Great app! Offline dict; sample sentences; related searches; sometimes limited in scope for slang
I love this app. Besides the big database of real example sentences, my favorite feature of the app is the drop-down list of phrases using the search word, that updates while you’re typing. You can also download dictionaries for offline use. The only downside I’ve encountered, it doesn’t do well (for Spanish at least) with slang words and phrases; for those, I typically have to look somewhere else. Still 5 stars for a GREAT app!
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Excellent translation app, minor UI bugs
I use Linguee a lot to translate from Spanish, and it’s really helping me a lot, especially when the text involves idiomatic expressions — which generally don’t translate well in word by word format. I like almost everything about the app. There is into a small UI glitch when typing text on latest iOS and latest app version, which hides part of the typed text under the left corner of the input field. This makes it hard to correct mistyped letters in the beginning of words. Except for this minor UI glitch, everything is amazing though.
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Linguee is a great dictionary
I typically use more than one source when I am studying. Typical dictionaries give you different definitions and some examples but infrequently do they give you context. Linguee gives you that context in a variety of actual examples drawn from actual texts. Other dictionaries can “tell” you what a word means but rarely can they give you the “feel” of the word and it’s proper use. Definitely I recommend Linguee!!!
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Excellent but downloaded dictionaries don’t work and no customer support
This app is the best translation/dictionary app I have seen. The possibility to search phrases and see real-world usage puts it head and shoulders above others.
HOWEVER there is a big problem with the offline functionality: when you don’t have a good connection, it *should* be possible to work offline using downloaded dictionaries, but in reality the app will keep trying to connect, rather than access the offline dictionary. What’s more frustrating is that there is ZERO customer support: I have reported this several times and never even had an acknowledgment.
If this bug could be fixed, it would definitely be a 5* app.
HOWEVER there is a big problem with the offline functionality: when you don’t have a good connection, it *should* be possible to work offline using downloaded dictionaries, but in reality the app will keep trying to connect, rather than access the offline dictionary. What’s more frustrating is that there is ZERO customer support: I have reported this several times and never even had an acknowledgment.
If this bug could be fixed, it would definitely be a 5* app.
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Real Life Tool
I speak fluent German. I learned it in school and studied it as a college student. I use German almost everyday in my work. But even for the best foreign speaker of a language there is sometimes a certain phraseology or wording that you know would be better in a certain situation. Knowing these nuances is what sets apart native speakers from fluent foreign language speakers.
This app bridges that gap and makes it possible, especially in writing, to express yourself more clearly, precisely and in a way that a native speaker would.
This app bridges that gap and makes it possible, especially in writing, to express yourself more clearly, precisely and in a way that a native speaker would.
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best foreign language ever
I've been through several dictionary apps but Linguee is the best of them. Like other dictionaries, it shows lots of alternative meanings and their examples; besides, there are examples for rare words even when they dont appear their meaning ('cause the word is too long), so that I can understand. The word appears on the app right after being copied from the text is another plus, how convenient!
Just on the way to conquer another language but it feels like I'm such a lucky beginner with Linguee-fellow alongside
Just on the way to conquer another language but it feels like I'm such a lucky beginner with Linguee-fellow alongside
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Excellent, but lost quick “share with” feature in iOS 13?
Excellent app, particularly for the contextual sentences and list of prominent collocates (the latter of which seems only to be found in Linguee!). It does seem that the ability to look something up directly from another app (say Safari for example) no longer functions with the new iOS 13 update. I really miss that feature, as none of the other translation/dictionary apps quite match what I was getting from Linguee (Reverso is close, and I use it every day in other scenarios, but I prefer Linguee for this particular use case).
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Used in Europe. The best one there is.
I was using Linguee online for awhile as I moved to France, and when I discovered they had an app that could save and use their dictionary while offline, I was ready to drop money. Luckily this app is free, amazingly effective, and the most authentic when it comes to translations, slang, examples, and more. I will never use another cross-language dictionary. This is the one to beat.
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An indispensable online tool for writing French
I am good at French but writing important documents needs this app.
This app replaces your constant use of French Dictionary and gives you instant different layers of meaning of different words.
The outstanding feature of this app is providing you instant diverse linguistic references which help you use your required french word in appropriate context.
The best part of this app is that it is FREE :)
This app replaces your constant use of French Dictionary and gives you instant different layers of meaning of different words.
The outstanding feature of this app is providing you instant diverse linguistic references which help you use your required french word in appropriate context.
The best part of this app is that it is FREE :)
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Bad Pronunciation - unclear word stressing
I’ve been using Linguee for a long time now and I’ve been using the German-English part which is definitely very good and everything. However two things bother me:
One of which: I don’t know why but whenever I write something in the searchbox it removes what I wrote and writes me previous search in it again and that’s just too annoying.
Secondly, although the pronunciations are good and all, you CAN NOT AT ALL find out the word stressing.
One of which: I don’t know why but whenever I write something in the searchbox it removes what I wrote and writes me previous search in it again and that’s just too annoying.
Secondly, although the pronunciations are good and all, you CAN NOT AT ALL find out the word stressing.
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