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Originally Posted by Snorkledorf
But who learns a foreign language by reading a book in their native language and translating each word into the other one? That's backwards. You'd read a book in your target language and look up words as necessary.
The E->J dictionary covers the more common "I wonder what that word means..." situation.
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That is the traditional passive approach to language learning. You are the recipient of new words. Taking words, expressions, idioms etc. in your own mother tongue and transform that into a foreign language is the active approach, you start by learning to express yourself in the same manner you are used to in your own language.