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Schweizerdeutsch translator?

Does anyone know how can i translate some swiss german words? I could only find a translator for iPhone but i dont have an iPhone just an Android
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Re: Schweizerdeutsch translator?

How many words? Posting a little on here is usually not frowned upon.
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Re: Schweizerdeutsch translator?

Actually, I've just came up with an ideia for a project related to swiss chocolate brand for my course's work, and I'd like to find a good name for it, in swiss german. The word cannot be too big and shouldn't be to hard to pronounce for someone who doesn't speak german. Plus, it gotta have a meaning. So i don't know exactly what i want to translate, I'm just going to try a bunch of nice words and choose one to use

I was thinking of something like:
Varliebt
but i'd like to have more choices
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Re: Schweizerdeutsch translator?

Verliebt my bad :P
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Re: Schweizerdeutsch translator?

Swissietutsch tends to be more of a spoken language than a written one - although it can and is written - mainly in kiddies books and remote grizzled mountain folk .... and varies considerably from region to region as it's dialect based.

So although I'm sure there are some written translations out there, they must be few and far between, and sometimes not wholly accurate.
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Re: Schweizerdeutsch translator?

I got it... the most obvious would use Schoggi, but i think theres already a brand with that name
Something like that is just part of the spoken language?
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Re: Schweizerdeutsch translator?

How about:
Schoggi schätzli
(chocolate darling)

herzchäferli
(heart bug, it's a term of endearment)

süessi liebi
(sweet love)

or something like that?

why don't post an english word you want translated?
so we could go from there...
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Re: Schweizerdeutsch translator?

Ohh maybe it's better if you guys say some expressions that are used in swiss german, than me translating some random words. These ones you said seems to be great! Maybe if you could suggest a few more )
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Re: Schweizerdeutsch translator?

Have a look in this Thread in the sticky at the top of this forum.
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Re: Schweizerdeutsch translator?

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I got it... the most obvious would use Schoggi, but i think theres already a brand with that name
Something like that is just part of the spoken language?
The first thing that came to mind when I read this post was...... isn't Schoggi a name for male/female underpants?
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The first thing that came to mind when I read this post was...... isn't Schoggi a name for male/female underpants?
Really? Theres a shop with that name in the US
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Re: Schweizerdeutsch translator?

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The first thing that came to mind when I read this post was...... isn't Schoggi a name for male/female underpants?

I think you mean "Sloggi"....

http://www.sloggi.com/
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I think you mean "Sloggi"....

http://www.sloggi.com/


That's a good one...
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