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Work · November 18, 2016

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Get a great domain by translating your keyword into 30+ languages

In the dark old days when I was uninspired and couldn't come up with a name for a project I'd hop onto my old pal Google Translate and see if a keyword associated with my name "sounded cool in German" If it did, and the domain was unused I'd scoop it up and use it. This process took a while, I'd try German, French, Russian, Armenian, Latvian, etc trying to find something cool that wasn't already being used. So I built http://www.catelus.com/ It translates your keyword into more than 30 different languages and checks if your-word-in-german.com and your-word-in-polish.com are…

Get a great domain by translating your keyword into 30+ languages launched on November 18, 2016 with 20 votes, #1,501 of 3,636 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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Catelus is a domain name search tool that translates a keyword into over 30 languages and checks domain availability for each translation. Users enter a keyword and the tool shows them translated versions in languages including German, French, Russian, and Polish, while indicating which corresponding domains are available for registration. It's designed for people naming projects who want to discover creative, multilingual domain options that might not be in use.

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In the dark old days when I was uninspired and couldn't come up with a name for a project I'd hop onto my old pal Google Translate and see if a keyword associated with my name "sounded cool in German" If it did, and the domain was unused I'd scoop it up and use it. This process took a while, I'd try German, French…

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