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How HN took it
1 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 0 critical, out of 2 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Sentence-level translations make it a learning tool rather than whole-article translation
From 1 comment
I like the way the translations are at a sentence-by-sentence level. I think it makes you more of a language learning tool, rather than a social translation site like Yeeyan…
kevin_p on HN
Recommended texts matched to ability with mouseover translations is useful
From 1 comment
Very cool! This is something I was always looking for when I was studying Chinese--recommended texts to read, based on my ability, and with mouseover translations by…
goldfeld on HN
Objections
Sparse articles with no machine translation may feel empty to new readers
From 1 comment
I actually started by machine-translating everything, but I think the sparseness of the articles is better b/c it feels like a call to action to complete them, versus already…
dpapathanasiou on HN
Requests
Add bilingual side-by-side view
From 1 comment
I like the way the translations are at a sentence-by-sentence level. I think it makes you more of a language learning tool, rather than a social translation site like Yeeyan…
kevin_p on HN
Show latest translation by default when editing a sentence
From 1 comment
I like the way the translations are at a sentence-by-sentence level. I think it makes you more of a language learning tool, rather than a social translation site like Yeeyan…
kevin_p on HN
Show furigana as hover or ruby text instead of a kana string
From 2 comments
I like the way the translations are at a sentence-by-sentence level. I think it makes you more of a language learning tool, rather than a social translation site like Yeeyan…
kevin_p on HNThanks! Also, thanks for mentioning Yeeyan; I hadn't heard of it, and I'll check it out. WRT multiple translations, the current plan is to show the 'best' single edit, rather…
dpapathanasiou on HN
Add Chinese and German support
From 3 comments
I like the way the translations are at a sentence-by-sentence level. I think it makes you more of a language learning tool, rather than a social translation site like Yeeyan…
kevin_p on HNVery cool! This is something I was always looking for when I was studying Chinese--recommended texts to read, based on my ability, and with mouseover translations by…
goldfeld on HNThanks! Also, thanks for mentioning Yeeyan; I hadn't heard of it, and I'll check it out. WRT multiple translations, the current plan is to show the 'best' single edit, rather…
dpapathanasiou on HN
Questions
Does it integrate dictionaries for placeholder translations and let users edit them
From 1 comment
Very cool! This is something I was always looking for when I was studying Chinese--recommended texts to read, based on my ability, and with mouseover translations by…
goldfeld on HN
How multiple translations of a sentence are shown
From 2 comments
I like the way the translations are at a sentence-by-sentence level. I think it makes you more of a language learning tool, rather than a social translation site like Yeeyan…
kevin_p on HNThanks! Also, thanks for mentioning Yeeyan; I hadn't heard of it, and I'll check it out. WRT multiple translations, the current plan is to show the 'best' single edit, rather…
dpapathanasiou on HN
Alternatives named
Yeeyan
From 1 comment
I like the way the translations are at a sentence-by-sentence level. I think it makes you more of a language learning tool, rather than a social translation site like Yeeyan…
kevin_p on HN