Built a tool that adds translation tables directly into your EPUB ebooks

Hey everyone :) For about eight months now, I’ve been obsessed with learning Norwegian. I started out with apps like Babbel and Duolingo, but quickly realized they were too boring for me. I wanted to read real books - stories that actually interested me. So I searched online for bilingual books and found plenty of beginner-level material. I learned the most from those at first. But over time, even those books became dull; the stories were too simple and I lost interest. I actually stopped learning Norwegian for almost a month, even though I really enjoyed it. I just couldn’t find good resources. Real books were too hard, and beginner books were too boring. That’s when I tried LingQ. I love LingQ - it got me back into reading. But it still didn’t quite fit my needs. I much prefer reading on my Kindle or other e-readers like my reMarkable, since the light from my phone bothers me before bed and I get distracted easily. I realized I needed a new solution: an alternative to LingQ that would work on e-readers like Kindle and reMarkable. I know Kindle has a built-in translation feature, but it feels too slow and sometimes inaccurate for me. Since I’d previously read books with translation tables and found them really helpful, I had an idea. I’m a software developer by profession, so I built myself an EPUB converter that uses ChatGPT to generate high-quality translation tables for books. I want to offer this tool with a generous free version, because I think it could help a lot of other people too. Would anyone here be interested in a tool like this? I’ll be launching it as a website and am looking for beta testers. I’m happy to provide a free version for beta testers soon - just message me if you’re interested, and I’ll reach out as soon as it’s ready! What do you think? Would this be useful for your language learning? submitted by /u/de_hannes [link] [comments]

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