Readlang
Languages and libraries
language learning web app
SHOW HN2015
How HN took it
11 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 10 critical, out of 42 comments about the project. Thread score -0.01.
Idea: 6 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful idea and good execution
From 2 comments
Loved the tool. Congratulations. Just wondering, how do you manage the phrase translation? It is your system learning from itself?
iagorodriguez on HNGreat work here! I wonder if you'd be interested in some form of integration. I'm a partner at http://green-bridge.org and we've been bootstrapping our stuff for a year now. It's…
sethjgore on HN
Objections
Sends alarming permission warning to read and change site data
From 1 comment
"Read and change all your data on the websites you visit" Srsly?
nemoniac on HN
Google Translate quality is poor for complex sentences
From 1 comment
Isn't Google translate API horrible at actually translating? Both me and my wife are bilingual, and GT goes full retard for any non-trivial sentence for both of us.
imaginenore on HN
Free tier limits push users to upgrade
From 1 comment
I can't select more than 3 or so words at a time before being bugged to go premium, and some words refuse to translate altogether, just bringing up the "go premium" box. Neat…
tat45 on HN
Requests
Japanese and Chinese support with word boundaries
From 2 comments
I think for Japanese, Rikaichan probably beats Readlang right now because it can detect word boundaries, and probably has other features specific to Japanese that I can't afford…
steveridout on HNi don't see japanese
it_learnses on HN
Ability to flag and correct user-generated text mistakes
From 2 comments
I tried German, where the first text is the German version of Let It Go, and there are quite some mistakes in the text (wrong capitalization, wrong spaces). Even more evident…
xiaq on HNYes, the texts are uploaded and synchronized by users. I should really add a way to easily flag up mistakes and contribute corrections.
steveridout on HN
Questions
How is phrase translation done
From 1 comment
Loved the tool. Congratulations. Just wondering, how do you manage the phrase translation? It is your system learning from itself?
iagorodriguez on HN
Alternatives named
Language Immersion Chrome extension
From 2 comments
I'm vaguely trying to learn spanish using Duolingo, but haven't been very diligent. I was hoping your chrome extension could be a more passive way of learning that integrates…
pbiggar on HNSounds like you might like the Language Immersion chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/language-immersion-for-ch/bedbecnakfcpmkpddjfnfihogkaggkhl/related
steveridout on HN
Rikaichan / rikaikun for Japanese
From 1 comment
I use Rikaichan (which works really well for Japanese, not sure about other languages as I've not tried) It covers a significant portion of this in my opinion. The original is…
microcolonel on HN