Is part of the context translating from one language to another, vs producing it directly? (e.g. is the front of your card "cat" and the back "gato"?) Or do y

Is part of the context translating from one language to another, vs producing it directly? (e.g. is the front of your card "cat" and the back "gato"?) Or do you use pictures (google image search[1] for "gato" and see what comes up, use one of the pictures for the front of the card, and "gato" on the back). For example, being able to speak the new language without having to think of the words in your first language and then mentally translating it? As mentioned in the book and website "Fluent Forever" (a language learning method which also recommends Anki), it's better to translate from a picture to the new language rather than learning to translate from your first language. https://fluent-forever.com/ https://fluent-forever.com/ "No Translation" "Use pictures when learning new vocabulary and grammar rules. You'll discover that you can actually remember what you've learned." [1] "Fluent Forever" suggests trying google image search in your target language because many words are not direct translations, and you'll notice differences in what types of images come up for words. gato/cat is not a great example of this though