bilinualcom

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My side project : Bilinual books, interlinear books for language learners: https://www.bilinual.com
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Comment · 3 years ago
To solve a puzzle, simply arrange the chess pieces so that the number of threatening pieces matches the large numbers provided.
Comment · 6 years ago
When I actually understood the idea behind functional programming, specially being able to think in the form of recursive functions than loops.
Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
Hi, Thanks for checking the website.

1- 404 issue: I implemented the PDF generation recently and I noticed that WeasyPrint has issue with html files that have too many tags (our books have around 2*number_of_words tags in them). This is not a big issue and it will be fixed soon in the next iteration.

2- Using Google API: Google APIs and other translation tools are great for translating sentences. However, the problem with use of parallel texts for language learning is our brain laziness. After few pages, our brain looses its patient to solve the translation problems (critical thinking!?) and actually learn words and structure of sentences. The focus immediately goes toward translated sentences in your native language rather than the original text.

Personally, I learn a word for a life when I slow down and think about similar words, its root, and at the end looking it up in a dictionary. The process is valuable.

3- Team of volunteers: It is easier said than done. The functionality is present but I prefer to improve the suggestion engine as much as possible before I involve volunteers. Are you interested to join?

Comment · 6 years ago
Thanks for clarification.
Comment · 6 years ago
Thanks, it would be great. I am curious to know why do they have CC license and not public domain?
Comment · 6 years ago
Well, for my side project, https://www.bilinual.com I needed version controlling for changes that are made on a book (fixed typos, ...) and I found GITenberg project. There are several interesting tools developed during the project accessible here: https://github.com/gitenberg-dev
Comment · 6 years ago
OP here, I doubt that the website is "a SUBSET of Project Gutenberg". This is not mentioned anywhere in the website. As mentioned in PG website, while you can use the book freely, "The name 'Project Gutenberg' is a registered trademark.". I guess this is the reason they didn't mention PG.
Comment · 6 years ago
OP here, it seems standardebooks doesn't provide the books in PDF format. My side project, https://www.bilinual.com rebuild the ebooks in PDF format with translation hints, if you don't mind about learning a new language while reading your favourite books ;)

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