flash card question

Question

When creating a flashcard set, what does "Tip: Clicking the "<>" button will automatically translate your inputed word." I can't figure out what the <> button is.

Answer 1

If you hover between the two entry boxes (the English and the Spanish words) the gray area between the columns will become blue with <> this. If one and not the other box already has an entry- it will try to translate it to the empty one when pressed.

Sometimes it will return "no quick translation found" and sometimes it will return something that is not what you wanted- like "cal" for "lime" when you were trying to get the fruit ("limón verde" in México) rather than the word for the lime you spread on your yard to deacidify it.

So if you are not sure of the word, you are safer looking it up in the dictionary and entering it yourself..

You are always so very helpful. :) - rac1, Aug 13, 2014