Readlang Reviews and Details

Is Readlang good?

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• Show HN: Glossarie – a new, immersive way to learn a language

  AFAIK, I think the most popular version of this idea is https://readlang.com. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Learning to Listen. El podcast que más recomiendo para el nivel intermedio.

  In my own case, I struggled for over a decade, to get anywhere at all useful with Spanish, until someone in this forum recommended readlang.com. I can't speak for anyone else, but for myself: just reading entire stories, as fast as I could, without stopping AT ALL when I ran into an unknown word, or tense, or idiom, made THE critical difference. Before that, every second word was causing me to stop. And... Source: about 2 years ago

• How to use LingQ for free?

  If you're going to do this, why not just use something like the free tier of ReadLang? Source: over 2 years ago

• What is your favorite free language learning platform? (app, YouTube videos, Netflix subtitles, websites, etc)

  Readlang, but you have to have a basic vocabulary; otherwise it is not easy. Https://readlang.com/ I've had a love and hate relationship with Duolingo for Dutch and French. I'm trying it for Greek now and it seems to have improved over the last few years. Source: over 2 years ago

• I need some help finding an app to read in a foreign language

  I think https://readlang.com/ is similar to LingQ and hast the option to upload files - I have never used it though, so no guarantee the formatting is better. Source: over 2 years ago

• Danish PD2 exam

  1.2. Do what you like, but in Danish. E.g., I've been reading normal books in Danish since A2 level, which is definitely crazy if you don't like books, but I do, so it worked fantastically. But let's hypothetically say you like sports, so why not try to read/listen to sports news on dr.dk, etc. It is going to be difficult, but once you survive the "difficult" stage, it's gonna be great. You can also use this... Source: over 2 years ago

• memory problems or slow?

  Tl; dr? Skip active word memorization entirely or mostly, since it isn't working for you. Suggestion: Go to readlang.com and just start reading ... And reading ... And reading. Even if you have to look up every single word, just keep going with reading. Source: over 2 years ago

• alternatives to lingq

  Readlang https://readlang.com/ free but need to pay for certain features. Source: over 2 years ago

• I Bought Back My Acquihired Startup

  Good point! I just made the first mention of Readlang into a link to the website: https://readlang.com It's a web-app and browser extension to help people learn languages by reading texts or websites in the language they are learning, get helpful translation hints and definitions to aid comprehension, and then to practice the new vocab with flashcards. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Readlang is back – Duolingo sold it back to its creator

  Just recently, I couldn't resist playing with ChatGPT and yesterday I released an experimental feature only visible to paying subscribers learning English, Spanish or French which puts an AI-generated custom definition in your learning language in the sidebar when reading texts within readlang.com. Just an experiment for now and I need to see if people find it useful. I think it's pretty cool, especially for more... Source: over 2 years ago

• Seeking bilingual versions of great English books (especially Tolkien)... Or is there an app that will translate side-by-side from Greek to English?

  I've been using https://readlang.com/ it lets you look up words (I think the paid version also translates longer excerpts). Source: over 2 years ago

• I need an app similar to LingQ.

  Https://readlang.com/ which is owned by duolinguo. But Japanese support is in perpetual beta. Source: over 2 years ago

• Public domain texts?

  Does anybody have link to any public domain texts? I'm using readlang.com, and the library for Yiddish on there is limited (and that would be a compliment). If anyone has any poetry, short stories etc, that'd be great. Source: over 2 years ago

• thoughts / alternatives to Readlang?

  I am considering subscribing to the paid version of Readlang (https://readlang.com/). I do have already a LingQ subscription but I find Readlang more practical to read websites as you don't have to go through an import etc. Every time, and cost is not a problem. My only concern is that the project seems very "static" since 2017, from what I understood the original developer sold it to Duolingo and nothing seems to... Source: over 2 years ago

• Introducing Lute ("Learning Using Texts") - free language-learning software

  Is the basic unit for translation in Lute, LWT and Lingq a single word? With readlang.com you can translate entire phrases. Which at times is more informative than single words. Source: over 2 years ago

• Reading is the KEY and I hate to admit it haha

  By using an e-reader (highly recommend, the screen reads just like paper) or something like Readlang you can translate unknown words and be able to read material that would otherwise be too difficult. After seeing the translation of a word again and again it eventually sticks and you can basically read whatever you want this way instead of being forced to stick to children stories or material made for learners. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Book or Audio with Idiomatic Spoken Spanish Dialog-Stories?

  First of all, thanks for setting up this forum and inviting me; I just read the invite sent some months back! FWIW, reading Spanish books on readlang.com has turned out to be the magic key for me. Source: almost 3 years ago

• Foreign Dispatch: Ideas from code editors applied to foreign language writing

  It does not seem to be developed anymore, but Readlang[1] does exactly that. It has been very helpful early on as I was learning Spanish and German. [1] https://readlang.com/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• A stack to consider: Selkouutiset + Readwise + Anki

  We all know about the news in clear Finnish here by now, I hope. Some of us also know about my favorite flashcard app. Today I want to introduce an add on I found recently that lets you click on words and get an instant translation of them. Source: almost 3 years ago

• What ebook reader do you use on android which has a built-in dictionary?

  Readlang does it online, however, it requires that I have epub files. Source: almost 3 years ago

• PC apps for Japanese text furigana/glossary?

  The Japanese.io website lets you upload text, but I believe they upped their subscription prices since I've used the site. Readlang, LingQ, OPLingo, VocabTracker have reading tools. There are also PC programs like Learning With Texts (unaffiliated fan-hosted web version here) and Jorkens if you don't mind pasting the text or using epubs/other local formats. Source: about 3 years ago