How do you say...

[dressage_lvr]

Yes, it is one of those how-do-you-say posts.  After looking back a little ways through the archives, I have not found exactly what I want in exactly the languages I want (if I did not look back far enough, I apologise for being so repetitive!).  If anyone could help me out, that would be wonderful and much appreciated

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[fruitsgrow]

Latin: felix dies natalis or felix sit natalis dies.

[champagnesheik]

The first one would be in the accusative: felicem diem natalem

[fruitsgrow]

Oh, yeah~... Thanks for the correction.

[stereohead]

spanish - feliz cumpleanos (with a tilde over the n)

[niku_neko]

spanish is feliz cumpleaños

[niku_neko]

oops. someone typed faster than me.

[champagnesheik]

I know these posts are allowed, but for phrases as common as "happy birthday" you can find these things out SO easily using Google.

[sparkofcreation]

I had been going to post something about using Google (you're right; the fact that we allow all types of posts doesn't mean Google isn't your friend), but the first two "How to Say Happy Birthday in # Languages" pages I looked at had errors in the Spanish and didn't use native script for non-Roman-alphabet languages. So I decided that it was probably a good idea to ask her rather than trusting those pages.

[sparkofcreation]

"probably a good idea to ask here" I mean.

[muckefuck]

More often than not, there's an error or two in the responses to "How do you say" posts even in this comm. I suppose at least here you've got some means of investigating the backgrounds of the respondents, but it's not necessarily easy to determine whether someone is, say, a native speaker or just a precocious beginning student.

I'm all in favour of including a vetted site (I nominate Omniglot, for both completeness and accuracy) in the info for the comm.

[jess]

Japanese: お誕生日おめでとう　or おたんじょうび　おめでとう if you don't want to write the complicated version. :)