How it works
This Australian translator swaps American words for the ones Australians use: afternoon becomes arvo, sandwich becomes sanger, a pickup truck becomes a ute. It is a table of 125 words and sayings, each checked in a dictionary, not an accent.
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An English to Australian translator, word by word
Type a sentence and the words in the table change: sunglasses to sunnies, candy to lollies, sidewalk to footpath, chicken to chook. Sayings change too, so no problem comes back as no worries.
Australian to English
Swap reads Australian words back: arvo returns as afternoon and servo as gas station. Unit, crook and thongs are also everyday English words, so check those by eye.
- Everyday words convert best: afternoon, friend, chicken, sandwich, candy, sunglasses.
- Many rows are shortened words in -o and -ie: arvo, servo, tradie, mozzie.
Questions and answers
Is it an Australian accent translator?
No. An accent is a sound, and a page cannot write one. This page changes a word where Australians use a different one and leaves your spelling alone everywhere else.
Is this an American to Australian translator?
Yes. The plain side is American English, so type sidewalk, candy and gas station. For British words and spellings such as lorry and colour, use the British text generator.
Does it work as an Aussie slang translator?
For everyday words, yes: arvo, servo, tradie, sanger and no worries are all in the table. Drinking words, crude words, brand names and words that mock a kind of person are left out.
How were the words checked?
Each row was looked for in the Australian National Dictionary Centre's list of Australian words and idioms and in Wiktionary, which marks Australian senses. A word that neither gives as Australian was left out.