Sunday, May 19, 2013

Linguee on-line dictionary. Find words in context

Linguee is an on-line dictionary that contains a search engine that enables users to look for bilingual texts.

The available languages are English to/from: Spanish, German, French and Portuguese.

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  •  How does it work?
Capaz de = Able to = Capable of
Let's  say that, as a Spanish speaker, you want to know  the  preposition that   follows the expression "ser capaz" , which in Spanish is followed by the preposition "de".

You enter the text "capaz de" in the engine  and Linguee offers many parallel texts with that expression. As you can see in the displayed image, the English preposition is "to"  after "able"( not "of")  and "of" after "capable". 
  • Advantages
The parallel texts have been checked by Linguee editors. If the translation of the word has not been verified the parallel texts is preceded by a warining sign (a triangle). 
Linguee is NOT an automatic translator. Use your head and in the long run you will see this as an advantage.

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2 comments:

  1. UnknownAugust 6, 2013 at 6:56 AM

    Hi María,
    Great article, thank you very much from the Linguee Team!
    Just wanted to mention that we do not check the parallel texts, because there are way too many of them (as with any other search engine.)
    What we do check is our editorial dictionary (very left column) where you can click on a >> (fast forward) symbol to see the example sentences relating to your search term.
    Enjoy and all the best from the entire L-Team
    Claudia (Editor German, English. Linguee Project Manager)

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  2. María Zabala PeñaAugust 7, 2013 at 12:27 PM

    Thanks Claudia. I have already sent you a private email. I will check this as soon as I come back from my vacation :-)

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