Hola, wie gehts, priviet, como sa va, shalom, salam, zdravei, ce mai faci, chetori, yakshemash, kok si, nee hao, anyung hasayoh, koneecheewah, manh khoe khong, and, well, I'm afraid that may be all I know.  At least all I can think of at the moment, and apologies if my transliterations are not quite right, but hey, I'm just a dumb American.  But at least this dumb American would like to learn more languages, and is happy to help others who may want to improve their English.  That said, it does amaze me how well my chess opponents from all over the world write English, so maybe my offer will not be an especially useful one.  Whatever.  It might be nice if we as a group could come up with a table, indexed by language in one direction, and by phrase in the other direction, so that a member could refer to this table and greet an opponent in his or her own language.  My ignorance prevents me from being able to complete such a table myself, which is why I am reaching out and seeking help.  I was hoping to include such phrases and words as:

hello

how are you?

I am doing well, thank you

good luck in the game

you are a strong chess player

shall we play again?

would you be up for a game?

OK, so with that, I leave it to the group to hopefully fill in all the blanks.  Thank you, gracias, merci, danke, spaceba, mange takk, obrigado, mulumesc, shokaran, toda, gahmsahmneedah, sheh sheh, arigato, ...

that would be really awesome. I tried a langague translater on the internet but it was slow and not always that accuarte. if there is a group forming to do this please let me in. lol btw I can read (not so much write) some french and a small amount of spanish but it tourist spanish lol

You're right, I guess we could start a formal group ... except that I have no idea how to do that!

   English     ............Italian------------French--------Arabic ( egyptian)

Hello ..............Salve..................Salut...........Ezaiak

How are you?....Come stai?........Coment vas-tu?........Keif halak

I'm fine thank you.......Sto bene grazie.......ça va merci.....Ana kuais

Good luck..............Buona fortuna....Bonne chance.......Kul sana ua enta taib

You are a strong player......Sei un giocatore forte....Tu es un bon joueur.....enta shater

Can we play again?.....Possiamo giocare ancora...Es -ce -que tu veux jouer encore.?.......aiez telaab marra tania?

Would you be up for a game? Sarai sveglio per una partita? Tu sera là pour une partie?   Enta hatkun mostaed li leeb el shatarang?

You think that will help ?????

Wow!  Thank you!

hello 안녕 AhnNyung/안녕하세요 AhnNyungHaSaeYoh

how are you? 어떻게 지내세요? UhDduhtQue JiNaeSaeYoh?

I am doing well, thank you 잘 지내요, 감사합니다. JalJiNaeYoh, GamSaHapNiDa.

good luck in the game 경기 잘 하세요. GyungGi Jal HaSaeYoh.

you are a strong chess player 체스를 잘 하시는군요. ChessRul Jal HaSiNunGoonYoh

shall we play again? 다시 할 까요? DaSi Hal KkaYoh?

would you be up for a game? 경기를 하실래요? GyungGiRul HaSilRaeYoh?

I wrote Koreans and what they sound like after the expressions.

Hope it helps. 

Turkish:

hello - merhaba;

you are a (very) good chess player - (cok) iyi satranc oynuyorsun;

goodbye - alasmalýk,

playing with you is lots of fun! - senden oynamak cok sevincli!

Can we play again? - Bir daha oyniyabilir miyiz? 

I hope I could help with that a bit, coz the other chess players above already listed the other languages I know :P

Chinese - (Tonal 1=high| 2=rising| 3=low | 4=falling | no number = short)

Hello   你好 ni2 hao3

How are you   你好吗?  ni2 hao3 ma

Good Luck (I wish you) 我祝愿您好运  wo3 zhu4 yuan4 nin2 hao3 yun4

Thank you 谢谢  xie4 xie

Thank you (more modest) 感谢  gan1 xie4

Goodbye 再见  zai4 jian4

I'll stick more on if I find time (hopefully I remember).

hello = buna

how are you ? = ce mai faci ?

very well, thank you = foarte bine , multumesc 

good luck = succes ! 

you played well = ai jucat bine

how about a new game ? = mai jucam o data ?

I enjoyed playing with you  = mi-a facut placere sa joc cu tine

I wish you all the best = numai bine !

add me to your friends list = hai sa fim prieteni !

these ever for Romanian. If you need French I can help with that too.

 

 

Nice idea.

CATALAN:

hello ___ hola

how are you? ___ cóm va? 

very well, thank you ___ molt bé, gràcies

good luck in the game ____ bona sort amb la partida

you are a strong chess player ____ ets un bon jugador d'escacs

shall we play again? ___ en fem una altra?

would you be up for a game? ___ estàs disponible per a una partida?

I can do Arabic, unfortunatly it has already been done

Thanks to all of you!

Finnish: 

 

hello __ terve

how are you? __ mitä kuuluu?

I am doing well, thank you __ hyvää, kiitos

good luck in the game  __ onnea peliin

you are a strong chess player  __ ai vähäks jätkä on hyvä

shall we play again? __ pelataanko uudestaan?

would you be up for a game? __ pelaatko?

Thank you!

Incredible idea Vance. I only know english, but am also interested in atleast learning these various minor phrases.

I tried to work on an excel spreadsheet to organize the information in this thread, but it did not come out well. Unfortunately my excel table skills are as weak as my knowledge of a second language. 

 

Maybe we need an Excel working group too!

hey dude....

hi. its  fairly complex depending on the type of greeting /statement /and geographical area ..

swahili,  (spoken in somali, kenya, uganda, burundi, rwanda, tanzania and parts of Zaire, malawi,ethiopia and sudan) the dialects differ but the jist of the story is the same.)

hello.------ hujambo /habari/shikamoo/mambo/sasa

how are you?       (literally )------ uko , aje? otherwise  hujambo.

I am doing well, thank you-----  hujambo?---- response: sijambo ,asante.

                                     ------ habari? ------ response: mzuri, asante.

good luck in the game----- bahati njema mchezoni.

you are a strong chess player ---- wewe ni mchezaji chess wa nguvu 

shall we play again? --------tunaweza cheza tena?

would you be up for a game?------- ungependa kucheza tena?

hakuna matata --- no worries

hakuna matiti ----- (cant say in a public forum. too rude!*&% )

Good lawd!! my swahili is rusty but hey, every little helps..

regards and please anyone spot an error feel free to let me know...

peace am out.

 

ps: forgot what chess is in swahili.

I just remebered I made a blog on the names of the pieces in various langauges, the link is http://blog.chess.com/RedSoxpawn/chess-pieces and yes I am still working on some more I am haveing problems with spelling them is all

French..

hello Bonjour/salut

how are you? Comment ça va/comment allez vous

i'm doing well, thanks, and you:  ca va merci, et vous/ je va bien merci, et toi?

Good luck in the games /good luck with the games : Bonne chance avec les jeux

you are a stronger player Vous êtes plus fort que moi/vous êtes tres fort

Shal we play again? encore une fois? /jeuons nous encore ?/encore?

Would you be up for a game  ?: est ce que vous voulez de jouer un jeux avec moi

no worries  N'inquiet pas/pas de probleme/

goodbye aurevoir / adieu(this is final! the implication is that you won't speak to them again after adieu)

bonne chance:)

I see a nice opportunity for pranks, by offering you wrong translations :)