New Features 2011

It's been 3 years since i have launched Howtosayin.com.
New user login system works fine so far, many people contribute translations, share their knowledge.
We already have over 1.000 members, thanks to all of you.

I would like get your feedback about the new user system and new add translation feature.
Please share your suggestions, i would love to code them if I could.

Thank you.

46 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 21, 2011 at 2:20 AM

    I'm not a Chinese and can't read the Chinese character. Can we translate how to say the character in ABC words? Like; Translate " How are you" , there in a " Chinese character" and with "Ni hao" .

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  2. AnonymousJune 22, 2011 at 10:38 PM

    You're allowing any idiot to post here, and the translations are just plain WRONG.

    Everyone knows that "I love you" in French is "Je t'aime".

    WRONG (AND IT'S POSTED):
    i love you so much
    EnglishJe't aim
    Translation page views: 2
    Translated by nmdnovilla
    i love you so much means Je't aim in French.

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  3. alperJune 23, 2011 at 12:31 AM

    That's wwhat i am think about.
    I will make, thumbs up and down then everyone can vote the translation, good or bad.
    thank you.

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  4. alperJune 23, 2011 at 5:38 AM

    I added like dislike function,
    please vote for good and bad translations.

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  5. AnonymousJune 23, 2011 at 11:52 AM

    how to delete the translation i added because i made mistake to choose wrong country of origin.

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  6. alperJune 23, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    Tonight i will code the edit my translations, so you can edit your translations or delete.

    thank you for your feedback.

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  7. alperJune 23, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    Now you can edit your translations in the my contributions page with edit link.

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  8. ShayJuly 1, 2011 at 4:58 PM

    Is there an application for this? It would be so convenient. I would definitely use this more often.

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  9. alperJuly 3, 2011 at 7:07 AM

    application! you mean a windows software or something?
    thanks.

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  10. AnonymousJuly 14, 2011 at 7:25 AM

    Awesome! But there should be a mini option to submit plurals of a noun. Like in German, there are almost 5 different plural endings.

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  11. AnonymousJuly 22, 2011 at 10:49 PM

    I m a nepali and why dnt u put our language on your website. What do u think about nepal and nepali. Nepal is rich in culture and religion.many languge are spoken here. Nepali is our language.i like u to say that enlist nepali language u think about nepal and nepali. Nepal is rich in culture and religion.many languge are spoken here. Nepali is our language.i like u to say that enlist nepali language

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  12. AnonymousAugust 3, 2011 at 6:40 AM

    I'm from Texas and I love this site. It's fun to text my boyfriend in different languages. It makes him have to look it up to see what I'm saying, lol.

    Thanks for creating this website for those of us who like to play..

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  13. AnonymousAugust 3, 2011 at 8:59 AM

    can i hear how the words are pronounced on audio?

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  14. AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 12:52 PM

    Hey please check those Afrikaans translations. Cause they are WRONG!!!!
    "saya sangat mencintaimu" doesn't even have any remotely Afrikaans word in it, yet alone mean I love you so much... i love you so much in Afrikaans is "Ek het jou so baie lief."

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  15. AnonymousAugust 6, 2011 at 12:48 AM

    geat job!! cool site!! =)

    My suggestion is to modify somthing on the main web page site so that if someone chooses a language the selection is kept so that the user doesn't have to rechoose again the same language to continue with other words. (now the selection retuns to "all" instead of remaining on the language that has been choosen).

    In the meanwhile if someone has to continue with the same language he can add in the address bar (http://www.howtosayin.com/say/) and language choosen example: english, (http://www.howtosayin.com/say/english/), he can add the words separated from the "+" sign and ended with the ".html" and press enter :)

    "http://www.howtosayin.com/say/english/ciao+come+stai.html"

    translates well:

    "hello how are you"

    That's my tip ;D ciao, Marco

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  16. alperAugust 6, 2011 at 4:49 AM

    Thank you your ideas are great, i will try to do so.

