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| Calphidrewby13 Newbie United States Joined 5657 days ago 25 posts - 27 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Swahili | Message 17 of 18 07 June 2009 at 7:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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I have a similar problem translating in my head. Recently, however I've begun attempting to learn by using mental pictures and emotions to remember words, as opposed to English equivalents. Therefore when I see the word again, my mind goes directly to the image or concept which the word stands for. I has actually been quite efficient.
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| Cainntear Pentaglot Senior Member Scotland linguafrankly.blogsp Joined 5821 days ago 4399 posts - 7687 votes  Speaks: Lowland Scots, English*, French, Spanish, Scottish Gaelic Studies: Catalan, Italian, German, Irish, Welsh | Message 18 of 18 07 June 2009 at 8:38pm | IP Logged | ||
That's the right goal and it's how most successful learners work, but I'd qualify that by saying that I still need the English equivalent to make the image in my head in the first place. With the exception of "concrete" vocabulary like apple, chair etc., I need the emotional content that English provides in order to make the image. Being told "<word X> is a negative term for a man, also means one who engages in sexual self-gratification" in the target language is a lot less emotionally meaningful than saying "<word X> means 'w*nk*r'." Edited by Cainntear on 07 June 2009 at 8:42pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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