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Google Translate has already accelerated my Welsh learning. It helps to decipher a daunting piece of text.<\/p>\n

Now Google Translate<\/a> is instant. They changed the interface slightly and it flashes up the equivalent translation as you type. Boy.<\/p>\n

In other words you get the same flawed “translations”, now even faster!<\/p>\n

Try it for Welsh to English.<\/a><\/p>\n

Example phrases:
\nDw i’n cyfieithu.
\nDefnyddia yn ofalus.
\nGwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri<\/p>\n

I wish there were a proper online Welsh-to-English dictionary that did instant look-ups. It would take some of the friction out of reading difficult books. Just leave the laptop open, type a difficult word and get the meaning NOW.<\/p>\n

Having to click is too slow a method because it breaks the flow of the book. Reaching for a dictionary is even worse. The look-up needs to be as near to the speed of thought as possible.
\n\ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I say “proper dictionary” because Google still gets words wrong y’see. It’s based on statistical translation and uses the “most likely” translation based on a corpus of text equivalents in both languages. It also seems to have a limited vocabulary.<\/p>\n

And a reminder…<\/p>\n

Don’t use it for roadsigns! But you can use it to check the gist of a professional’s translation…<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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