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  17. AnonymousAugust 15, 2011 at 4:48 PM

    Not to be a Grammar Nazi, but I wanted to know how to say "You're welcome", in a few languages, which means you are welcome...but the results were "your welcome" like the "welcome" belongs to someone? Really. REALLY. My grammar isn't the best but at least I know the difference between "your" and "you are".

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  18. AnonymousAugust 25, 2011 at 1:29 AM

    There should be an option so we can change a wrong translation. There are a lot of them in Greek as I see and we have to write new one every time.

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  19. AnonymousAugust 25, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    I absolutely love this, too bad I can't hear how the words are to be said correctly. I absolutely love this. I'm of German descent and to me the language of Germany is dying in our family. I'd love to learn it as much as I can for as long as I can.

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  20. SaphorelleAugust 26, 2011 at 1:17 PM

    I'm loving HowToSayin so muuuuch, it is marvelous indeed <3
    Congrats for such an amazing job!! <3
    I'm currently learning Romanian and I'm having so much fun learning the most commonly used expressions.
    Thanks a lot and keep up the good work!
    Bye bye,
    -Galaéowyn ^^

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  21. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2011 at 9:10 PM

    I think the main site could be a little better ,but other than that I think this site is pretty cool. I hope all the languages are right because I don't want to say anything stupid to somebody.

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  22. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2011 at 6:01 AM

    first, it is really helpfull web for every one i would like to suggest if you can support the web site with audio option. it will help us to save the words fastly.

    thanks and regards,

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  23. JoliSeptember 22, 2011 at 4:54 AM

    I agree with the anonymous user that stated that any idiot can post wrong translations here. The thumbs up or down is something, but I notice that both good and bad translations get thumbs down, just like both good and bad translations get thumbs up. Maybe you can add the option to comment on the translations and to mark them as wrong/spam/nonsense.

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  24. JoliSeptember 22, 2011 at 5:01 AM

    ps. Now that I submitted a translation I see that all phrases standard get one like and one dislike. That doesn't really make sense to me... Anyway I still think it's a good idea to add a button to report bad translations/abuse.
    Regards

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  25. JoliSeptember 22, 2011 at 12:15 PM

    pps. I have another suggestion. I think people should be able to request translations of a certain sentence into a certain language so that the people who speak that language know what to translate...

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  26. alperSeptember 22, 2011 at 10:15 PM

    Thank you for your great feedback, very nice ideas came up here.

    I will add the write comment feature, so that the bad translations can be spotted.

    I also check translations everyday and delete the wrong ones.

    "request translations of a certain sentence into a certain language" is a very good idea, i will add it soon

    thank you.

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  27. Pawan Kumar's BlogOctober 16, 2011 at 9:11 PM

    Its give us chance talk and friendship to other language person like spanish.its too easy for me because i love facebook and want make friendship with others country users.than my problem solved by this site.thanks Admin owner.

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  28. AnonymousOctober 22, 2011 at 7:05 PM

    I am learning to speak German the informal way. So it will be helpful if your site can translate the formal German into daily use German. Also please check why is it always shows message "Sorry, cannot translate now.
    Please check back later." Is something wrong with the website?

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  29. AnonymousOctober 30, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    Hy. I have been having problems with the site for about a month now. I can`t use it anymore because I have the message: "Sorry, cannot translate now.
    Please check back later." What`s wrong with the site? Will it be fixed?

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  30. alperOctober 30, 2011 at 2:38 PM

    This error message is beacuse of Google translation api over quoteo limit.
    I am sorry but i cannot do anything about it, its better to try another time i am sorry.

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  31. AnonymousNovember 15, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    You should be able to correct the posts of others,
    and have lists of sentences that will show up on google so that someone can type "[sentence] [language]" into google and the translation would show up

    would be very helpful
    also, add a like/dislike or vote up/down to pick the best translations, the ones that show up on google

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  32. AnonymousNovember 15, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    arabic should be written in both arabic letters and computer jargon
    eg.
    hello how are you / hi how are you
    مرحبا كيف حالك
    marhaba keif halak / keif halek

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  33. Dave GNovember 17, 2011 at 7:20 AM

    After logging on, I have received this message:

    Sorry, cannot translate now.
    Please check back later. several times.

