Hello, They didn't stop supporting the Cyrillic alphabet, they just added one more way of typing. Typing in Cyrillic is still available; but additionally, if you have the option checked, you can type any of the words in the Latin form to get it automatically (after hitting space) turned into Cyrillic form. It's just in case your current keyboard doesn't have the letters you need (for instance, on a shared computer). Just test.
Best regards. On Apr 18, 2:08 am, SH wrote: > I've been using Google Translate for a long time, mainly for the > Russian language. I have a few Russian friends and go to quite a few > Russian websites, so I am using it often, and generally it proves to > be a very handy tool for me. > > However, recently I tried to type in a word for it to translate, and > it told me this in response: > > "Type phonetically. Example: Type "privet" and hit space for > "привет"." > > For one, if I could easily write a Russian word in its Latin form, I > probably wouldn't NEED to use a translator. > > I'm just wondering why they stopped supporting the Cyrillic alphabet, > as they claim to support a few languages that use the Cyrillic > alphabet - and a big part of a language is how it is written. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "General" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email address]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email address]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/google-translate-general?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "General" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-translate-general?hl=en.
