Find a word in different languages

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As the answer is lengthy, I start with a table of contents:

Part 1: Explanation of my numbering system
Part 2: Numbering shown around the table of letters
Part 3: Program 8wayshow.py that displays numbered table and displays all text strings reoriented left to right
Parts 1 through 3 are shown in clear, with no spoilers so no need for hidden text.

Part 4: Plain-strings from the letter table as output by 8wayshow.py
Part 4 is in hidden text (rollover-revealed text) although it does not identify any words, merely shows text strings from the eight orientations reoriented for left-to-right reading. It is the reference table for numbered word references in part 5.

Part 5: Five triples (two new, three old) & some herrings (in hidden text)
Part 6: A bunch of words found (in hidden text)
Part 6 also includes half-a-dozen things that look to me like they might be wordlike in some language I don’t know.

Part 1: Explanation of numbering system

In following, I numbered rows and columns from 0 to 16.
In word references below, letters a…h represent eight orientations: → a, ← b, ↓ c, ↑ d, ↗ e, ↙ f, ↖ g, ↘ h.

Diagonals are numbered such that if row or column numbering continues forward and back and around corners as shown below, each diagonal with six or more letters can be identified by a number from 6 to 28. D6-D17 are of lengths 6…17. Some numbers align with axes of diagonals, others with first characters, others only obscurely.

For example, 6a aabotr is a right-ascending (↗) diagonal in line with two 6’s and 16b leengpenvpaozzlb is a left-descending (↙) diagonal in line with two 16’s. The right-descending (↘) diagonal 11h aoahsalrkio looks like it’s in line with a top 5 and right 28; in a wrapped view, it also is in line with two 11’s. To be less obscure (but rather more bulky) the table could be printed with four sets of label lines on each side.

Part 2: Numbering shown around the table of letters

       33 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17
        0  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
33  0   p  y  b  e  g  r  a  f  e  n  i  s  x  j  r  l  p   17 16
32  1   i  s  v  a  t  b  a  o  e  v  a  n  o  r  e  a  o   18 15
31  2   y  a  b  o  a  r  d  g  a  m  e  n  r  e  k  m  m   19 14
30  3   y  n  b  d  l  p  z  r  v  h  k  m  n  n  q  r  m   20 13
29  4   p  a  o  b  l  a  g  i  a  a  s  g  n  i  c  h  i   21 12
28  5   a  b  m  s  y  n  t  y  m  a  p  a  i  v  a  t  e   22 11
27  6   s  b  r  e  t  t  s  p  i  e  l  o  l  u  f  e  r   23 10
26  7   p  o  r  m  i  t  s  k  n  s  o  e  t  r  m  r  d   24  9
25  8   o  r  h  g  r  i  a  v  e  o  s  a  z  a  k  n  o   25  8
24  9   o  l  h  c  m  v  p  u  g  n  j  p  k  j  a  i  b   26  7
23 10   r  e  m  z  h  a  e  h  a  a  o  p  o  a  i  n  o   27  6
22 11   t  t  a  c  o  n  s  c  i  e  n  c  e  h  r  g  k   28  5
21 12   s  a  n  z  s  k  i  s  r  l  g  n  g  d  c  e  o   29  4
20 13   j  d  z  i  t  i  e  x  r  p  h  s  y  y  r  r  c   30  3
19 14   h  l  a  t  a  t  r  r  a  m  i  r  g  s  a  s  k   31  2
18 15   b  o  n  f  g  s  d  g  m  u  a  b  l  e  f  p  a   32  1
17 16   i  p  o  g  e  f  x  s  o  c  g  e  w  e  t  e  n   33  0
       17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33
       16 15 14 13 12 11 10  9  8  7  6  5  4  3  2  1  0

Part 3: Python program 8wayshow.py that displays numbered table and displays all text strings reoriented left to right