    Did I include some forbidden words in what I was asking to translate?

    Thanks, love the site!

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  34. alperNovember 17, 2011 at 8:15 AM

    Hi,

    I'm sorry for this, but it is the Google Translate api limit, after translate limit exceeded we get this message. Nothing i can do sorry.

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  35. AnonymousNovember 18, 2011 at 7:37 AM

    The Fiji Hindi language is different from the hindi spoken in Indai..And apparently there is NO allowance for this..SO perhaps this is the case with some translations being different..
    ALSO there is the GUJARATI version of Hindi and there is NO way to add translations in this blog..
    OR for other Pacifica Island languages like NZ Maori / Cook Island Maori or Samoan or Fijian or Tuvaluan..
    So am wondering if the creator of the blog witll make additions..(IMHO)
    cheers !!

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  36. AnonymousNovember 18, 2011 at 7:39 AM

    also...

    thanks for previous translation.. and yep I certainly LOVE this site and have sent a link of your site to friends to come aboard.

    Have a Blessed Thanks giving..ALL !!

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  37. froufrouNovember 29, 2011 at 12:58 AM

    Great place I stumbled upon accidentally. However, "name" is "név" in Hungarian, srmroadsuresh does not know Hungarian for sure or he simply lies/fools you! Keep up the good work!

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  38. MrsHubbyDDecember 19, 2011 at 1:08 PM

    If nothing can be done about the google api limit, then how are we ever supposed to use the site? I don't get what the quota is for. Do you have to buy space, or something? I used to love this site, and all of a sudden, NOW it's over the quota??

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  39. alperDecember 19, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    Daily limit is 1.500.000 letters, and this site uses all of this, after then it stops working sorry,
    and i also pay 30$ daily.

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  40. AnonymousJanuary 12, 2012 at 3:59 PM

    I've just registered in this site because I saw your translation of the phrase I love you into Portuguese. As I am Portuguese I am really sad, almost angry, as you've translated it into Spanish not into Portuguese. It seems to me that you think Portuguese is included, maybe in the Spanish language. No. They are two different languages. Te quiero mucho is Spanish. In Portuguese we say Eu amo-te muito ou Gosto muito de ti. I hope you correct such a serious mistake. Thank you so much.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2012 at 12:04 PM

      You can see that users can add their translations into the site. So sometimes they make mistakes. You can add the correct ones.
      For example:
      http://www.howtosayin.com/translation/1779/I-love-you-so-much

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  41. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2012 at 4:42 PM

    As a native Swede I wonder if you don't have a single Swede translating for you? On random I went in at "Let's get drunk" and saw the translation "låter bli full". Besided being grammatically horrible, the verb "låta bli" means to avoid, so it's kind of the opposite what you intended. Besides we usually would use the verb "supa" meaning "drinking heavily" rather than just say "get drunk". You can say "Låt oss supa" meaning "let's drink" (purposefully!) or if you want you can even add "Låt oss supa oss fulla" meaning "let's drink to get drunk".

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  42. AnonymousMarch 24, 2012 at 7:05 PM

    Can you please add Hebrew to your site. Thank you very much!

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  43. CherrylApril 18, 2012 at 8:47 AM

    Love in Afrikaans is NOT "k ho maya"! Depending on how it is used, love is "lief" or "liefde"

    I love you > Ek het jou lief.

    What is love? > Wat is liefde?

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  44. AnonymousJune 6, 2012 at 12:49 PM

    You are doing a great job....my girl friend she was fooling me becoz she send me text msg are only in french ...now i am surprizing her bcoz you helping from behind the scream ...thanks alot...

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  45. AnonymousJuly 12, 2012 at 3:56 AM

    best translation site i ever used
    thanks ya

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