Well in your quest, you might find this site useful. http://www.ilovelanguages.com/idp/IDPfiles.html
Has some flat files from and to various languages, might save you some work if you decide to have a real go at this. Still no graphics involved but still a pretty useful resource. On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Mark Swindell <mdswind...@cruzio.com> wrote: > I've got a page set up on iGoogle that has various back and forth translators > between different languages I know or am interested in. It's pretty quick > and easy, adding a Rev interface wouldn't save me much, I don't think. > > But I was interested in graphical interfaces for simple vocabulary, nouns and > verbs, ala the First 1000 Words series. And beyond would be nice, of course. > It would be a simple project to start, and a long one to do right, I think. > > Thanks > Mark > > > On Jul 10, 2010, at 9:57 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: > >> Not sure this is the direction you want to go, but I have a very >> simple set of stacks that i'm using to help me (attempt) to learn >> spanish. >> >> Not pictures, different method. Basically its 1 stack with a field >> that you can paste into (or theres a button where you can paste the >> text to work with) Then all it does is feed the clickword to google >> translate in the 2nd stack thats just a revbrowser instance IE: >> http://translate.google.com/?hl=en#es|en|pescado would return the >> definition of pescado. >> >> Then just start with the simplest spanish website I can find, paste in >> the text and start reading. And I think its working. >> I use http://www.google.com.mx or http://www.google.es to look for >> spanish stuff to read. For italian of course use www.google.it >> >> My stacks aren't great, but work ok. I'm sure it would take you all of >> 10 minutes to duplicate, but if you like i'll send you mine. >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Mark Swindell <mdswind...@cruzio.com> >> wrote: >>> Has anyone developed any vocabulary/ language learning stacks in Rev? >>> Seems like an apt application for the tool, but I didn't see anything in >>> revOnLine. Picture dictionary type things with rollovers for different >>> languages? Remember those First Thousand Words books with contextualized >>> drawings showing vocabulary for the kitchen, barnyard, garden, etc.? >>> >>> Just curious, as I'm studying Italian at present and thought of creating >>> something for myself, but don't feel I have the energy to put towards it. >>> There are some things online, but nothing of particularly good quality. >>> Good, coherent artwork would be a real issue, even with the abundance of >>> free clip-art online, it would be fragmented and of questionable quality. >>> >>> Thanks >>> Mark_______________________________________________ >>> use-revolution mailing list >>> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> use-revolution@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution