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| Author: | Lenas [ Thu May 03, 2012 6:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Experience a new language while browsing the web |
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/deta ... hogkaggkhl Pretty sweet extension. I'm doing español. |
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| Author: | Stathol [ Thu May 03, 2012 11:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Experience a new language while browsing the web |
It's like browsing the web with ... how you say...? Ah, yes. Antonio Banderas. I dig the forum titles. I'm not sure, but I think Rants and Raves might be coming on to me: Quote: Scream at me until mis oídos sangren. I'm poniendo atención solo para you. Quote: Hellfire - es donde happiness goes a morir. I got a kick out of how it translated the Mod forum title: Quote: With great power conlleva una gran responsabilidad to make sure you're clicking con el botón derecho. No, not that right! Your other right! |
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| Author: | Lex Luthor [ Fri May 04, 2012 9:00 am ] |
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The issue I have with learning a new language is that English is by far the most dominant, both in common speech and modern literature. So it is not very practical unless you plan on moving to another country. I can see a fun factor though. |
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| Author: | Diamondeye [ Fri May 04, 2012 9:55 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Experience a new language while browsing the web |
Los traductores computadoras son utiles, pero hay que tener cuidado. Eloos no siempre se traduce en Espanol de todos los dias. Cuando una persona Hispanica dice "como?", usted no ha hecho hacerse entender. Jorge Lopez dice "No Nintendo!" |
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| Author: | Stathol [ Fri May 04, 2012 9:56 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Experience a new language while browsing the web |
Learning another language -- particularly one related to your native language -- improves your language skills in your own tongue. Especially vocabulary, in my experience. Trivial example from learning Spanish: the meaning of the English word "verdant" isn't immediately apparent if you don't already know what it means. But if you know even just enough basic Spanish to know that verde = green, it's obvious even if you've never seen the word before. Or, say, knowing that "sophia" is Greek for "wisdom" makes you see connections you may have missed before in English: sophisticated, sophistry, philosophy, etc. It's never a bad idea to learn some Greek or Latin, or at least some language based on Greek and/or Latin if you speak English. Probably the same goes for Old English. These used to be staples of a quality English education; I regret that I only had minimal exposure to Latin and basically none at all to Greek during primary education. |
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