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yeah, you can use those name ideas!
to find words in random languages I usually just make some google searches
adoption.com
https://adoption.com/baby-names/
has a really large name database (it’s nice cause you can also search by ethnicity)
Google translate is helpful. I’m sure we have all heard the horror stories about google translate translating stuff badly but if you’re just looking for names then… (I kind of feel like it doesn’t really matter because I will probably end up using a slightly changed version anyway). One of the biggest benefits is that you can get the pronunciation right there on google translate (which is what I take if I’m translating into something that does not have the Latin alphabet)
Also
word reference (link is in next post)
is apparently helpful for looking up words (they use it in some of the language classes at my school)
also, there is an English-to-pinyin / Chinese character-to-pinyin online dictionary that I feel like I have seen @otherworldlyhistorian use for Chinese class I cannot remember what it is called.
(apparently KP keeps eating my posts)
yeah, you can use those name ideas!
to find words in random languages I usually just make some google searches
adoption.com
https://adoption.com/baby-names/
has a really large name database (it’s nice cause you can also search by ethnicity)
Google translate is helpful. I’m sure we have all heard the horror stories about google translate translating stuff badly but if you’re just looking for names then… (I kind of feel like it doesn’t really matter because I will probably end up using a slightly changed version anyway). One of the biggest benefits is that you can get the pronunciation right there on google translate (which is what I take if I’m translating into something that does not have the Latin alphabet)
Also
word reference (link is in next post)
is apparently helpful for looking up words (they use it in some of the language classes at my school)
also, there is an English-to-pinyin / Chinese character-to-pinyin online dictionary that I feel like I have seen @otherworldlyhistorian use for Chinese class I cannot remember what it is called.
@folith-feolin yea that’s what I usually use (google translate) but when u use it for Hebrew it translates it into their alphabet too and I can’t read that 😂
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#ProtectSeb@folith-feolin Those names are awesome!! Honestly I have a lot of trouble with species names, but you make it look like a slice of cream pie.
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For Hebrew: Google translate will give you a moderately good translation for words. A dictionary would be better, but that sort of goes without saying. Once you have the Hebrew word, you will then need to transliterate–also known as Romanization or Latinizing. I think this is easiest with a chart if you don’t speak the language.
For Cherokee: I don’t personally know of many online translation thingys, but I have heard of online dictionaries that should work. Again, you will need to transliterate from the Cherokee alphabet.
This website has charts for both Hebrew/Yiddish and Cherokee, among others.
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Oh yes, the lack of pronunciation problem. XD Apparently, Google and Microsoft are afraid of niqqud, so there are no automated voices for Hebrew. XD I love it. (And really don’t, considering I’m technically in kindergarten when it comes to Hebrew myself, and I could definitely use some extra help sometimes.)
Anyway, I understand the struggle, and I’m really glad you asked because it made me start looking too. (What I’ve mostly done before now was to just give a rough transliteration to the best of my ability. Not accurate.)
Let me see if I can post the links I found…
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These are audio banks (I think). The first appears to have more Biblical than Conversational Hebrew. I couldn’t quite figure out the second, but it seemed like it held promise. Both have adds.
https://forvo.com/languages-pronunciations/he/
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Here’s the second.
https://www.howtopronounce.com/hebrew/index.php
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Here’s one for transliteration/romanization, which seems to work reasonably well. Just keep in mind that some Hebrew letters have different forms/sounds. (ב ,פ ,ת ,ש) (s/sh, t/th, p/f, b/v) Also, it doesn’t seem to be able to understand niqquf either. This makes the transliteration sketchy. However, if you have the niqqud, Koshka’s list should be able to make that simple (and it might even be better than this, lol.).
http://mylanguages.org/hebrew_romanization.php
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I hope this isn’t spamming. I’m having to post all the links one by one.
Lastly, this seemed like a really neat resource, so I decided to share it. It has a thesaurus, translation, and apparently an audio. However, you have to have an account with them (it said it was free…?) to hear the audio, so I don’t know about that part.
https://doitinhebrew.com/Translate/default.aspx?kb=IL+Hebrew
Also, the Blue Letter Bible has pronunciation for some old Hebrew words, and Duolingo has a handy free course with an audio enhanced chart. Also, Gutenberg Press/Open Ebook Library has several books and audiobooks in Hebrew.
And sorry for the info dump.
As for Cherokee, I am woefully unknowledgeable. However, if I find anything for either languages at a later date, I can share that too, if you want.
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@elishavet-pidyon thx!!! Ur good!! Thankfully I found a YouTube channel for Cherokee that’s helped a lot since I don’t need to know just a ton. Mostly a few small words here and there.
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#ProtectSebThese are audio banks (I think). The first appears to have more Biblical than Conversational Hebrew. I couldn’t quite figure out the second, but it seemed like it held promise. Both have adds.
https://forvo.com/languages-pronunciations/he/
https://www.howtopronounce.com/hebrew/index.php
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