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Thanks, yeah it’s an MVP. Was trying to gauge interest before I complete the whole translation.
“un hidalgo de los de lanza en astillero”, is a great example of why this is the case.
Oh I'd definitely love to see this completed. I don't speak Spanish, so I'm not sure if this would be a problem here - are all sentences in Spanish guaranteed to have an almost one-one translation to English? In other words, what happens when the word order changes? This would be a huge deal in German.
I also agree with the rest of the comments here, the original Don Quixote is not a good book for learning Spanish, see here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Quixote#Style
A modern children's adaptation of the story may be a good choice for learning if OP wants to use the same story.
Oh I'd definitely love to see this completed. I don't speak Spanish, so I'm not sure if this would be a problem here - are all sentences in Spanish guaranteed to have an almost one-one translation to English? In other words, what happens when the word order changes? This would be a huge deal in German.
German would definitely be problematic but it's still likely to be one of the least affected, especially in the English -> German direction, and nearly every word would at least has a clear translation. Virtually any sentence in an SOV (or less common, OSV) language would be essentially unworkable while maintaining word order.
If you guys liked this, then there are similar solutions posted for the problem 'Teach me vocabulary without spending extra time'[1] on my problem validation platform.
As the problem title implies, it's about integrating language learning as part of our regular reading efforts. OP, You're welcomed to share your work there as well.
[1] https://needgap.com/problems/169-teach-me-vocabulary-without...
This is great, amazing idea! However, I don't understand why you chose don quixote. That's not modern, normal, everyday prose, it was written 400 years ago.. any spanish kid would have trouble understanding it. Any other modern (less than 100 years) and famous novel would be much adequate for learning spanish.
It would be fun to go to Mexico or Spain and talk 400 years old Spanish like it's normal.
This is great, amazing idea! However, I don't understand why you chose don quixote. That's not modern, normal, everyday prose, it was written 400 years ago.. any spanish kid would have trouble understanding it. Any other modern (less than 100 years) and famous novel would be much adequate for learning spanish.
It would be fun to go to Mexico or Spain and talk 400 years old Spanish like it's normal.
This is great, amazing idea! However, I don't understand why you chose don quixote. That's not modern, normal, everyday prose, it was written 400 years ago.. any spanish kid would have trouble understanding it. Any other modern (less than 100 years) and famous novel would be much adequate for learning spanish.
I agree it’s not very prosaic. I guess it has marketing value being a notorious story. Hopefully I can wrap it up and do a more modern novel. Any suggestions?
Really interesting approach. I've bookmarked the page. You should consider gathering emails to give updates. This should be the new killer app for e-readers. That tech is generally closed with too low powered processors due to power requirements for it to be implemented in any current generation. But it is just right for this kind of reading/learning. Are you doing the translation?
I like that it starts with english, so that I have to try to guess what the Spanish is first. I missed the 'de' in 'de cuyo nombre' and now I don't think I'll easily forget.
This is great, amazing idea! However, I don't understand why you chose don quixote. That's not modern, normal, everyday prose, it was written 400 years ago.. any spanish kid would have trouble understanding it. Any other modern (less than 100 years) and famous novel would be much adequate for learning spanish.
I agree it’s not very prosaic. I guess it has marketing value being a notorious story. Hopefully I can wrap it up and do a more modern novel. Any suggestions?
This is great, amazing idea! However, I don't understand why you chose don quixote. That's not modern, normal, everyday prose, it was written 400 years ago.. any spanish kid would have trouble understanding it. Any other modern (less than 100 years) and famous novel would be much adequate for learning spanish.
It would be fun to go to Mexico or Spain and talk 400 years old Spanish like it's normal.