Well that's the thing. I uncheck the option, and then go to copy and paste a word that's in Cyrillic into the box, and it always refreshes without a translation and brings up this thing saying to type it in phonetically. So I just assumed it was telling me I have to type it in Latin for it to translate it. But perhaps it's a bug that's affecting me. I will try in a different browser, thanks for your help.
On Apr 18, 4:22 am, User wrote: > 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 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.- Hide quoted > text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