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Re http://puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/5763/international-wordsearch
t = ['pybegrafenisxjrlp', 'isvatbaoevanoreao', 'yaboardgamenrekmm',
     'ynbdlpzrvhkmnnqrm', 'paoblagiaasgnichi', 'abmsyntymapaivate',
     'sbrettspielolufer', 'pormitsknsoetrmrd', 'orhgriaveosazakno',
     'olhcmvpugnjpkjaib', 'remzhaehaaopoaino', 'ttaconsciencehrgk',
     'sanzskisrlgngdceo', 'jdzitiexrphsyyrrc', 'hlatatrramirgsask',
     'bonfgsdgmuablefpa', 'ipogefxsocgeweten']
tr = [''.join(reversed(s)) for s in t]

# Create u by transposing t
n = len(t);    d = 2*n-1        # n = #rows,  d = #diags
u = [''.join(t[i][j] for i in range(n)) for j in range(n)]
ur = [''.join(reversed(s)) for s in u]

# Rotate t +/- 45 degrees, returning result r
def rotor(rdir):
    r = []
    for i in range(5,n):
        x = [' ']*n
        for j in range(i+1):
            x[j] = t[i-j][j] if rdir else t[i-j][n-1-j]
        r.append(''.join(x))

    for i in range(n-6):
        x = [' ']*n
        for j in range(i+1,n):
            x[j-i-1] = t[n+i-j][j] if rdir else t[n+i-j][n-1-j]
        r.append(''.join(x))
    return r

v = rotor(1);   vr = [''.join(reversed(s)) for s in v]
w = rotor(0);   wr = [''.join(reversed(s)) for s in w]

def printhead(first,last,step):
    print '      ',
    for i in range(first,last,step):
        print '{:2}'.format(i),
    print

printhead(d,n-1,-1)
printhead(0,n,1)
for i in range(n):
    print '{:2} {:2}  '.format(d-i, i),
    for j in range(n):
        print '{:2}'.format(t[i][j]),
    print ' {:2} {:2}'.format(i+n, n-i-1)
printhead(n,d+1,1)
printhead(n-1,-1,-1)
print

for i in range(n):
    print '{:2} {} {} {} {}'.format(i, t[i], tr[i], u[i], ur[i])

for i in range(len(v)):
    print '{:2} {} {} {} {}'.format(i+6, v[i], vr[i], w[i], wr[i])

Part 4: Plain-strings from the letter table as output by 8wayshow.py
Part 4 is in hidden text (rollover-revealed text) although it does not identify any words, merely shows text strings from the eight orientations reoriented for left-to-right reading. It is the reference table for numbered word references in part 5.

0 pybegrafenisxjrlp plrjxsinefargebyp piyypaspoortsjhbi ibhjstroopsapyyip
1 isvatbaoevanoreao oaeronaveoabtavsi ysanabborletadlop poldatelrobbanasy
2 yaboardgamenrekmm mmkernemagdraobay bvbbomrrhhmanzano onaznamhhrrmobbvb
3 ynbdlpzrvhkmnnqrm mrqnnmkhvrzpldbny eaodbsemgczczitfg gftizczcgmesbdoae
4 paoblagiaasgnichi ihcingsaaigalboap gtallytirmhostage egatsohmrityllatg
5 abmsyntymapaivate etaviapamytnysmba rbrpanttivankitsf fstiknavittnaprbr
6 sbrettspielolufer refuloleipstterbs aadzgtssapesierdx xdreisepasstgzdaa
7 pormitsknsoetrmrd drmrteosnkstimrop fogriypkvuhcsxrgs sgrxschuvkpyirgof
8 orhgriaveosazakno onkazasoevairghro eeavaminegairramo omarriagenimavaee
9 olhcmvpugnjpkjaib biajkpjngupvmchlo nvmhaaesonaelpmuc cumpleanoseaahmvn
10 remzhaehaaopoaino oniaopoaaheahzmer iaeksplosjonghiag gaihgnojsolpskeai
11 ttaconsciencehrgk kgrhecneicsnocatt snnmgaoeappcnsrbe ebrsncppaeoagmnns
12 sanzskisrlgngdceo oecdgnglrsiksznas xornniltzkoegyglw wlgygeokztlinnrox
13 jdzitiexrphsyyrrc crryyshprxeitizdj jrenivurajahdysee eesydhajaruvinerj
14 hlatatrramirgsask ksasgrimarrtatalh rekqcafmkaircraft tfarcriakmfacqker
15 bonfgsdgmuablefpa apfelbaumgdsgfnob lamrhterningerspe epsregninrethrmal
16 ipogefxsocgeweten netewegcosxfegopi pommierdobokockan nakcokobodreimmop

