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> That said, is there something wrong with the translations offered? I think in French hello = "bonjour" and hi = "salut"... not sure where "bonjours" and "sal

• T-A 5y ago
  The Italian "auguri" means "best wishes"; "chiamatemi" means "call me". Neither is a plausible translation of "hello". The obvious one, "ciao", is missing.
  • e17 5y ago
    I thought Hello was invented with the telephone. Prior to that, English greetings were good morning/evening. What do Italians and French say when they pick up the phone? Allora?
• shakow 5y ago
  "Bonjours" doesn't exist, and "salutations" is a tad quirky, but OK in informal settings, especially when addressing many people at once.
  • tasogare 5y ago
    No, bonjours exists (it's simply the plural form of bonjour used as a noun) but the contexts it is used are very very infrequent so it's weird to find it in that list.
    • a1369209993 5y ago
      Compare "I said my hellos and goodbyes." in English. It's definitely a word, just so uncommon as to be largely irrelevant in most practical contexts.
      • toxik 5y ago
        It's very clearly semantically related though? I don't understand the complaint here.
• numpad0 5y ago
  It seems to be a very domain specific solution, they are trying to present versions of words in customer requested domain names if already taken. Like you type in “stargazer. com”, system sees it’s already registered, and returns a “sorry sir it’s taken” page, with similar words listed as “but maybe try these words: astronomer, observatory, telescope, shooting star...”. So it’s not serious translation, more of an inexpensive quick dictionary search. I guess it’s okay for its intended purposes.