rmel Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4245 days ago 20 posts - 24 votes Studies: French, Russian
| Message 1 of 11 17 October 2015 at 4:45pm | IP Logged |
Attended language live yesterday and they had what I thought was an interesting concept. Inter linear books. Its parallel text with the smallest unit possible translated. I think its great as sometimes when I read parallel text:
I have to look words up
I lose track of the original and the translation
Just thought some people on here may find the books interesting website is Interlinearbooks.com
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James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5379 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French
| Message 2 of 11 17 October 2015 at 8:57pm | IP Logged |
Yes, I bought the French book they offer. I have only used it a little bit. It seems quite nice and well done. I am amazed that interlinear texts are not more popular among publishers of language learning material.
Edited by James29 on 17 October 2015 at 8:58pm
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Speakeasy Senior Member Canada Joined 4056 days ago 507 posts - 1098 votes Studies: German
| Message 3 of 11 17 October 2015 at 11:21pm | IP Logged |
Thank you very much, I find this is quite interesting. I was not at all aware of this learning technique and I plan to order their German book.
I did a Google search of Interlinearbooks.com and, in addition to finding their website, I came across a number reviews and comments.
Subsequently, I conducted a "G-Search" of this, the "old" HTLAL, using "Interlinear" as my criterion and came up with numerous discussion threads. Afterwards, I conducted a similar search of the "new" HTLAL and, while there do not seem be any specific discussion threads on the general subject, I did come across James29's comment in his log.
Vielen Dank!
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James29 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5379 days ago 1265 posts - 2113 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: French
| Message 4 of 11 18 October 2015 at 3:37am | IP Logged |
The original Hamiltonian system books are out there free on the internet in many languages (they are so old there is no copyright).
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Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6601 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish
| Message 5 of 11 21 October 2015 at 6:02pm | IP Logged |
They attempted to use this forum for advertising when they launched, but the project itself doesn't seem bad.
For Russian speakers, Ilya Frank's method is another great option.
BTW interlinear translations are the ideal first step for LR.
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mercutio Newbie United Kingdom Joined 3847 days ago 19 posts - 26 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 6 of 11 08 May 2016 at 5:19pm | IP Logged |
The problem with this company is they are using complicated classical texts which I don't think beginners will
want or find useful
Also I'm dubious whether inter linear reading is good for learning?
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Doitsujin Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 5324 days ago 1256 posts - 2363 votes Speaks: German*, English
| Message 7 of 11 08 May 2016 at 7:44pm | IP Logged |
mercutio wrote:
The problem with this company is they are using complicated classical texts which I don't think beginners will
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They most likely use Public Domain texts, because they don't have to pay royalties to the publishers.
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It depends on what kind of language learner you are and the language(s) that you're studying. IMHO, interlinear texts illustrate grammar rules much better than grammar books.
BTW, this forum is pretty much dead. You might want to sign up for the new forum, if you haven't already done so.
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Kees Nonaglot Newbie Canada learn-to-read-foreig Joined 5188 days ago 37 posts - 59 votes Speaks: Dutch*, Swedish, French, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Hungarian
| Message 8 of 11 14 May 2016 at 11:08pm | IP Logged |
Anyone interested in inter linear books, check out this page:
Interlinear PDF's on Learn To Read Foreign Languages
Let me know (PM me) and I'll send you any product for free. If you want to donate to the
project feel free to pay for a product in the shop.
Check out the site and if you encounter a certain software product for a language, but no
PDF version of that product yet let me know and I'll put fire under my behind to format
an interlinear PDF for your favorite language as well.
Edited by Kees on 14 May 2016 at 11:21pm
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