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| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6596 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 27 of 40 02 July 2013 at 4:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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Only in a text processor like word. Make a table with three columns.
I wouldn't recommend it, though. best choose two languages (maybe Russian-French) and use a popup dictionary as necessary if there's something you don't know in either of the languages. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| lingoleng Senior Member Germany Joined 5297 days ago 605 posts - 1290 votes | Message 29 of 40 02 July 2013 at 5:26pm | IP Logged | ||
There is a tool. Our member Andras Farkas is the author of LF Aligner, an introductory thread is here: bilingual books, his website Farkastranslations.com. It works very well, can be great fun and useful at the same time. Guess it depends on the person. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Laurae Diglot Groupie Germany Joined 5037 days ago 51 posts - 67 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Dutch | Message 31 of 40 03 July 2013 at 5:45pm | IP Logged | ||
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Personally I had a dreadful habit of abandoning my German studies whenever I lost confidence, whereby I would take on another language for a few months, given that I do genuinely enjoy learning languages. This had the effect of delaying my current German level by about 3 years, which is a shame, because it's my favourite by far. I think I spent about 250 hours in total meddling in Russian and Italian to no great avail, and numerous hours learning bits and pieces of French without purpose.
While I enjoy those languages, I wish I'd just waited until my German was a B2/C1 standard level first, since my initial goal was basic fluency within 4 years. Saying that I have recently taken up my school French again, as a little diversion from German.One can get bored with vocabulaty lists, grammar drills, textbooks and even the sheer concentration required which pertain to one language, so it is nice to have another to offset inertia for me. Indeed, it is absolutely possible to learn two or more languages at the same time. I've studied up to three at one time without much confusion. I find two work best for me, given my full-time job and hobbies however. I currently spend 2/3 of my language learning time learning German and 1/3 on French. If you don't have any definite time-based goals, I see nothing wrong with learning more than one, but if your aim is basic fluency within a set period of time, best stick to one. Edited by Laurae on 04 July 2013 at 2:35pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6596 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 32 of 40 03 July 2013 at 10:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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Starting Finnish when I really wanted and not waiting until I "finished" German was one of my best decisions ever.
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