“Like I said…” in Chinese

Question

How do I say "Like I said...", or "As I said", in Chinese. For example:

A: I've never been to China.

B: What do you think of Chinese culture?

A: Like I said, I've never been to China.

Answer 1

Here is a full translation of your conversation.

A: 我从没去过中国。
B: 你对中国文化有什么看法
A: 正如我说过的，我从没去过中国。

As you can see, "like I said" is "正如我说过的" in Chinese. A word-to-word translation would be

"like" ⟶ "正如/就如/就像"
I ⟶ "我"
"said" ⟶ "说过的".

Answer 2

A direct way of saying it would be “我说了”, though it sometimes suggests that the speaker is impatient/angry or high in the social hierarchy (teachers, bosses, etc).

Answer 3

Another suggested translation would be 像我刚说的 (as I just said) or 像我说过的 (as I have said).