walking-octopus / translate-ut

A translation app for Ubuntu Touch.
https://open-store.io/app/translate.walking-octopus
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Word definitions #11

Open walking-octopus opened 2 years ago

walking-octopus commented 2 years ago

Why

Lingva API seems to now support word definitions. Since often words don't have exact analogs, this feature can add much-needed context to the translation result.

Example: https://lingva.ml/api/v1/auto/uk/hi

Design

I'm not sure yet how to integrate this feature into this app. Maybe I should follow the Unix Philosophy and make a dedicated dictionary app. This feature might require significant changes to the UI, so I need to make sure enough people want it.