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2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44
The Reverso service does not just translate words, but displays paired examples of their use in context in two languages. Thanks to this approach, you will be able to more accurately determine the meaning of different phrases.
As you know, the meaning of a word can change depending on what other words it is used with. Often this pattern makes translation difficult. So, there are situations when we can translate each word in a sentence, but all their meanings do not add up to a single logically connected row. We just do not know what meaning words acquire in a given context.
How the standard translator works
Take, for example, the English-language sentence I am into science. If you translate it literally, not knowing the simple rules and nuances of the language, you will get the absurd "I am in science."
Google Translate will give a more concise, but still clumsy result: “I am into science” or “I am in”, if you simply enter I am into. The algorithm still has a poor understanding of context and often translates words one at a time, like a person who has little command of the language.
How Reverso works
But he does not interpret the phrases verbatim. The service displays a list of sentences that contain a fragment typed by the user, as well as translations of these sentences made by people. Most importantly, these translations are contextualized.
Among the results, we can see that the words I, am and into together can mean “I am carried away”, “I am interested” or “I am engaged”, and not just “I am in”. It turns out that I am into science can be translated as "I am fond of science." Reverso will help you with many questionable phrases.
The service searches for results for issuance throughout the Internet, collecting the texts of the original sentences and their translations from open bilingual sources. Most often, according to my observations, Reverso gives examples from subtitles for TV shows and movies.
It is worth noting that inaccuracies are still encountered in the translation. The developers are honestly warning about this. But the service takes into account user feedback in order to improve the system's performance. To do this, there is a button next to each result that instantly sends an error report.
Another button opens an extended translation context - in case one sentence is not enough to fully grasp the meaning.
Reverso currently supports about ten languages, including English, German, French, Spanish and Russian. The web version of the project is integrated with other services like a dictionary and a regular translator. There are mobile apps for Android and iOS.
Reverso is free to use. But if you subscribe for 425 rubles per year, ads disappear. In addition, the service will allow you to add more translations to your favorites, start showing offline query history and stop limiting the results.
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