Here's a project I spent quite a lot of time on last summer. I filled quite a few notebooks with doodles and half-ideas and spent a lot of time staring at nothing with (likely) a confused look on my face.
I've been trying to read dual text books in Polish and I did have the problem of Polish sentences being about 500 times longer than English. Personally, I solved it parsing the text for paragraphs and realining everything with shorter sentences.
Your solution definitely works better.
In case you're looking for feedback, I wouldn't use color as it both looks highlighted, and wouldn't allow highlighting. How about a 1px black outline to differenciate?
> Previously, when making materials for my own use, I used to put the paste the texts into spreadsheets, with one sentence per line/cell. It works well.
Yup. I created a script that would parse paragraphs, and create an HTML table automatically, with one row/sentence. This way at least you know where you are in the sentence :-)
Are you interested in language learning, or was this a one-time project?
I have a crazy project in mind, if you'd be interested in joining forces perhaps it would be more feasible to do it.
I've got a lot of language projects. The latest one is a very low-cost, programmable audio player (no screen even, but lots of buttons and colored LEDs). You create non-linear, interactive materials. I was going to make another 'Show HN' when I have the firmware ready.
Send me an email (on my profile), I'm interested to hear your idea.
"The El Principito / The Little Prince Spanish/English Bilingual Edition with Audio Download (English and Spanish Edition)" https://amzn.com/dp/1999706110/ $18.69 paperback
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Your solution definitely works better.
In case you're looking for feedback, I wouldn't use color as it both looks highlighted, and wouldn't allow highlighting. How about a 1px black outline to differenciate?
Previously, when making materials for my own use, I used to put the paste the texts into spreadsheets, with one sentence per line/cell. It works well.
This layout is only used for printed books (at the moment). Without the color it looks more elegant, it's true. I'll try the outline.
Yup. I created a script that would parse paragraphs, and create an HTML table automatically, with one row/sentence. This way at least you know where you are in the sentence :-)
Are you interested in language learning, or was this a one-time project?
I have a crazy project in mind, if you'd be interested in joining forces perhaps it would be more feasible to do it.
Send me an email (on my profile), I'm interested to hear your idea.
"The El Principito / The Little Prince Spanish/English Bilingual Edition with Audio Download (English and Spanish Edition)" https://amzn.com/dp/1999706110/ $18.69 paperback