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How I use translations to improve my reading fluency, to be made public tomorrow (Patreon)

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2025-03-14 02:51:54
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2025-03

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Preview of tomorrow's video. Thanks as always so much for your support! https://youtu.be/vte49R0mdWs

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Is Translation Cheating?

Is using translation cheating when it comes to learning a foreign language? In the paedagogical world of communicative Latin and Ancient Greek, we often eschew translation as an obstacle to acquisition — but there is more than one kind of "translation" ! In this video, I show you how to use translations to improve reading fluency in your target language; and this technique may be the only way to learn to read some ancient languages. Sign up by April 12 to take part in the summer session classes at Ancient Language Institute! It's time to learn Latin, Ancient Greek, Biblical Hebrew, and Old English! Sign up at https://AncientLanguage.com Lysias Loeb edition on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4kPv03d 🦂 Support my work on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LukeRanieri 📚 Luke Ranieri Audiobooks: https://luke-ranieri.myshopify.com 🤠 Take my course LATIN UNCOVERED on StoryLearning, including my original Latin adventure novella "Vir Petasātus" https://learn.storylearning.com/lu-promo?affiliate_id=3932873 ☕️ Support my work with PayPal: https://paypal.me/lukeranieri And if you like, do consider joining this channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLbiwlm3poGNh5XSVlXBkGA/join 🏛 Latin by the Ranieri-Dowling Method: https://luke-ranieri.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/latin-by-the-ranieri-dowling-method-latin-summary-of-forms-of-nouns-verbs-adjectives-pronouns-audio-grammar-tables 🏺Ancient Greek by the Ranieri-Dowling Method: https://luke-ranieri.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/ancient-greek-by-the-ranieri-dowling-method-latin-summary-of-forms-of-nouns-verbs-adjectives-pronouns-audio-grammar-tables 🏛 Ancient Greek in Action · Free Greek Lessons: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU1WuLg45SixsonRdfNNv-CPNq8xUwgam 🦂 ScorpioMartianus (my channel for content in Latin, Ancient Greek, & Ancient Egyptian) https://www.youtube.com/ScorpioMartianus 🎙 Hundreds of hours of Latin & Greek audio: https://lukeranieri.com/audio 🌍 polýMATHY website: http://lukeranieri.com/polymathy/ 🌅 polýMATHY on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lukeranieri/ 🦁 Legio XIII Latin Language Podcast: https://youtube.com/LegioXIII 👕 Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/scorpiomartianus 🦂 https://www.ScorpioMartianus.com 🦅 https://www.LukeRanieri.com 📖 My book Ranieri Reverse Recall on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2nVUfqd Intro and outro music: Overture of Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) by Mozart 0:00 Intro 0:55 There's Translation, and then there's TRANSLATION 3:08 The OTHER kind of Translation 5:27 The Translation-Reading Technique 6:08 Step 1 8:12 Step 2 9:07 It’s like watching a foreign film with subtitles 10:04 This is like watching Anime 14:29 But that's not enough... 17:48 Step 3 19:18 Terence, Adelphoe 20:40 Why this works 23:17 Step 4 25:04 Where to find translations 31:13 Concluding remarks 33:06 Birds in my backyard

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Maria-Elena Pickett

I have the Loeb edition of the first books of the Ilyad and I was trying to read the Greek with the help of the English. But I like your method of reading the English sentence first. I'll have a go at it. Thank you for the video!

Ben Morin

Thanks for this encouraging video. I am curious, do you see there being any issue with reading some translations, such as the Loebs, that are not literally following the Greek syntax?

Luke Amadeus Ranieri

Thanks, Ben! So it depends on your level. Even at a more advanced level, it can at times be puzzling trying to determine which English word corresponds to which Greek word and vice versa. My advice is not to worry about that at all; instead, just maintain the understanding of the story, and let the sound of the language joined in the short term memory with the text you’re reciting fill your awareness. In time, I think the results can be quite good: you get used to reciting fluidly in the language. Spontaneously you’ll make connexions to new and repeated vocabulary, even grammar. That’s the notion of this technique.

Ben Morin

I appreciate your advice! I'll definitely be giving this method a try. My class this term is reading Plato's Apology so I'm looking forward to seeing how this technique enhances my comprehension and reading capabilities

Luke Amadeus Ranieri

Fabulous! The more times you read the Greek, the better. You can use the English to make sure you follow the philosophy, while at the same time letting the mind absorb the Geeek vocabulary and syntax in its own time.

Celeste Jamerson

I've just started using this method after watching your video. Before, I had thought it was sort of cheating (LOL), or that I would get less out of it. I was convinced by the argument, however, that this method makes it possible to do extensive reading with more difficult texts (which I usually find much more interesting and motivating). I am finding it incredibly helpful, and have been using it for Spanish, Italian, and Russian, for all of which I have prior experience. As for Latin, I am using the Scriptorium method with Familia Romana, which I need to review.