Hi Bill, the tool I was using for Russian is designed to suit a qwerty keyboard and works quite well. I've been having fun trying to translate building names, signs etc while GE 'touring' Russia,- lots of fun and learning as well. You are right with the grammar as most languages have their own unique systems. Russian has odd things like ъ (hard)or b which alter the sound of the letter or the one after it, ш or щ Hard-soft etc. I don't think there is anything which translates precisely, -enough to be understood I think.

It's like English, we have so many ways of describing things, and have letters with different sounds, sometimes governed by the letter after them, ie - and, aunt, auger etc. I'd love to be good at languages like some people who have a natural gift. I'm impressed by a British guy who tours Russia on YT (under the name 'Daily Bald' as he seems fluent in Russian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTKrYay1FMU If you are interested,- very interesting vids!
(this has boats in it)

(From the language keyboard)--

This online Russian keyboard follows the easy-to-learn AATSEEL “phonetic” keyboard layout, which tries to match Russian letters to QWERTY keys based on sound — for example, п (which sounds like p) is typed by pressing P. The phonetic layout is widely used in the US by Russian translators, teachers, people learning Russian, etc. If you’re looking for the layout that is used in Russia, try this Russian keyboard from Apronus.

JB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTKrYay1FMU

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Hi JB,

I tried google translate and found it pretty useless for translating and making sense (it would do a direct translation-but not the grammar)
Deepl.com is a good translator especially with grammar, but the only drawback is the more limited number of languages it handles, although they are steadily increasing.

Bill

Those boats are cool!!!

These are our dragon boats Cash😂 🐉⛵🏁NZ

JB

Doug, Had a crack at it in Russian, trying to do it from their alphabet, (not using the translator) and got reasonably close (the y and i had me stumped ie - А БОАТ ЫС А БОАТ ЫН АНИ ЛАНГУАГЕ
(a boat Ys a boat yn ani language) should be ЛОДКА ЭТО ЛОДКА НА ЛЮБОМ ЯЗЫКЕ ? (if you type it in English and translate with google)? but if you type from the Russian alphabet as I did, it comes out almost correct (apart from the y) but totally different in Russian, according to google STRANGE !!!

your translator also comes out as ЛОДКА - ЭТО ЛОДКА НА ЛЮБОМ ЯЗЫКЕ

JB

Yes Sir!! We have box stock and modified classes for those who like their dragon boats hot..😄
“Hot” get it? Like fire breathing?
Bit of a reach y’all that’s all I got 🤣

In my translator that is the Chinese for the Boart from the Ali Express site JB😁
給自己找個更好的翻譯 何 何！
Wadda ya know! Banter with education 😀
Model boats? ... Oh yeah, I remember!!
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Hi Cash,
Try this one.
https://www.translator.eu
Just change the languages to Chinese and English
Texan not offered I'm afraid - just print it BIGGER 🤣
祝你好運
Cheers, Doug 😎

https://www.translator.eu

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If it's a Texan app Cash, it's bound to be huge😂

JB

Dragon yacht race Cash?😁

JB