Why English to Thai is harder than it looks
The politeness particle depends on who you are. A man ends a polite sentence with ครับ and a woman with ค่ะ. Nothing in an English sentence says which, so this is the one thing worth checking every time until you know it is set right.
Thai is written without spaces, so it looks different from what you typed. A sentence you recognise word by word in English becomes an unbroken run of Thai characters. That is correct Thai, not an error in the output.
Status decides the vocabulary. Thai has different words depending on the relative standing of the people talking, including a separate royal vocabulary. Everyday messages are straightforward, but a message to someone senior wants the professional tone rather than the casual one.
English tense becomes context. Thai verbs do not change form; time words like แล้ว and จะ do the work. An English sentence that is vague about when gives the translator nothing to place it with, so being specific produces better Thai.
Written by Hardik Vegad, Co-founder, Translatify. Last updated .
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