I think language study just got an overpowered AI teacher. This works more or less for any pair of languages.<p>I am using GPT4 to reformat text from English to Japanese in easy reading mode. It is very good for language study using topics of interest.<p>> 私は (Watashi wa) [I am]
GPT4を使って (GPT4 o tsukatte) [using GPT4]
英語から (Eigo kara) [from English]
日本語へ (Nihongo e) [to Japanese]
簡単な読み物 (Kantan na yomimono) [easy reading mode]
に変換します。 (ni henkan shimasu) [to reformat]
それは (Sore wa) [It is]
興味深いトピック (Kyoumi bukai topikku) [interesting topics]
を使って (o tsukatte) [using]
言語学習 (Gengo gakushuu) [language study]
にとても良い (ni totemo yoi) [very good]
です。 (desu) [is]<p>Same, but in German:<p>> Ich benutze (I am using) [ikh benoot-se]
GPT4 (GPT4) [ge-pe-te-fear]
um Text (to reformat text) [oom tekst]
aus Englisch (from English) [aus engl-ish]
zu Japanisch (to Japanese) [tsoo yap-an-ish]
in einfachem Lesemodus (in easy reading mode) [in ine-fakh-em leh-se-moh-dus]
umzuformatieren (to reformat) [oom-tsoo-for-ma-teer-en].
Es ist sehr (It is very) [es ist zehr]
gut für (good for) [goot fuhr]
Sprachstudium (language study) [shprakh-shtoo-dee-oom]
mit interessanten (using interesting) [mit int-er-es-sant-en]
Themen (topics) [tay-men].<p>The prompt I used:<p>Create a Japanese easy reading mode version of the given English, breaking it into 2-4 word chunks, providing romaji and English translations in brackets for each phrase. This is intended for language study purposes.<p>~~<p>Of course this is just a reader prompt, we could also have chat mode, asking clarifying questions, asking for more examples of a phrase, generate quizzes, etc.<p>I am at this weird point where I know phonetically much more than I can read. This formatting helps a lot because you get to see the Kanji first, then you use romaji and English only when necessary. Being different scripts helps separate them visually so as not to read the romaji before I want to.