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Basics

Hello/Hi (informal) 

Hoi!

Hi, everyone! (informal) 

Hoi zäme!

Hi (very informal) 

Saluti! / Saletti!

Hello (formal) 

Grüezi!

Hello, Ms./Mr. ... (formal)

Grüezi Frau/Härr ...

Hello, everyone (formal) 

Grüezi mitenand!

How are you? (informal) 

Wie gaats dir?

How are you? (formal) 

Wie gaats Ine?

I'm fine, thanks! 

Mir gaats guet, danke!

I don't feel well! 

Mir gaats nöd so guet!

What about you? (informal) 

Und dir?

What about you? (formal) 

Und Ine?

Good morning (informal and formal)

Guete Morge

Good evening 

Guete Obig

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Using Wikipedia to translate concepts

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   French: Homonymie
   Spanish: Desambiguación
2. Granddictionnaire.com is solid if incomplete
3. Word Reference comprehensive in English Español Français Italiano Português
   Also includes conjugation, images!
   Example: output:
   in Spanish in French in Italian in context images Listen: US - UK
4. Altavista.com can even be used with two windows, one for each direction
   example: one for french to english, the other english to french

Translators

Links to more obscure automatic translators and dictionnaries

1. Polish - English Poltran
2. Vietnamese English - French - Russian - Chinese vDict
3. arabic Ajeeb ; Systran
4. more...

Automatic translators

1. demonstrators

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Vietnamese translator: 

http://vdict.com/?autotranslation 

Steve

Translation guide for English to French work

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