6 aabotr rtobaa ehqeos soeqhe
7 sbodaba abadobs rtcnrni inrnctr
8 pbmblraf farlbmbp deainnan nanniaed
9 oorslpdoe eodplsroo orfvnmeve evemnvfro
10 orreyazgen negzayerro bnmuigkmef femkgiumnb
11 rlhmtngravi ivargntmhlr oikrlashaoa aoahsalrkio
12 tehgittivmas samvittighet knaatopavgar ragvapotaank
13 stmcrtsyahenx xnehaystrcmts ogijzelaardbg gbdraalezjigo
14 jaazmispmaknoj jonkampsimzaaj cerakaoemizrte etrzimeoakarec
15 hdnchvakiasmrrr rrrmsaikavhcndh krchopssiygpaab baapgyisspohcrk
16 blzzoapvnepgneel leengpenvpaozzlb asrdepjonptalovy yvolatpnojpedrsa
17 ioaisneueslannkap paknnalseuensiaoi npaygconeksnldbsp psbdlnskenocgyapn
18 pnttkshgoooiiqmo omqiioooghskttnp efsynnagvstybbai iabbytsvgannysfe
19 ofaiicanselvcrm mrcvlesnaciiafo tegsgeauattsony ynosttauaegsget
20 ggtesiajatuahm mhautajaisetgg elrhlihpiiemay yameiiphilhrle
21 esrxreopzrfti itfrzpoerxrse wbiprcevrmrbp pbrmrvecrpibw
22 fdrrlnpkamee eemakpnlrrdf eamrssamgrba abrgmassrmae
23 xgapgcojkrr rrkjocgpagx guaxinhchos sohchnixaug
24 smmhneaand dnaaenhmms cmrekozhrp prhzokermc
25 ouisghiio oiihgsiuo ogriscmlo olmcsirgo
26 carydrnb bnrdyrac sdttzaeo oeazttds
27 gbgycgo ogcygbg xsaintr rtniasx
28 elsrek kersle fgtzat taztgf

Part 5: Five triples & some herrings (in hidden text)

Two new triples:

04c hostage (English) 5c,13g
05c panttivanki (Finnish) hostage 4c,13g
13g gijzelaar (Dutch), hostage 4c,5c

01d robbanás (Hungarian), explosion 10c
10c eksplosjon (Norwegian Bokmål), an explosion 1d
13c rajahdys (Finnish), explosion 10c,1d

Three old triples (With credits to @w0lf; although I’d found the rest on my own, I’d missed a Czech word and a Norwegian word):

01b aeronave (Italian) dirigible; (Spanish/Portuguese) aircraft
01c letadlo (Czech) aircraft 14c,1b
14c aircraft (English) 1b,1c

11a conscience (English) 16a,12f
12f samvittighet (Norwegian Bokmaal) conscience 11a,16a
16a geweten (Dutch) conscience 11a,12f

02c manzano (Spanish) apple tree 15b
15b apfelbaum (German) apple tree 2c,16c
16c pommier (French) apple tree 2c,15b

Herrings:

00a begrafenis (Dutch), burial, funeral 20f
20f hautajaiset (Finnish) funeral, memorial service; wake 0a

00c paspoort (Dutch), passport etc 6d
06d reisepass (German) passport 0c
07a pormit ? (eg for 0c, 6d)

01a svatba (Czech), wedding 8d
08d marriage (English) 1a

05a syntymapaivat (Finnish), birthday 9d
09d cumpleanos (Asturian) & (Spanish) birthday 5a

