Why English to Hebrew is harder than it looks
Every sentence declares two genders. The verb shows whether the speaker is male or female, and often whether the person addressed is. A short English message supplies neither, which makes this the first thing to check in the preview.
Hebrew has no capital letters and no written vowels. The output looks nothing like the English you typed, and that is correct. It also means proper names can be ambiguous, so unusual names are worth a second look.
Prefixes replace English’s little words. “The,” “and,” “in,” “to” and “from” attach to the front of the noun rather than standing alone. The Hebrew will be visibly shorter than your English, which is expected rather than a sign something was dropped.
Right-to-left text with English inside it needs care. Names, numbers, times and links run the other way inside a Hebrew sentence. Letting the keyboard produce the text avoids the scrambling that happens when mixed-direction messages are assembled by hand.
Written by Hardik Vegad, Co-founder, Translatify. Last updated .
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