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マリオくん
Level: 226

I think it would be nice if there was an option to select multiple languages to show vocabulary definitions in.

For example, my native language is German, so I generally understand the meaning of a word better if it's described in German, but sometimes, I find the English definitions to be better/more accurate.

I guess having multiple languages in the quiz options would be a bit too much, so there could probably be a "main language", but the second language could be shown in the dictionary, quiz result pages and other places where there is more space for definitions available.

What do you think about that? Would anyone else find such a feature helpful?

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8 months ago
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I can see how that would be useful, but I am concerned that it would set back the translation efforts.

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8 months ago
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マリオくん
Level: 226

I can see how that would be useful, but I am concerned that it would set back the translation efforts.


I don't really see how that would set back the translation efforts...
It might even increase them, as people who use multiple languages might actually see differences and errors in the translations and report or correct them, when they would just learn the less good or uncommon definition in their "main" language without even knowing that there might be a better one.

Personally, I don't really have the time and skills to actively do a lot in the translation center, but I would probably do some reports and corrections when I see the opportunities in quizzes or in the dictionary.

What do you think?

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8 months ago
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マイコー
Level: 305

I could possibly add it in the future, but if it does get added, it would ONLY be in the dictionary lookup, and not in the lists/quizzes/etc.

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8 months ago
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マリオくん
Level: 226

Alright, thanks!

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8 months ago
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ouaibe
Level: 314

I concur with this ask, some words have a very nuanced definition in language A and thus having multiple references in other languages (B, C, etc) that the learner might already know makes it easier to capture that subtlety, as well as create more mental references/mnemonics to remember the word itself.

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