02a boardgame (English) 6a
06a brettspiel (German) board game 2a

15c terning (Norwegian Bokmål/Nynorsk) a die or dice 16c
16c dobokocka (Hungarian), (games) dice 15c

Part 6: A bunch of words found (in hidden text)

00a begrafenis Dutch, burial, funeral 20f
00c paspoort Dutch, passport etc 6d
00c spoort Dutch, ?, in spoort na/op/aan
00d stroop Dutch, syrup
01a svatba Czech, wedding 8d
01b aeronave Italian dirigible; Spanish/Portuguese aircraft 14c,1c ##
01c letadlo Czech aircraft ## 14c,1b
01d robbanás Hungarian, explosion 10c
02a boardgame 6a
02c manzano Spanish apple tree 15b
04c hostage 5c,13g ##
04e yazgen ? like Spanish yazgan
05a syntyma Finnish birth
05a paivat Finnish an inexact time; eg syntyma paivat = ~birthday ? 9d
05c panttivanki Finnish hostage 4c,13g ##
06a brettspiel German board game 2a
06c pesier ? like Italian pesiera, pesiere set of weights
06d reisepass German passport 0c
07a pormit ? (eg for 0c, 6d)
08a riaveo ?
08d marriage 1a
08d agenim ?
09d cumpleanos Asturian & Spanish birthday 5a
10a haehaa ? like Danish haehae, haha
10c eksplosjon Norwegian Bokmål, an explosion 1d
11a conscience 16a,12f ##
11f vittighet ? like Danish joke, witticism, pun
12a sanzskisr ?
12c niltzkoegy ?
12f samvittighet Norwegian, Bokmaal 11a,16a ## conscience
13d ruvine Friulian, ruin
13g gijzelaar Dutch, hostage 4c, 5c ##
14c aircraft 1b,1c
15a muable French mutable
15b apfelbaum German apple tree 2c,16c ##
15c terning Norwegian Bokmål/Nynorsk a die or dice 16c
15d regnin Catalan ~ to reign, to rule
16a ipoge ? like Italian cavern?
16a geweten Dutch conscience 11a,12f ##
16b netewe Kurdish, nation
16c pommier French apple tree 2c,15b ##
16c dobokocka Hungarian, (games) dice 15c
16f leengpen, Myanmar
17
18h Gannys = name of a Roman general
19
20f hautajaiset Finnish funeral, memorial service; wake 0a

Do you know how to say simple words such as “hello”, “good morning”, “love”, and “beautiful” in different languages?

In the modern world of today, where more than 7000 languages are spoken, it often becomes difficult to understand and translate these words in different languages. Also, not every individual on this earth can speak or understand all the languages.

Here are the 8 sites I use to translate words in different languages:

1. Google Translate

This needs no introduction – it’s free and easy to use and it is the number one site people use for basic translation worldwide. In a matter of seconds, you can have instant translation of words or phrases.

A simple “hello” is the first thing you will say to someone at home, at work, or even when traveling abroad.

It comes in different forms, different sounds, and different languages, but they all have the same intention and significance, that is, to greet another person. So how do you say hello in other languages?

A simple “Ahlan” the next time you are in Dubai for a holiday or “Shalom” when you are in Israel for work might help you get a long way with the locals. Asking for help might just get a lot easier! And maybe a cheery “Bonjour” to the cute French colleague you’ve been having a crush on might get him to talk to you more. That’s something to get excited about!

2. In Different Languages website

Search for a word using In Different Languages and you will get a list of that word’s spelling in 80 languages. Output is to a single page, table structured. The site does just what you want it to for single words and phrases.

You never know when you’ll need to profess your feelings. When you are in love, you may just want to shout it out so the world would listen. It doesn’t hurt to know how to say “I love you” or express your love in multiple languages. Have you already told your loved one they are beautiful?

Try writing a love letter in a totally foreign language and give it to your loved one. Make them go on this site and translate each word to find out what you wrote. Watch their face light up when they figured it all out! Although, do keep it short to keep them engaged and stay focused on the task. There, a date night idea for you to try next!

