Q: Why study languages?
A: No reason.
Q: Reading or listening? Which is more efficient?
A: Depends, you want to read or hear?
Q: Is there a relatively objective way of telling how much you know?
A: There is an Einstein joke in there somewhere.
Q: Swedish: The pronunciation of the final r in the verb forms?
A; errrrr... R?
Q: Breaking the bubble (advice needed)
A: Use a pin.
Q: How to get past the B2-C1 plateau?
A: Ski lift?
Q: Best german grammar resources
A: German grammar Nazis?
Q: Where are all those Spanish audiobooks?
A: Spanish audio players?
Q: Trouble with T or D (stop consonants) Followed by Trill
A: Stop consonants! Down with consonants!
Q: Should I read things Translated into French?
A: Only if you can read French, otherwise don't bother.
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Q: How to unlock your language skills in your TR?
A: Start with attention to detail.
A: Start with attention to detail.
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Q: How to read and what to read?
A: I prefer to read words with my eyes: those who are blind might want to try reading with their fingers.
A: I prefer to read words with my eyes: those who are blind might want to try reading with their fingers.
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"Зброя - слово." - Леся Українка
"Зброя - слово." - Леся Українка
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What is the easiest language?
It depends on what you mean by easy and what is easy for you.
It depends on what you mean by easy and what is easy for you.
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Other languages: French (C1), Spanish (B3), German (B2), Italian (B1)
Wish list: Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Norwegian....
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Wish list: Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Norwegian....
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Q: How Did You Learn Your First Foreign Language?
A: Slowly
Q: When is translation not translation?
A: When it is translation.
Q: Lists lists lists
A; Three things I hate most in the world.
Q: Is Norwegian the easiest for an EN native speaker?
A: Only if they speak Norwegian.
A: Slowly
Q: When is translation not translation?
A: When it is translation.
Q: Lists lists lists
A; Three things I hate most in the world.
- Vandalism
- Irony
- Lists
Q: Is Norwegian the easiest for an EN native speaker?
A: Only if they speak Norwegian.
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rdearman wrote:...Q: Lists lists lists
A; Three things I hate most in the world....
- Vandalism
- Irony
- Lists
Blackadder wrote:Blackadder: Baldrick, have you no idea what "irony" is?
Baldrick: Yes, it's like "goldy" and "bronzy" only it's made out of iron.
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Q: When is translation not translation?
A: Translation is, literally by definition, translation, that is why they call it translation. If translation were to stop being translation it would no longer be translation. (Just confused myself there.)
A: Translation is, literally by definition, translation, that is why they call it translation. If translation were to stop being translation it would no longer be translation. (Just confused myself there.)
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Q: When is translation not translation?
A: When it is wrong, which is all too often.
A: When it is wrong, which is all too often.
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Q. A language with most sounds nasalised
A. Parseltongue
Q. What's your experience with taking breaks from language learning?
A. Like a vacation but without the obnoxious co workers to return to.
Q. How many languages can you keep at a high level?
A. Quite a few, provided the shelf is large enough.
A. Parseltongue
Q. What's your experience with taking breaks from language learning?
A. Like a vacation but without the obnoxious co workers to return to.
Q. How many languages can you keep at a high level?
A. Quite a few, provided the shelf is large enough.
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Q: When is translation not translation?
When you translate "Q: When is translation not translation?" into "Q: When is translation not translation?"
Btw. for a fairly long period Google Translate gave somewhat unpredictable results when you asked the system to translate from a language into itself. Then it stopped this source of entertainment and resorted to the tactic illustrated above - just repeat the original phrase unchanged - but before I posted this message I just checked one time more, and lo and behold, the system now translates "Q: When is translation not translation?" into "Q: When is the translation not translation?". It is an open question whether this qualifies as a translation rather than a wanton destruction done to discourage users from misusing the glorious beast in unintended ways. Or maybe it just happens to show a hole in its defenses..
When you translate "Q: When is translation not translation?" into "Q: When is translation not translation?"
Btw. for a fairly long period Google Translate gave somewhat unpredictable results when you asked the system to translate from a language into itself. Then it stopped this source of entertainment and resorted to the tactic illustrated above - just repeat the original phrase unchanged - but before I posted this message I just checked one time more, and lo and behold, the system now translates "Q: When is translation not translation?" into "Q: When is the translation not translation?". It is an open question whether this qualifies as a translation rather than a wanton destruction done to discourage users from misusing the glorious beast in unintended ways. Or maybe it just happens to show a hole in its defenses..
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