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A comment about "speller". All in all, I like it, especially the clean optics along with nice animations. 1. Looking at the site from Germany, I automatically
by loevborg 15y ago
A comment about "speller". All in all, I like it, especially the clean optics along with nice animations.
1. Looking at the site from Germany, I automatically get German translations. In German, the tool "speller" is called "Buchstabierer". That seems like an overly literal translation. Not that I can come up with a better word, but it strikes me as an unprofessional-sounding choice.
As an aside, this seems to me to be a rather common problem. Many web sites (I imagine) hand a word list to a translator, who then produces the best translations he can find. But if he isn't involved in developing the software, he can't suggest changes to the software that might be necessary to adapt it to another language. I guess my point is that proper internationalization involves more than just a quick translation of a few words. Often I would prefer to be presented with the English version by default, with the choice of opting for my native language.
2. The animation that suggests a different spelling is nice. If I enter "comminciare" when asked for the Italian verb for "to begin", it strikes out the second "m", which makes sense. But not so much if a smaller part of the word was correct. Even if only one or two letters were right -- perhaps I enter "andare" instead of "camminare" -- it ought to strike through the whole thing, instead of falsely suggesting to me that I almost had the right answer.
- philfreo 15y agoMost websites (including Quizlet) don't change what language they show based on your country, but rather based on what your browser settings are - so if you really prefer English usually, you can change that. (We also have a footer dropdown to change the language). Let me know if you think of a better word for "Speller" in German.