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Originally Posted by Yolina
It definitely has potential  but I think for me it's going to be fairly limited on a day-to-day basis - I'm French, my English is ok, my Spanish although very rusty can still get me by and my Italian is not too bad. One of the great tips I got from an English teacher at school, who is the one who was lending me books in English so that I wouldn't get bored in class (!), was to avoid reaching for the dictionary and try as much as possible to work out the general meaning rather than get too hung up on individual words. |
True, but I am now trying to widen my vocabulary in spanish. So I don't usually use the translation dictionary, but I use a lot the various dics at my disposition. I am French too (et oui, encore une frenchie sur la toile de MR
), but have been living abroad for 25 years and am now reading in 4 languages. It's very seldom for me to need a dictionary in French, English or German, but I can make good use of a spanish one. That being said, the goal for me is not to need one in Spanish soon. Thus the Flash Cards.
Kudo to you for not needing a dictionary (comment tu traduis kudo en français toi ? Moi, j'ai beau cherché, je ne trouve pas. )
Edited to say: MR is the best meeting spot on the web for multilingual speakers (now, is that english at all ??? Plurilingual ? ..!) I am amazed at the number of members here who can speak 3 languages or more !