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Originally Posted by me4u
Welcome on board! When I've chatted Thai's on the net, and I've used kareoke, but a lot seem to complain that they don't understand everything. Though I don't think you can go wrong using the Royal Thai standard. BTW there are many different transliterations knocking around, another fairly popular one is the Mary haas system, you could try looking into that.
Here are just a few examples.......................................... ......
khun chuu aray khrap
kun choo arai krap
kun chue arai kap
You can see the differences above of various systems of transliteration.
When I wrote a book Thai / English I was told by the publisher that I had to re-write it using their transliteration standard, so it would match their other Thai/English publications,. This annoyed me a little because I was using the Mary Haaas system, which I consider to be superior!
Anyway good luck, and have a good time in Thailand.
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Thanks for the welcome, me4u (and others).
Great, really useful information. me4u.
Thai is not the only language where there are different transliteration systems, so I have thought about implementing different transliteration systems, and letting the user choose his/her preference.
Default; a thai-phone gets Thai script back, a non-thai phone gets transliteration back.
But a westerner with a Thai phone can override this with a switch (+t or -t).
Likewise, I could implement another switch for another translation system, or letting the user set it in his/hers preferences on a web-site.
I'll certainly have a look at the Mary Haas system.
One question, will that form be understood by Thais if you show the display to them?
(We have designed the system so you can send the translation to another phone, but it may be that the other person doesn't have a phone.)
Thanks for your help.
kind regards
Øyvind