My Thai Translation Apps Samples
This is the sample page of various handy phrases used every day in Thailand. I’ve taken the source material from http://www.thai-language.com/
I’ve then put each phrase through a conversion on https://www.thai2english.com to get the romanized version of the text and the direct word translation. This is to show how the language structure is vastly different to what we commonly use in English
Last of all on each example I’ve shown the most common English translation for each phrase.
This page is set up to give a baseline voice sample of Thai and English which is then used to test the various translation apps available to see which one works best. Of course, there will be many other factors that can help or hinder these translation apps, such as dialect, pronunciation, gender, device used and of course, the actual speech to text engine on the various devices. I am using my Samsung Note 8 for all my tests which uses the Samsung voice to text engine. Other phone manufacturers will use different engines so I do welcome any feedback on how your app and phone scores.
For the score, each correct translation will get 1 point
For a close match, I will give 1/2 a point
And if the translation cannot be understood or is wrong, 0 points.
Each app will get 3 scores, one for Thai to English (34 points max) one for English to Thai (34 points max) and finally my rating on the overall application with a 10 point maximum.
Thai
สวัสดี
Romanized Thai
sà-wàt-dee
Word Translation
hello
English
Hello
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Thai
สบายดีหรือ
Romanized Thai
sà-baai dee rĕu
Word Translation
be fine good (polite question)
English
How are you?
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Thai
ขอบคุณ
Romanized Thai
kòp kun
Word Translation
border kindness
English
Thank you
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Thai
นี่เท่าไร
Romanized Thai
nêe tâo rai
Word Translation
this how much
English
How much is this?
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Thai
ไม่เป็นไร
Romanized Thai
mâi bpen rai
Word Translation
not be something
English
It doesn’t matter
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Thai
แล้วพบกันใหม่
Romanized Thai
láew póp gan mài
Word Translation
and meet again
English
See you later
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Thai
ขอโทษ
Romanized Thai
kŏr tôht
Word Translation
ask for penalty
English
Excuse me
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Thai
สบายดี
Romanized Thai
sà-baai dee
Word Translation
be fine good
English
I am fine
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Thai
พูดไทยไม่ได้
Romanized Thai
pôot tai mâi dâai
Word Translation
talk Thai cannot
English
I can’t speak Thai
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Thai
ไม่เข้าใจ
Romanized Thai
mâi kâo jai
Word Translation
not understand
English
Don’t understand
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Thai
เข้าใจไหม
Romanized Thai
kâo jai măi
Word Translation
understand (question)
English
Do you understand?