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Maybe ... I'm not looking to learn a foreign language right now, so aren't the target market. But my first thought was that this appears to use some kind of ma
by aquark 14y ago
Maybe ... I'm not looking to learn a foreign language right now, so aren't the target market.
But my first thought was that this appears to use some kind of machine translation ('import from any website').
So how reliable is this as a source for learning a language. If I was going to invest time & money I'd want to trust that was I was learning was accurate!
- steveridout 14y agoYou're correct, it uses Google Translate to generate the in-line translation, and offers a more in-depth translation from wordreference.com in a sidebar (for the language pairs it supports). I find the Google Translate result good enough to get the meaning the vast majority of the time, which is enough to enjoy reading. When you start to learn each word, it's very much encouraged to verify and edit each translation the first time the flashcard appears. I agree that blindly accepting and learning the google translate results would be a very bad idea. I'll also investigate different dictionaries and translation services as the project progresses.