Feature
Translate,
then ask about it.
Page-wide translation gives you a wall of approximate text. Selecting one paragraph and translating it keeps the original next to it, which is what you want when the source matters, and it lets you ask follow-up questions about the meaning.
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How it works
Select the passage
A phrase, a sentence, a paragraph, in either direction.
Choose Translate
The translation appears next to the original, not over it.
Ask what it implies
Tone, register, and idiom are where translations mislead. Ask and it explains.
What it handles
Sources for an essay
Where the original wording matters and a rough gist does not.
Idioms
The literal reading and the meaning, marked separately.
Formal registers
Whether a phrase is polite, neutral, or curt in the original.
Your own writing
Translate your draft and ask whether it reads naturally.
Technical text
Where a term of art should not be translated literally.
Questions in another language
Translate and answer in one pass.
A real one, worked out
This is the shape of every answer: the result first, then the reasoning that got there.
Question
Translate to English: Nao adianta chorar sobre o leite derramado.
Answer
There is no use crying over spilled milk.
Steps
- 1Literal reading: it does not help to cry about the spilt milk.
- 2This is a fixed idiom in Portuguese, and English has an exact equivalent.
- 3So the idiomatic translation is the English proverb, not the literal one.
- 4Register: informal in both languages, and mildly dismissive.
- 5Use the literal version only when the text is discussing the idiom itself.
Idioms are the fastest way to spot a machine translation. Ask for both readings when the phrase feels like a saying.
Word for word is how you end up ordering the wrong thing at dinner.
What it will not do
- It will not translate the whole page. That is your browser's job, and it is a different tool.
- It will not certify a translation for legal or official use.
- It will not preserve poetry. It will tell you what it had to give up.
- It will not be used to complete a graded language assessment.
Solvecoon is a study aid, not an answer machine. Exams, graded quizzes, and proctored tests are off limits — see the acceptable use policy.
Questions people ask
- Which languages?
- The major written languages, in both directions. Quality is best between widely used pairs.
- Can it explain the grammar?
- Ask why a form was used and it will explain the tense, case, or mood, which is more useful for learning than the translation itself.
- Is this for language homework?
- For reading and understanding, yes. For submitting a translation exercise as your own work, no.
- Does it keep the original?
- Yes. The reply sits next to the selection, so you can compare rather than replace.
Stuck on something?
Select it or snap it — Solvecoon understands it.
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