#language learning tool

And some of you may be thinking “why would you not use Google Translator???”. Well, let me tell you a litle secret:

GOOGLE TRANSLATOR IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH

Oh, yeah, I said it. It’s not good enough.

You type one word, well maybe you’ll be okay. You type a whole sentence and you’re f*cked, specially if one of the languages isn’t English. Look, I can’t get the damn thing to translate me something from Spanish to French if there is a feminine word, it’ll just be in masculine in the French translation. It doesn’t happen always but it happens too often. 

Seriously though, it’s a nightmare.

Don’t believe me?

Now, let’s take a moment to compare what you just saw, to Linguee.

First of all, yes, I typed guapa (pretty), which is a feminine word in Spanish, and it gave me the masculine word in French for, hold on to your sit, charming. You can see that Linguee explains a whole lot more about the word you just translated, plus a lot of examples. Not all of them are great, but they are sooo useful.

Oh, do I love Linguee. I mean, he understands gender, you know? Oh AND the audios with the pronunciation AREN’T ROBOTS. Oh yeah, I know.

HOW DOES LINGUEE WORK, THOUGH?

So, how Linguee works is, mainly like a dictionary. You pick the two languages you want to translate back and forth, and you type a word in one of them in the search bar.

Now, unlike a normal dictionary, you won’t only find direct translations of the masculine words, BUT also the plurals, AND (drumrolls please) also the feminines. And it’s specially useful when the feminine form of a word holds some other meanings, like here:

I know, I’m sorry. But it’s a really good example.

My point is that it’s incredibly versatile. And you’ll love it. I mean, I didn’t tell you all the story; it also has expressions, and common sentences. And even if they don’t translate it directy, they’ll find texts in both languages, that have that sentence, so you can compare.

OMG, just look at this, please.

IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?

Well, yes it is. Everything is clear enough to me. Linguee wins by 1000000 points. I’m sorry Google. Your efforts are appreciated, and you help a lot of teenagers write their English essays in Spain but, this is as far as our relationship goes. I’m breaking up with you. In fact, I broke up with you months ago.

WAIT, IS LINGUEE PAYING YOU TO SAY THIS??!

Oh I wish, I really do. But no, sadly, no.