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Glosbe dictionaries are unique. On Glosbe you can see not only translations into Russian or Swahili: we provide usage examples, showing dozens of examples of translated sentences containing translated phrases. This is called "translation memory" and is very useful for translators. You can see not only the translation of a word, but also how it behaves in a sentence. Our translation memories come mostly from parallel corpora that have been made by humans. Such translation of sentences is a very useful addition to dictionaries.
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We currently have 21,605 translated phrases. We currently have 5729350 sentence translations
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Join the bab.la team to make the online dictionary even better. Thanks to our users who constantly add new words and vote for or against existing translations, our English-Swahili dictionary is constantly growing and evolving. Over time, translation options become outdated, but our users constantly add new words and make the dictionary the most modern. The more words you add, the better our dictionary will be! We monitor quality, so we require 10 votes from our users for a word to be included in the dictionary. However, this does not mean that your word will not appear when searched in the English-Swahili dictionary. The only difference will be that a word that does not receive 10 votes will be marked “not verified.”
As a registered user of bab.la, you not only help in the development of the dictionary, but also gain points every time you suggest new words to our dictionary. Follow your progress and look for yourself in the world rankings. On the English-Swahili forum you can discuss words and translations, as well as other topics related to Swahili.
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The free online translator Transеr® will correctly translate words, phrases, sentences and small texts from any of the 54 foreign languages of the world presented on the site. The software implementation of the service is based on the most popular translation technology Microsoft Translator, so there are restrictions on text input of up to 3000 characters. Transёr will help overcome the language barrier in communication between people and in communications between companies.Advantages of Transёr translator
Our translator is developing
The Microsoft Translator development team works tirelessly to improve the quality of translated texts, optimize translation technologies: dictionaries are updated, new foreign languages are added. Thanks to this, our Online Translator becomes better every day, copes with its functions more effectively, and the translation becomes better!Online translator or professional translation services?
The main advantages of an online translator are ease of use, speed of automatic translation and, of course, free!) To quickly receive a completely meaningful translation in just one click of the mouse and a couple of seconds is incomparable. However, not everything is so rosy. Please note that not a single automatic translation system, not a single online translator can translate the text with the same quality as a professional translator or translation agency. It is unlikely that the situation will change in the near future, therefore, in order to provide high-quality and natural translation - a company that has positively proven itself in the market and has an experienced team of professional translators and linguists.Swahili is the most widely spoken language in Africa. 5 million people consider this language their native language, 70 million know Swahili and use it as a second language. In , and Swahili is a state language, and in the African Union it is a working language. Almost the entire Tanzanian population and educated Kenyans prefer to communicate in Swahili as the language is taught in all schools. Swahili maintains ethnic neutrality, which has allowed it to become pan-African. Swahili writing is based on the Latin alphabet.
History of Swahili
The language began to take shape in the 8th-10th centuries, along with the development of trade relations between the east coast and the Arab world. The influence of Arabic is evident in the vocabulary and grammar of Swahili. It is generally accepted that ethnic Swahili are descendants of Arabs, Hindus and Bantu tribes. Two waves of migrations led to the formation of a new ethnic group with its own culture and language. By the 19th century, African traditions merged with Arab-Muslim ones. The writing of this period developed on the basis of the Arabic alphabet.
The first written monuments in the form of recordings of songs, poems and chronicles date back to the 18th century in the Old Swahili language. Some dialects of that period developed over time into independent languages. The modern standard language was formed on the basis of the Kiunguja language, which was spoken in Zanzibar.
As trade began to expand on the continent, Swahili became a means of interethnic communication in Africa. With the end of the period of colonization, this meaning strengthened; Swahili replaced the languages of the colonialists, in particular English.
In the second half of the 19th century, attempts were made to describe Swahili grammar, and by the end of the century textbooks and dictionaries were out of print. In the twentieth century, the language actively spread in all spheres of life, it began to be taught in universities, Swahili is studied and researched in many scientific centers in Europe and other countries. A research institute operates in Tanzania and a linguistic journal is published that covers issues of culture, literature and language.
- Swahili literally translates to “the language of the coastal people.”
- Safari is a word in international vocabulary that means “travel” in Swahili.
- In the cartoon "The Lion King", the names of the main characters are taken from the Swahili language: Simba - lion, Rafiki - friend, Pumbaa - lazy, Sarabi - mirage. “Hakuna matata” translated from Swahili means “No problem.”
- The alien language in the film “Hangar 18” is a modified fragment of text from a Swahili phrasebook.
- In Zanzibar there is a legend about the spirit of Popobawa. The evil Popobava comes into houses at night, commits violent acts of a sexual nature, and demands that the victim tell everyone what happened. Refusal is punishable by a return visit. In Swahili, Popobawa is the wing of a bat.
- Swahili is rich in synonyms. For example, for the word “girl” there are about 15 symbols in this language. If there are separate words for miniature, beautiful, young and not so, etc.
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