3. Logos

Logos has been around for a long time. You can take your pick from tons of different languages. Type a word in the search box on the front page and hit enter. The meanings and languages will appear on the results page.

Use this site to find out how to greet others in multiple languages. Saying a cheery “good morning” can give your loved ones an injection of encouragement to start the day. Saying it in a different language once in awhile might even amuse them. Try it in Japanese “おはよう(ohayou)” or French “Bonjour chers” for a start.

4. Bing Translator

Bing Translator is obviously Google Translate’s competitor and is quite often used.  Apart from the usual text and voice input we are accustomed to with Google Translate, you can also translate something using photos through this application. The translation results with Bing Translator are also good and quite satisfying.

Want your relationship with your lover to be more harmonious? Try to use affectionate nicknames!

Affectionate nicknames can make husband and wife’s relationship more loving. In fact, there are many variations of pet names that are eventually adopted as affectionate nicknames in various countries around the world.

For example, the UK tends to use the name of animals or food for affection. Meanwhile, the French often call their partner “Mon Petit Chou” which means my little cabbage. There is also “Dropje”, which means candy as a popular nickname in Netherlands. There is also Thai people who like to call loved ones “Chang Noi” or little elephants.

5. Yandex Translate

Yandex Translate is the translator site that is quite complete. Until now, Yandex translate is available in 94 languages and can translate languages up to a maximum limit of 10,000 words. Yandex Translate is also equipped with interesting features, such as voice input (converts voice to text).

There is also an on-screen keyboard and auto spelling feature to automatically correct if there is a wrong word. Not only translating in the form of text and voice, but Yandex Translate also translates words in photos.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made everyone, including children, experience emotional ups and downs. Not all children can express their feelings and emotions well.

Parents need to model effective stress management and reduce anxiety in children. The hard part is finding a language to help parents and children communicate about the emotions they are feeling. That’s where a feeling chart can help.

This could be a list of feeling words or a picture chart of words and expressions, whatever the child finds easier to use. You can try to search for words of love in a photo. Then enter the photo into this site and translate it into various languages.

This helps children reflect on their feelings and describe them more precisely and of course, it is more fun.

6. Imtranslator

Imtranslator is a translation website created by Microsoft and Google. With this latest collaboration from the biggest technology companies in the world, it’s no wonder that Imtranslator is considered the best choice for its accurate translations. This site already supports input of 100 languages provided by Google, Microsoft, Bing, and other various translators. In fact, you can easily access this site through a browser or application.

You can compliment someone on their beauty in many different languages!

Just make sure before you go saying any of the beautiful words to strangers, you understand the cultural nuance, for example, 美しい (utsukushii) means “beautiful,” but it’s a bit “intense” to say to other people in Japanese. So, there are many variations. Often, you’ll hear beautiful described as “clean” with 綺麗な (kirei na). You’ll hear 素敵な (suteki na, “lovely”) used more commonly in place of “beautiful”, especially when describing beautiful clothes or a beautiful woman.

7. Oxford Dictionary

I believe that everybody is familiar with the Oxford English Dictionary. This translation site online can be accessed and can also be used to translate, for example, English-Indonesian and vice versa.

Besides, Oxford Dictionary also has additional features such as word classes that explain grammar in Indonesian, proverbs, writing tips, and much more.

8. Webster Dictionary

Webster Dictionary‘s form is a bit difficult to use but the process is basically the same as other sites. Just need to get used to it and you can access the translated words you are looking for!

When you were planning your trip to Singapore, you may have added a “local language dictionary” to your to-do list” which will surely come in handy when traveling to this country.

There are 4 official languages of Singapore: English, Malay, Chinese, and Tamil. Singlish is a unique and widely spoken language in Singapore that has a different accent and ignores its basic grammatical standards. Combining slang and local expressions from Singapore’s various languages and dialects, speaking Singlish is considered a sign that you are truly local!

To conclude

These sites can be a quick reference for you to translate words in different languages, especially when you have difficulty understanding or speaking foreign words in social situations. However, if you have important documents to be used for official purposes, then I would suggest you go with certified translation services, where they have native human linguists who would be of better help.