Awesome digital dictionary format
Awesome digital dictionary format and an incredibly productive tool for learning your target language as once you have a small grasp of the language you can use the full phrase and sentence translation to examine the form and function of the words and phrases of your target language,
i like it so much that I sometimes donate to the creators when I have spare change in my account forget Duolingo, this is the way to do it
i like it so much that I sometimes donate to the creators when I have spare change in my account forget Duolingo, this is the way to do it
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Lovely app but
Lovely app and so informative. It’s the best I’ve found to translate verbs and also the examples are incredibly helpful so I can full understand when to use the verb. Two slight annoyances with the app though. It crashes and sticks often (I have a brand new phone with lots of storage so I doubt it’s the phone’s fault.) and sometimes it refreshes itself whilst I’m looking at a verb. Other than that, it’s the best but those fixes would make it super awesome.
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Practical usage examples
I’m really pleased with the wide variety of examples provided by Linguee for any given word or phrase. Reading through the examples rarely fails to turn up one that suits the required context. It is a very practical app for anyone with an interest in language, be it for personal or business use.
Excellent for language learning
Love this app and how it searches for uses of the phrase in question via online sources. The fact that it also gives you more often than not example sentences of many of the various uses that a word has is also really helpful. The app does have a tendency to freeze occasionally and it would be great if this could be fixed, but it still deserves at least 4.5 stars
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Almost good but fatally flawed
I’ve been using this dictionary a lot over the last few months. It has a lot of great features. For instance, it will show you idiomatic phrases related to the word you’re looking up. This is really handy. It also will show you examples of the word in action, culled from the web.
It is however, unstable and more dependent on Internet access then it claims to be, even if you’ve downloaded an offline dictionary. Periodically after a dozen or so look ups the application starts to get very slow. Often I will type of word and nothing happens for 10 to 15 seconds. Over time this gets worse until finally the only recourse is to force quit the application and restart it.
This morning I reached the final straw. I fired up the app and noticed that it said I didn’t have an Internet connection, which I totally did. Looking upwards now simply spawns a spinning wheel and never any definitions. So I guess I’m done with it. It’s too frustrating.
It is however, unstable and more dependent on Internet access then it claims to be, even if you’ve downloaded an offline dictionary. Periodically after a dozen or so look ups the application starts to get very slow. Often I will type of word and nothing happens for 10 to 15 seconds. Over time this gets worse until finally the only recourse is to force quit the application and restart it.
This morning I reached the final straw. I fired up the app and noticed that it said I didn’t have an Internet connection, which I totally did. Looking upwards now simply spawns a spinning wheel and never any definitions. So I guess I’m done with it. It’s too frustrating.
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App always crashing
This is my favourite translator app and has ALL the information related to any word and is almost flawless. The main problem however is that the app crashes after every second word I search. This is extremely frustrating and the developers need to urgently look into this. For reference the app is installed on an iPhone 12. Please rectify this.
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Context matters
I’d been depending on Google Translate, which is quite useful — until it isn’t. Google generally tells you what a translation is, and leaves it to you to reverse translate it to make sure it’s what you meant (and even then, there’s no guarantee).
Consider the word still.
Maybe you mean “I still want this.” Maybe you mean “This lake is so still at 8am.” Or maybe you make whiskey in a still. In Portuguese, at least, these are different words. When Google translates for you, do you *really* know which one it’s suggesting that you say? The wrong word will mean your reader will have ZERO idea what you mean, like: “I elephant want this.”
Linguee tells you the part of speech for each word, gives many examples with the word uses in context, and helps you understand different ways the word can be used. I’ve found it helpful to clarify and to expand my vocabulary. I still use Google Translate often — it’s great for certain things — but when I really need to be sure of something, I use Linguee.
Consider the word still.
Maybe you mean “I still want this.” Maybe you mean “This lake is so still at 8am.” Or maybe you make whiskey in a still. In Portuguese, at least, these are different words. When Google translates for you, do you *really* know which one it’s suggesting that you say? The wrong word will mean your reader will have ZERO idea what you mean, like: “I elephant want this.”
Linguee tells you the part of speech for each word, gives many examples with the word uses in context, and helps you understand different ways the word can be used. I’ve found it helpful to clarify and to expand my vocabulary. I still use Google Translate often — it’s great for certain things — but when I really need to be sure of something, I use Linguee.
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I love this app so much that I’m writing my first ever app review on it
My French 3 teacher recommend this app to my class since it can give you better definitions as well as examples for single words. I’ve also used it for Russian, and one of my best friends who is half Russian also says it’s pretty good too so take that as you will. I just don’t like how you can’t do full sentences, but then again, that’d be less accurate I’d think. All in all I’d give this a 9.5/10.
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Best translator in the market
I use Linguee to translate the languages I speak. First, it gives translation in context, which is amazing. Second, it gives various options. Lastly, it often gives me better translation choices than I, as a native speaker, come up with.
As explained elsewhere Linguee is more of a “translation memory”, based on how words have been translated in context in the past.
It does not have as many languages as other apps, but I imagine it is because they take a depth rather than a breadth (and shallow) approach. It does cover all the major languages.
Hands down, Linguee and its sister app DeepL are the best translators currently in the market.
Stay ahead of the curve Linguee/DeepL!
As explained elsewhere Linguee is more of a “translation memory”, based on how words have been translated in context in the past.
It does not have as many languages as other apps, but I imagine it is because they take a depth rather than a breadth (and shallow) approach. It does cover all the major languages.
Hands down, Linguee and its sister app DeepL are the best translators currently in the market.
Stay ahead of the curve Linguee/DeepL!
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Good but no keyboard shortcuts
Pros: It works and is often more useful than other dictionary apps
Cons: It’s kind of janky (e.g. the search field will re-populate the last query a few seconds after the app opens fresh, making it hard to open and search quickly). The app itself would be better with keyboard shortcuts especially for iPad use.
Better than most translation-oriented/dictionary apps nonetheless.
Cons: It’s kind of janky (e.g. the search field will re-populate the last query a few seconds after the app opens fresh, making it hard to open and search quickly). The app itself would be better with keyboard shortcuts especially for iPad use.
Better than most translation-oriented/dictionary apps nonetheless.
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