07-19-2013, 06:19 PM
Rosetta Stone is good - but!
The courses are very linear. Unlike real conversation the course never gives you a real curve ball.
That being said there is no-one in the world that knows the meaning of every word in a living language. Those medical terms really push all barriers.
I've recently had a time translating doctors' notes into English from Russian - as if the Doctors' handwriting isn't bad enough to start, the strange terminology is something else - specially since certain diseases are attributed different "discoverers" names in different states.
The courses are very linear. Unlike real conversation the course never gives you a real curve ball.
That being said there is no-one in the world that knows the meaning of every word in a living language. Those medical terms really push all barriers.
I've recently had a time translating doctors' notes into English from Russian - as if the Doctors' handwriting isn't bad enough to start, the strange terminology is something else - specially since certain diseases are attributed different "discoverers" names in different states.
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"
