone will be with you in 2 minutes and 3 seconds. (And they will appear exactly as scheduled).
HUNGARY: You lostòk your baggagunk? Ö!! Küngetalak jestzoò zarvà rössz.
(The bag has been located and will hopefully be returned without problems and with my husband's gift inside.)
PHOTO: My "goodbye" to Europe on this trip. I had a short lay-over in Frankfurt which ended up becoming a baggage scavenger hunt. The bag did eventually make it back to Albuquerque - one day after I did. Which meant I didn't have to lug it through customs - actually, a true blessing. And my husband's paprika and pálinka were inside.
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