Show HN: A program to learn phrases in multiple languages at once

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Post by adampzakaria » Wed, Nov 27, 2024, 4:44 PM UTC

Hi everyone - I'm not a serious language learner but I've been enjoying learning phrases I can use when I travel, at restaurants, around people in public, etc. Let me know if you find it useful or what might make it useful for you!

Show HN: A program to learn phrases in multiple languages at once
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Re: Show HN: A program to learn phrases in multiple languages at once

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Post by adampzakaria » Wed, Nov 27, 2024, 4:52 PM UTC

The translations and text to speech are from google APIs. One commenter on reddit suggested that GPT4o may be better. Also, a lot of commenters saying the phrasing and formality levels are poor on the current translations.

Re: Show HN: A program to learn phrases in multiple languages at once

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Post by jjallen » Mon, Dec 02, 2024, 10:56 AM UTC

I got "translation failed" for all three languages for "how are you". Not a great sign/start.

Re: Show HN: A program to learn phrases in multiple languages at once

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Post by rantouan » Mon, Dec 02, 2024, 11:34 AM UTC

voting up because I don't care if the API may be down, it's the idea that matters and the idea is good ! Keep working on it

Re: Show HN: A program to learn phrases in multiple languages at once

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Post by wiseowise » Mon, Dec 02, 2024, 12:56 PM UTC

jjallen wrote: post #3

I got "translation failed" for all three languages for "how are you". Not a great sign/start.

It failed on “World” for me.

Re: Show HN: A program to learn phrases in multiple languages at once

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Post by jjallen » Mon, Dec 02, 2024, 1:07 PM UTC

Just FYI I do want to support this. Rather what I would support is being able to order physical flash cards with my selection of nI think this would work better than this. I would totally pay for this tomorrow (not sure how much). Maybe $5 per language?

With this interface and it showing the translations to you it's not conducive to recall, which is the process by which we tell our brains to connect/build more neurons for this particular datum.

Re: Show HN: A program to learn phrases in multiple languages at once

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Post by freilanzer » Mon, Dec 02, 2024, 2:22 PM UTC

jjallen wrote: post #3

I got "translation failed" for all three languages for "how are you". Not a great sign/start.

Same here.