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And the GP's example is the perfect illustration. "A murderer is Joe" sounds really weird. No native English speaker would ever say that. They would say, "Jo
by lisper 5y ago
And the GP's example is the perfect illustration. "A murderer is Joe" sounds really weird. No native English speaker would ever say that. They would say, "Joe is a murderer" or "The murderer is Joe" or even "One of the murderers is Joe." But never "A murderer is Joe." Maybe in a Victorian novel, but not in a movie.
- zeroimpl 5y agoThere are certainly tradeoffs, which is why I said I’d like the option. Since I’m moderately familiar with the other language, I really just need the translation for words I don’t understand or mis-hear. There is such a thing as a real-time translation. I’ve heard it in news broadcasts when a politician speaks a foreign language. It also happens all the time at the UN and other international negotiations. It works well but has downsides such as occasional latency while the translator needs to hear a few more words before they can translate.
- shkkmo 5y agoI don't think real time translation matches word for word either. Something that might be sort of like what you are looking for is Language Learning with Netflix https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/language-learning-with-ne/bekopgepchoeepdmokgkpkfhegkeohbl https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/language-learning-... It's a browser plugin that provides advanced subtitle functionality. You can have dusl sets of subtitles up, or just the original language subtitles with the option to pause and mouse over individual words for the definition.