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Online exchange platforms as a translation tool?
Thread poster: Víctor Zamorano
Víctor Zamorano
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French to Spanish
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Nov 26, 2017

Hi all,
I'm studying Italian just for fun, and I'm using one of those 1-to-1 Skype based online platforms (the one I use is called Lingostan, https://www.lingostan.com) where you can meet natives and exchange (you talk in Spanish e. g., and they talk in Italian); I've noticed that, apart from a good source of slang and colloquial language, is a great way to get idioms, especially the new ones, and to dis... See more
Hi all,
I'm studying Italian just for fun, and I'm using one of those 1-to-1 Skype based online platforms (the one I use is called Lingostan, https://www.lingostan.com) where you can meet natives and exchange (you talk in Spanish e. g., and they talk in Italian); I've noticed that, apart from a good source of slang and colloquial language, is a great way to get idioms, especially the new ones, and to discover localizations.

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