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At the moment I see a few comments criticizing the mixed results in accents and pronunciations. I am a Brazilian who speaks English at work, so I just wanted to

by soneca 5y ago

At the moment I see a few comments criticizing the mixed results in accents and pronunciations. I am a Brazilian who speaks English at work, so I just wanted to share my use case for Youglish. I go to Youglish whenever I have no idea on how to pronounce a word. I read English much more than I listen to English (HN contributes to that), so it is not uncommon to find such words. I don’t need (nor want) to find the right accent to emulate or reach the perfect pronunciation to pass for a native speaker. I just want to be able to pronounce in a way that my coworkers will understand which word I am using. My coworkers are kind and reasonable, so they don’t expect perfect pronunciation from me either, they just want to understand the words that are coming out of my mouth. So, for me, it is not relevant at all that the accents might be mixed. As long as I learn a way to pronounce it, no matter which way. Youglish is a great resource for me. (another is Grammarly, I stil don’t know why they don’t direct they marketing to non-native English speakers more, as it is perfect for us)

FalconSensei 5y ago
Brazilian here: what really helped me was learning to use the pronunciation part of the dictionary + listen on google.
_the_inflator 5y ago
Second that. Especially Grammarly does an amazing job. Also the possibility to use different styles. Another tip from me: Deepl.com Way better than Babelfish. Best translator tool there is in my point of view.
- mrzool 5y ago
  Deepl is amazing. I use it several times a day for translating fairly complex sentences, idioms and figures of speech, usually from English (my second language) to German (my third language and the one I currently work with). Every time I'm amazed by how well it works. It really makes my life a lot easier. Another language tool I love and use daily is https://www.powerthesaurus.org https://www.powerthesaurus.org
  - jan_Inkepa 5y ago
    Random unsolicited recommendation - if you want something grammerly-ish for German https://rechtschreibpruefung24.de https://rechtschreibpruefung24.de is a decent linter :)
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lottin 5y ago
I use a pronunciation dictionary for that.
lamontcg 5y ago
I'm certain that I've looked up Brazilian footballers names on youtube to see how to pronounce them correctly (English/American announcers don't always get them right).
28uwedj 5y ago
Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth. https://youtu.be/0Rl9Cxc7uZA?t=24 https://youtu.be/0Rl9Cxc7uZA?t=24
racl101 5y ago
Thanks for sharing that story. Very cool.
nsonha 5y ago
you seem to know this website, just out of curiousity, how long has this been existing?
- soneca 5y ago
  I don’t know, I learned about it the last time someone shared it here on HN (dang posted the link somewhere in this thread)
Abishek_Muthian 5y ago
When I was doing undergraduate Engineering in India, There were several students who didn't have English as their main language in school and so struggled a bit with the course text as it was not only in English but mostly by Western authors. English movies were one of the main source for improving the language skills for them, I remember one playing Harry Potter movies on loop every single day in the dorm room. Almost all of them are having a great career in a Western country now. Many like them and parent use entertainment media to improve their vocabulary and other language skills, There have been couple of need-gaps[1][2] on this posted on problem validation platform with several solutions like Youglish. [1] 'Teach me vocabulary without spending extra time' - https://needgap.com/problems/169-teach-me-vocabulary-without-spending-extra-time-language-education https://needgap.com/problems/169-teach-me-vocabulary-without... [2] 'Show meaning of words in a video' - https://needgap.com/problems/201-show-meaning-of-words-in-a-video-language-movie https://needgap.com/problems/201-show-meaning-of-words-in-a-...

by soneca 5y ago

FalconSensei 5y ago

Brazilian here: what really helped me was learning to use the pronunciation part of the dictionary + listen on google.

_the_inflator 5y ago

Second that. Especially Grammarly does an amazing job. Also the possibility to use different styles. Another tip from me: Deepl.com Way better than Babelfish. Best translator tool there is in my point of view.

mrzool 5y ago
Deepl is amazing. I use it several times a day for translating fairly complex sentences, idioms and figures of speech, usually from English (my second language) to German (my third language and the one I currently work with). Every time I'm amazed by how well it works. It really makes my life a lot easier. Another language tool I love and use daily is https://www.powerthesaurus.org https://www.powerthesaurus.org
- jan_Inkepa 5y ago
  Random unsolicited recommendation - if you want something grammerly-ish for German https://rechtschreibpruefung24.de https://rechtschreibpruefung24.de is a decent linter :)

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lottin 5y ago

I use a pronunciation dictionary for that.

lamontcg 5y ago

I'm certain that I've looked up Brazilian footballers names on youtube to see how to pronounce them correctly (English/American announcers don't always get them right).

28uwedj 5y ago

Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth. https://youtu.be/0Rl9Cxc7uZA?t=24 https://youtu.be/0Rl9Cxc7uZA?t=24

racl101 5y ago

Thanks for sharing that story. Very cool.

nsonha 5y ago

you seem to know this website, just out of curiousity, how long has this been existing?

soneca 5y ago
I don’t know, I learned about it the last time someone shared it here on HN (dang posted the link somewhere in this thread)

Abishek_Muthian 5y ago

When I was doing undergraduate Engineering in India, There were several students who didn't have English as their main language in school and so struggled a bit with the course text as it was not only in English but mostly by Western authors. English movies were one of the main source for improving the language skills for them, I remember one playing Harry Potter movies on loop every single day in the dorm room. Almost all of them are having a great career in a Western country now. Many like them and parent use entertainment media to improve their vocabulary and other language skills, There have been couple of need-gaps[1][2] on this posted on problem validation platform with several solutions like Youglish. [1] 'Teach me vocabulary without spending extra time' - https://needgap.com/problems/169-teach-me-vocabulary-without-spending-extra-time-language-education https://needgap.com/problems/169-teach-me-vocabulary-without... [2] 'Show meaning of words in a video' - https://needgap.com/problems/201-show-meaning-of-words-in-a-video-language-movie https://needgap.com/problems/201-show-meaning-of-words-in-a-...